Tag: legislation
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Teens are misinformed about risks of tanning beds, and are not being warned at salons
With swimsuit season just around the corner, the American Academy of Dermatology has found that more than 40 percent of people who tan have never heard from tanning salon employees...
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Legislators need to help cities tackle pill abuse, mayor says
Winchester’s mayor is displeased with the Kentucky attorney general’s recent finding that local governments do not have the right to ban pain clinics within their borders. “The opinion carries no...
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Beshear will use line-item veto on Medicaid bill to remove mandatory cuts in other state programs and school funding
Democrats appear to have prevailed in the State Capitol battle over the budget and Medicaid. (Update, March 25: Beshear issued the vetoes.) After the Republican-controlled Senate passed a budget fix...
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Bullitt County health board votes to make county smoke-free; Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if a board has that power
Bullitt County’s board of health voted to enact a countywide smoking ban Tuesday evening, but the county’s Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if the board has that authority. “This...
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Parents’ insurance can now cover children up to age 26
Following the lead of the federal health-care law, Kentucky employers can now extend health coverage to their employees’ adult children. The employees will not be subject to state taxes if...
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Near-unanimous House passes Medicaid plan; Senate mum
By an overwhelming margin of 94-4, the state House today passed a bipartisan bill to fix the state Medicaid budget, again putting the ball in the court of the Republicans...
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New law on diabetes educators is only one of its kind in U.S.
The new Kentucky law requiring that diabetes educators be licensed is the only one of its kind in the country. The American Association of Diabetes Educators says the law will...
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Judge rules Passport managed-care plan for Medicaid in Louisville region is subject to state Open Records Act
As Kentucky prepares to put more of its Medicaid program under a managed-care system to save money, a judge has ruled that the contractor running the program’s only managed-care plan...
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Legislature passed few health-related bills; took small steps on child obesity, diabetes, elder abuse
There were proposals to combat childhood obesity, fight methamphetamine production, impose a statewide smoking ban and protect nursing home residents, but Kentucky lawmakers were reluctant to make changes through health-related...
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Most Kentuckians want to treat drug offenders, not jail them
Days after a bill was passed that will reduce prison time for the state’s low-risk, non-violent drug offenders, the 2010 Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that seven in 10 Kentuckians...