Tag: General Assembly
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Panel considers involuntary, court-ordered outpatient treatment for mentally ill; foe says would infringe on personal rights
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Representatives from five groups involved in mental health offered legislators solutions June 15 for ending the revolving door between hospitalization, incarceration and homelessness that...
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Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal overdoses from narcotics
Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal drug overdoses, report Rich Lord and Adam Smeltz of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as part of a series...
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State and national smoke-free leaders tell Ky. advocates to focus on local smoking bans because of political climate in Frankfort
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More Kentucky localities are likely to see efforts for smoking bans, as a statewide ban appears less likely and leading advocates are saying to...
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If legislature won’t help protect Kentuckians from the health threat of tobacco, local governments should, Herald-Leader says
Since the Kentucky General Assembly “adjourned without tackling the addiction that kills the most Kentuckians, tobacco,” local communities need to take up the challenge, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in an...
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Kenton County embraces its once-controversial smoking ban as chances of a statewide ban have dimmed
Five years after Kenton County’s smoking ban took effect over great opposition, the county has embraced it, Scott Wartman reports for the Cincinnati Enquirer. “I’m a smoker, but I’m glad...
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Legislature’s many health bills include some with life-saving potential, better prevention, greater access and help for children
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One paragraph in this story was incorrect and has been stricken. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky legislators have all but ended their regular session without...
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Bevin gets bill to create third-party appeals process for denied Medicaid claims, which sponsor says are all too common
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create an independent process for Kentucky health-care providers to appeal claims denied by Medicaid managed-care organizations is on its way to...
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Boyd, Clark counties approve needle exchanges; Boyd’s is a limited, one-for one; Covington’s proposed limits draw objections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Clark and Boyd counties are the ninth and 10th Kentucky counties to approve a needle-exchange program, and Madison and Anderson counties are talking about it....
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Republicans accuse Beshear of holding down failed co-op’s premiums to make Obamacare look good; he denies the charge
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Did Kentucky’s government-sponsored insurance company fail because then-Gov. Steve Beshear and federal officials kept its rates artificially low to make Beshear’s embrace of federal...
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Bill for review of medical lawsuits dies from special elections
A bill that would create panels of experts to review lawsuits against health-care providers is going nowhere, again. State Senate President Robert Stivers said Friday that he and other leaders...