Tag: General Assembly
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Beshear issues executive order funding insurance exchange with fees on insurers, originally used to fund high-risk pool
Gov. Steve Beshear has filed another executive order to continue the state health-insurance exchange he created under federal health reform, “again sidestepping state lawmakers who have blasted Beshear for moving...
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FDA issues warning label for tanning bed use by minors; sponsor of bill for a state ban says he will try again
Soon tanning beds will have a “black box” warning that those younger than 18 should not be using them, but some doctors, tanning companies and legislators do not think this...
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Beshear says statewide smoking ban ‘just a matter of time’
Gov. Steve Beshear said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Kentucky will have a statewide smoking ban once Kentuckians get more comfortable with the idea, but he didn’t say how...
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At National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, Beshear cites Kentucky’s successes
Gov. Steve Beshear told attendees at the 2014 National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday about the progress Kentucky has made in the last two years in its...
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General Assembly’s failure to pass heroin bill incites wrath, calls for local action and a special session
In the final hours of the 2014 legislative session, the House failed to pass Senate Bill 5, which would have helped combat heroin abuse. Some heroin-recovery advocates and community leaders are...
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New law bans sales of electronic cigarettes to minors
Sales of electronic cigarettes to people under 18 are now illegal in Kentucky, following Gov. Steve Beshear’s signing into law Thursday of a bill that had support from cigarette manufacturers,...
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Beshear signs bill allowing limited use of oil extracted from marijuana to treat children’s seizures
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed into law a bill allowing doctors at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, or those conducting a clinical trial approved by the...
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Republicans wait for elections and chance to roll back Medicaid expansion; few Kentucky Democrats defend Obamacare
Though thousands of their constituents have benefited from it, Republican state legislators say they are planning to roll back Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear’s expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection...
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Senate committee kills bill to keep minors from using tanning beds
Legislation to ban minors from using tanning beds fell two votes short of passing the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday. The bill, which passed the House 61-31, would...