Tag: legislation
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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...
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Decongestant prescription bill passes panel; both parties split
After hearing an endorsement from Kentucky’s senior member of Congress, and opposition from the wife of another Republican congressman, a state Senate committee voted 6-4 to require precriptions for decongestants...
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Bill filed to tighten oversight of Medicaid managed care programs
In the wake of an eye-opening audit of Passport Health Plan, a Democratic lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to tighten the oversight over such Medicaid managed-care programs. State Rep. Jimmie Lee of...
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Skyrocketing prescription drug abuse is subject for examination by Kentucky’s two biggest newspapers
The uphill battle against prescription drug abuse across the state was extensively explored in Kentucky’s two largest newspapers this weekend. In their series titled “Prescription for Tragedy,” which continues today, The...