Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Optometrists, ophthalmologists debate bill on TV after its passage
The bill to let optometrists perform some procedures now done legally only by ophthalmologists has passed both houses and is on the governor’s desk, but members of both professions are...
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Abortion bills die in House Health and Welfare Committee
Four bills that would have made it more difficult to have an abortion in Kentucky won’t make it past the House Health and Welfare Committee. House Bill 390 and House...
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No vote taken on bill for drug tests for recipients of public aid
Despite motions to do so Thursday, the House Health and Welfare Committee did not vote on a bill that would require Kentuckians who receive public assistance to submit to random...
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Optometrists’ well-financed bill is first to clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear’s desk,...
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Bill to expand optometrists’ scope of care, aided by political money, continues rapid progression through General Assembly
A bill that would considerably expand optometrists’ scope of care cleared the House Licensing and Occupations Committee in an hour-long meeting this afternoon, the latest move in its speedy progression...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million in grants in 2010
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million to community organizations, schools, government agencies and institutions in 2010. The funds, awarded in 80 grants, will support programs and...
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Panel OKs bill to ban children under 14 from tanning booths
A bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from bronzing their skin at tanning booths cleared the House’s Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday. House Bill 338 will...
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Cost is one obstacle for bill that would require coroners to look into nursing home deaths
A bill that would require coroners to be called when someone dies in a nursing home may be in jeopardy. At issue is how to pay for it. Chief State...
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Drug czar coming to Kentucky to look at prescription pill abuse
The White House drug czar will visit Kentucky next week to investigate prescription pill abuse, a problem he called “heartbreaking.” In a four-day tour, Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama’s chief advisor...
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Campbell County expected to repeal smoking ban
UPDATE, Feb. 17: The county Fiscal Court voted 3-1 to repeal the ban, Mike Rutledge of The Kentucky Enquirer reports. A smoking ban in Campbell County may be repealed before...