Tag: legislation
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Abortion bills die in House Health and Welfare Committee
Four bills that would have made it more difficult to have an abortion in Kentucky won’t make it past the House Health and Welfare Committee. House Bill 390 and House...
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Bill to expand optometrists’ scope of care, aided by political money, continues rapid progression through General Assembly
A bill that would considerably expand optometrists’ scope of care cleared the House Licensing and Occupations Committee in an hour-long meeting this afternoon, the latest move in its speedy progression...
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Panel OKs bill to ban children under 14 from tanning booths
A bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from bronzing their skin at tanning booths cleared the House’s Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday. House Bill 338 will...
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Cost is one obstacle for bill that would require coroners to look into nursing home deaths
A bill that would require coroners to be called when someone dies in a nursing home may be in jeopardy. At issue is how to pay for it. Chief State...
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As meds-for-meth bill languishes, some seek compromise, but bill’s sponsor says proposals would render it ineffective
By Al Cross and Tara Kaprowy Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues As the bill to require prescriptions for three widely used decongestants remains short of votes to pass...
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Senate quickly passes bill to allow optometrists to perform minor surgical procedures; ophthalmologists say that would be risky
“The Senate approved a bill Friday to allow optometrists to perform some surgical procedures on the eye and eyelid, brushing aside warnings from medical doctors who said optometrists are not...
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Beshear backs bills to protect seniors from abuse but doesn’t endorse minimum staffing for nursing homes
Gov. Steve Beshear today endorsed a package of previously introduced bills that he said would give the elderly and other adults more protection against abuse and exploitation, but it did...
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Bill filed to keep guns from those judged to be mentally ill
Keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill is the aim of House Bill 308, which was filed last week by Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville. “We want only...
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Governor undecided on meds-for-meth bill, says time hasn’t come for state smoking ban, but may back nursing-home legislation
By Al CrossInstitute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Gov. Steve Beshear says he hasn’t made up his mind about the bill that would require prescriptions for decongestants used to...
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Bill would keep abusers of elderly from inheriting from them
Someone who abuses an elderly person would no longer be able to inherit the departed’s assets. That is the aim of House Bill 52, which unanimously passed a House committee Thursday...