Tag: legislation
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This year’s smoking-ban bill is dead; Senate advocates have bill to make insurers provide all smoking cessation treatments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite early hope, the bill to ban smoking in Kentucky workplaces was likely dead on arrival this year. “I haven’t heard anything about the...
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Hard-fought bill to protect independent pharmacies passes Senate committee; would regulate pharmacy benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Update March 28: SB 117 passed the Senate March 14 with a 38-0 vote and passed the House March 25 with a 97-0 vote....
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Bill to keep dirty needles out of landfills hijacked with amendment to require needle-exchange programs to be one-for-one
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to educate the public about how to safely dispose of hypodermic needles easily passed was hit with a surprise amendment that...
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Health-committee leaders say policy decisions being driven by focus on pensions, with no consideration of tax reform for revenue
L-R: State Reps. Joni Jenkins, Rep. Tom Burch,Sens. Ralph Alvarado, Sen. Julie Raque Adams By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four legislators told a group of health advocates Feb. 22 that...
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Grant is eighth county to approve needle exchange; op-ed calls for N. Ky. to take a vote; and Louisville opens its third site
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Grant County is the eighth county in the state to approve a needle-exchange program, nearly 11 months after the legislature paved the way to...
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Three Kentucky farmers praise Kynect and Medicaid expansion
Ben Abell, Carolyn Gahn and Rae Barr Three Kentucky farmers praised Medicaid expansion and Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange, at a news conference Feb. 16, saying the programs have helped them to...
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Bill to make 21 legal age to buy tobacco products moves; one of several anti-tobacco bills from Rep. David Watkins, retired doctor
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the legal age to 21 to buy any tobacco or vaping products in Kentucky was approved Feb. 11 by the...
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State House, which passed smoking ban last year, may wait until after March 8 special elections to act on this year’s version
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The politics of an election year could create obstacles for the recently filed bill to enact a statewide smoking ban. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...
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Frankfort approves needle exchange; Northern Kentucky remains resistant though that’s where the heroin problem is worst
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Franklin County Health Department can now operate a needle exchange program in Frankfort, following a 3-2 vote by the Frankfort City Commission, Seth...
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New Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville suspends abortions after order from Bevin; anti-abortion bills abound in legislature
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky started offering abortions for the first time in Kentucky Jan. 21, but stopped a week later when Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration raised objections about...