Tag: legislature
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Meds-for-meth, pain-pill bills each clear a second chamber; both probably headed to conference committee(s)
“State lawmakers gave new life Wednesday to two bills designed to tackle Kentucky’s problems with methamphetamine labs and prescription drug abuse,” John Cheves and Jack Brammer report for the Lexington...
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Meds-for-meth bill stalls in state House committee
A measure aimed at curbing methamphetamine production failed to come to vote in the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Rep. John Tilley, a Hopkinsville Democrat who chairs the committee, said he...
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Courier-Journal editorialists change position and join the Herald-Leader in supporting meds-for-meth legislation
The state’s two biggest newspapers are in agreement: pseudoephedrine should be available by prescription only in order to curb methamphetamine production. The Courier-Journal offered its opinion in an editorial today:...
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Group fighting meds-for-meth bill says it spent nearly $200,000 in January on lobbying, and that apparently omits radio buys
The group fighting a bill that would make the key ingredient for making methamphetamine available only by prescription spent more than $194,000 last month alone to lobby lawmakers, far more...
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Senate committee narrowly passes meds-for-meth bill as advocates start their own radio advertising campaign
In the face of a strong lobbying effort by makers of over-the-counter cold medicines, a state Senate committee narrowly approved a bill today that would require a prescription for most...
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Legislators hear from new managed-care firms; lawmaker rates their performance with a show of hands from pharmacists
Kentucky Health News The three companies recently hired to manage Kentucky’s Medicaid program outside the Louisville region defended themselves yesterday against complaints that they are squeezing independent pharmacies to the...
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Bills would require more assessment before a patient can be admitted to a personal-care home
Legislation dubbed “Larry’s Law” is aimed at preventing what happened to Larry Lee from happening again. House Bill 307, filed by Democratic Rep. Terry Mills, right, “would require an individual...
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Expect a bill that will require doctors to have KASPER accounts, state drug policy director says
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A bill is likely to be filed in the General Assembly that will require drug prescribers to have an account with the state’s drug...