Tag: legislation
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; bill to improve screening awaits final vote
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to improve colorectal cancer screening coverage in Kentucky has just two days left in March to pass during this legislative session. March...
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Kentucky legislature approves late-breaking ‘clarification’ of state abortion law
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern In response to what one Republican called “a desperate need for clarity” in Kentucky abortion law, the General Assembly has approved language detailing the ban’s...
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Bill to provide free feminine hygiene products in schools fails again, despite need
By Ella Denton Kentucky Health News For more than 30 years, Kentucky lawmakers have filed bills to provide free access to feminine hygiene products for elementary and secondary students. And...
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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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KY should move Juul settlement dollars into youth anti-smoking programs, health advocates urge
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Advocates who work to end smoking and vaping among youth in Kentucky are asking lawmakers to move future Juul settlement dollars from the state’s general...
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Republican lawmaker will renew efforts to make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A Republican lawmaker will once again push to end Kentucky’s requirement for certain utilities to add or adjust fluoride levels in drinking water. Rep. Mark...
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Legislative panel talks about health care with UK Board of Trustees at annual retreat
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky hosted a legislative panel on Oct. 16 focused on health care to kick off the 2024 Board of Trustees annual...
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Big drug bill heads to governor’s desk; has harsher penalties and limits most prescriptions for acute pain to 3 days
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would limit most painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply for acute pain, and change how synthetic-opioid traffickers are prosecuted, flew through...
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Without dissent, General Assembly overrides governor’s veto of bill allowing courts to require outpatient mental-health treatment
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Cheers of celebration rang in both the Senate and House chambers as lawmakers overrode Gov. Matt Bevin’s veto of a bill meant to end the revolving door...
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Kentucky lawmakers have passed several health-related bills to deal with the opioid epidemic, and could pass several more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The 2017 General Assembly has passed several bills meant to put more “tools in the toolbox” as the state works to...