Tag: legislature
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$3 million allocated to 10 local jails for substance-abuse treatment programs; final round of $10 million in funding from heroin bill
In the final delivery of the $10 million that was appropriated in this year’s anti-heroin legislation, more than $3 million is being distributed to provide substance-abuse treatment for both county...
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National reporting on Bevin’s health-care plans is generally good, but sometimes off the mark; here’s an important example
By Al Cross Editor and publisher, Kentucky Health News Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Associate extension professor of journalism, University of Kentucky Kentuckians’ election of Matt Bevin,...
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Republican senator suggests expanding Kynect to other states to help pay state’s coming share of Medicaid expansion
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the Republican nominee for governor says he would dismantle the state health-insurance exchange branded as Kynect, a GOP senator is talking about not...
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Legislative leaders debate future of Medicaid expansion
“There’s no doubt that health care remains a significant issue for politicians and voters in the commonwealth. While thousands of Kentuckians have health insurance for the first time, Frankfort continues...
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Issues between managed care companies and Kentucky Medicaid providers still mar the state’s implementation of the program
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News For many health care providers in the state, implementation of Kentucky’s Medicaid Managed Care system has been taxing, but Cabinet for Health and Family...
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Legislative freshmen’s bipartisan bill, now law, lets tax refund to go to pediatric cancer research, or part of it to rape crisis centers
Gov. Steve Beshear held a ceremonial signing Aug. 12 of a bill that creates a option on individual state income-tax returns to divert refunds for the study and treatment of...
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Lawmakers and health officials meet to discuss increased use of heroin during pregnancy and thus, more addicted babies
Health officials and lawmakers met at the University of Kentucky Hospital Aug. 10 to discuss the increasing use of heroin among pregnant women and how this has caused a huge...
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Legislators wary of commenting on study that says Medicaid expansion will pay for itself by creating jobs and tax revenue
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky legislators reflected mainly partisan attitudes about the state’s implementation of federal health reform in a statewide call-in interview show about the state budget...
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Study finds legislative crackdown on pill mills worked, but some providers are still prescribing lots of drugs
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The 2012 legislation to crack down on abuse of painkillers in Kentucky had an immediate and significant effect, according to a study by researchers...