Tag: General Assembly
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Bill that Kentucky hospitals said they need fell victim to dizzying last-minute changes in House
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern A bill Kentucky hospitals say was essential to preserving funds for charity care appears dead after lawmakers in the House late Friday rolled Senate Bill...
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With just days left in Ky’s legislative session, here’s a roundup of health-related bills close to final passage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just days left in the General Assembly’s short, odd-year session, many health-related bills are still on the table, and only a few have...
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Kentucky Senate passes a resolution to create a Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite voicing concerns about a resolution to create a Kentucky task force that is charged with exploring ways to integrate the principles of the...
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Bill to require Kentucky tobacco and vape shops to be licensed awaits vote in full Senate, aimed at strengthening Tobacco 21 law
Update, March 2, 2025: Senate Bill 100 passed out of the Senate on a vote of 33-3 with a committee substitute and a floor amendment on Feb. 26. It now...
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Bill to allow some prior authorization exemptions for qualifying providers passes out of House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill requiring health insurers to allow qualifying health care providers to bypass prior authorization requirements for certain services has passed out of the...
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Water fluoridation would become optional in Kentucky under bill advanced by House committee
Update, March 2, 2025: House Bill 16 passed 68-29 in the House on Feb. 26, 2025. It now resides in the Senate, awaiting a committee assignment. By Sarah Ladd Kentucky...
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Reproductive rights rally hears abortion ban violates some Kentuckians’ religious freedom
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel...
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Kentucky bill to allow cigar bars passes out of committee, would override local smoking bans
Update, March 2, 2025: House Bill 211 passed 74-19 with a committee substitute and two floor amendments on Feb. 18. It resides in the Senate State and Local Government Committee....
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Advocates urge lawmakers to support a bill to put Juul settlement money in a trust for youth vaping prevention
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Advocates who work to decrease cancer in Kentucky rallied at the Kentucky State Capitol on Feb. 11 to ask lawmakers to support a bill...
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Lawmakers, advocates talk maternal health, AI, gun violence and more at Lexington conference
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bipartisan panel of Kentucky lawmakers told dozens of health advocates Tuesday they plan to introduce a variety of bills in 2025 to collect gun...