Tag: legislature
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As high court upholds health care law, Beshear orders creation of state insurance exchange; questions remain about Medicaid
Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court’s ruling.(Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform...
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New law will allow officers to make arrests in emergency-room assaults that they do not witness
Emergency-room workers who treat individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol will have greater legal protection, and those who misbehave in ERs will have less protection, under a law...
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Task force to consider middle-school sports regulation
A task force made up of legislators, educators and athletic officials will examine what guidelines should be in place for sports at the middle school level, which are not regulated...
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Meds-for-meth bill drew record lobbying expenses, not even including radio and newspaper ad campaigns
Makers of over-the-counter drugs spent more than any lobbying interest ever had during a single Kentucky legislative session in their effort to defeat a bill requiring prescriptions for the key...
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State prescription drug databases like KASPER cut back doctor shopping and drug abuse, new study shows
Photo by iStockphoto Research from the University of North Carolina indicates drug databases like the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system do reduce doctor shopping and change prescribing behavior....
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Major newspapers publish reflections, reactions and details (including videos) on new law that will fight ‘pill mills’
Reflections on the new law to fight “pill mills” are in both of Kentucky’s major metropolitan newspapers today. The Courier-Journal, which rightly takes partial credit for focusing attention on the...
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Beshear OKs prescription bill, telling pill mills, ‘Get out of this state’
Saying it couldn’t get to his desk quickly enough, Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse in celebration today, warning so-called pill mills to “Get...
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Pill-mill bill passes; attorney general won’t get drug-monitoring system but narcotic-prescribing doctors will have to use it
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand and House Majority Floor LeaderRocky Adkins. (Courier-Journal photo). Legislators have sent Gov. Steve Beshear a bill to curb prescription...
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Fighting prescription drug abuse back on legislative agenda
As expected, finding a way to fight prescription drug abuse was back on the legislative agenda as lawmakers gathered for Day 1 of their special session. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...