Tag: state government; General Assembly
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Troubling statistics discussed at prescription-drug summit
Staggering statistics were revealed this week at the Orlando-based National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, including one survey that found 2 million people age 12 and older started using prescription pain...
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Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Florida, organized by Ky. group, set to start as lobbying on ‘pill-mill bill’ continues to ramp up
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News As a bipartisan group of political leaders pushes the General Assembly to pass a bill Thursday that would crack down on “pill mills” that...
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This is Child Abuse Awareness Month; tips for prevention
April is child abuse awareness month, and the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is reminding Kentuckians that it’s the law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. “Protecting our children...
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Bill amendment could make dental, vision care more expensive
A last-minute amendment to a bill intended to limit when insurance companies could terminate policies may end up costing Kentuckians more out-of-pocket dental and vision expenses, Courier-Journal political writer Joseph...
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Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News The legislation meant to crack down on so-called “pill mills” will turn on striking a balance between thwarting prescription drug abuse and making sure...
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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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Smoking ban bill clears House committee for first time; but sponsor says she won’t take it farther this session
A measure for a statewide smoking ban passed the House Health and Welfare Committee today, the first time such a bill has cleared committee in legislative history, Deborah Yetter reports...
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Campbellsville pharmacists have mixed views about meds-for-meth bill; a good example of localizing a statewide issue
Pharmacists have mixed opinions about a bill that would require a prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine after a monthly or yearly limit has been reached, reports Calen McKinney for the Central...
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Smoking ban can’t get a vote due to Republican boycott over chairman’s block of measure for drug tests for welfare recipients
There could have been a vote Thursday on a bill for a statewide smoking ban, but a Republican boycott of the Democratic-controlled House Health and Welfare Committee over another bill...
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Senate panel and House OK bills to tackle prescription-bill abuse
Two bills aimed at attacking the state’s prescription drug abuse problem made headway yesterday, with a major difference between the House and Senate measures, reflecting possible turf battles between state...