Tag: legislation
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Bill requiring high-school students to learn CPR goes to Senate floor; House has passed similar legislation in previous sessions
UPDATE: SB33 passed the state House on consent March 28 and now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. UPDATE: SB33 passed the state Senate on Jan. 28 by...
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Smoking-ban bills will be filed again this year with some changes; GOP senator says chances are better in the Senate now
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Supporters of a bill to ban smoking in Kentucky workplaces expressed higher hopes and suggested different strategies as...
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2/3 of Kentucky adults still support a statewide smoking ban; little change in numbers from last year’s Kentucky Health Issues Poll
Since 2013, two-thirds of Kentucky adults have supported a comprehensive, statewide ban on smoking in workplaces, public buildings, offices, restaurants and bars, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Julie Raque Adams, chair of Senate Health and Welfare panel, says smoking ban should be enacted to save $2 billion in 5 years
The Kentucky General Assembly should pass a statewide smoking ban because it could save $2 billion in Medicaid expenses over the next five years, Republican state Sen. Julie Raque Adams...
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Legislature will again tackle challenge of synthetic drugs
The Kentucky General Assembly will “intensify efforts against synthetic drugs that can slip into communities via the Internet, wreaking sudden havoc,” Mike Wynn reports for The Courier-Journal. “The legislature has enacted...
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$3 million allocated to 10 local jails for substance-abuse treatment programs; final round of $10 million in funding from heroin bill
In the final delivery of the $10 million that was appropriated in this year’s anti-heroin legislation, more than $3 million is being distributed to provide substance-abuse treatment for both county...
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$3.5 million in grants allocated across state to treat heroin and prescription drug addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome
As part of the heroin legislation passed this year, community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help...
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Political documentary about Ky. legislative effort to recognize the health benefits of plant-based diet debuts in Louisville Sept. 17
A political documentary, PlantPure Nation, that tells the story of Kentucky efforts to recognize the benefits of eating a plant-based diet, premieres in Kentucky Sept. 17 at the Baxter Avenue...
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Legislative freshmen’s bipartisan bill, now law, lets tax refund to go to pediatric cancer research, or part of it to rape crisis centers
Gov. Steve Beshear held a ceremonial signing Aug. 12 of a bill that creates a option on individual state income-tax returns to divert refunds for the study and treatment of...
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Lawmakers and health officials meet to discuss increased use of heroin during pregnancy and thus, more addicted babies
Health officials and lawmakers met at the University of Kentucky Hospital Aug. 10 to discuss the increasing use of heroin among pregnant women and how this has caused a huge...