Tag: legislature
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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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Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission talks about 2025 grant priorities; AG Coleman appoints new member
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Members of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission spent more than an hour drilling down on what their priorities are for the next round of...
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Bill to require ‘reasonable accommodations’ to pregnant women at work passes on last day of legislative session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that allows pregnant women “reasonable accommodations” while at work, and supports breastfeeding, passed on the last day of the...
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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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Nurse practitioners ease doctor shortage, but will have to wait to get more authority to prescribe narcotics; opioid epidemic cited
Nurse practitioner Robin Szczapinski talks with her patient, Harold Brashear Sr., at the Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Courier-Journal photo by Maggie Huber) They’re not doctors, but they do a lot...
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House sends Senate bill to limit most potent painkiller prescriptions to three days, target traffickers of fentanyl
The state House has sent to the Senate a bill to put a three-day limit on prescriptions of high-potency painkillers, and increase penalties for the sale of fentanyl, in an...
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Immunizations are a hot topic in Frankfort; comment on updated regulation ends Tuesday; shots-for-college bill looks dead
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require all college freshmen in Kentucky to be immunized before starting classes is likely dead, but one that allows pharmacists to...
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Helping parents understand kids’ body mass index can thwart obesity, but Kentucky doesn’t require BMI to be reported
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Parents are more likely to change their child’s lifestyle when schools provide educational materials along with the results of their child’s body mass index...
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State Senate panel OKs bill to deny most taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood; Ky. affiliate gave up funding in 2015
Feb. 22 Update : SB 8 passed out of the full Senate with a 31-6 vote and now heads to the House for consideration. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News...
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Legislature moving bills targeting fentanyl sales, shortening length of most opioid prescriptions to three days
The General Assembly is moving bills to increase penalties for the sale of fentanyl and put a three-day limit on prescriptions of other high-potency painkillers, in an effort to stem...