Kentucky House approves freestanding birth centers
FRANKFORT — Freestanding birth centers could open in Kentucky under narrow guidelines if a bipartisan bill passed by Kentucky’s House Tuesday becomes law. Time is running short in this...
Bill giving foster parents child care benefits for remote work has passed Kentucky legislature
The House unanimously passed a Louisville Democrat’s bill aimed at enabling more Kentuckians to become foster parents. The Monday move means Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Sen. Cassie Chambers...
Bill to let pharmacists give vaccines to children 5 and older heads to governor’s desk; 11 Senate Republicans vote against it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to allow Kentucky pharmacists to order and administer vaccinations to children down to the age of 5 has gained final passage, but...
Kentucky’s new juvenile justice chief is veteran of running adult corrections system
Randy White A longtime adult corrections official will head the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. The new commissioner, Randy White, worked in the Kentucky...
Bill would guarantee parents access to minors’ medical records with exceptions for abuse, neglect
FRANKFORT — Members of the Kentucky Senate Health Services committee passed — along party lines — a bill to ensure parents and guardians have access to medical records of...
Kentucky’s ‘Momnibus’ bill advances in legislature
FRANKFORT — Members of the Senate Health Services Committee voted unanimously Thursday to advance the maternal health bill which supporters call “Momnibus.” Momnibus — or House Bill 10 —...
Looser child labor standards revived by committee that had temporarily blocked bill
FRANKFORT — A bill that would allow some teenagers to work longer and later hours advanced out of a Senate committee Friday just a day after the same committee...
Child labor, food assistance bills stall in Kentucky Senate committee but could get another chance
FRANKFORT — A Senate committee on Thursday blocked House bills that would loosen state restrictions on child labor and tighten eligibility for food assistance, but the measures are not...
Bill qualifying more foster parents for child care benefits advances
FRANKFORT — A Louisville Democrat’s bill aimed at getting more foster care parents in Kentucky passed a House committee, placing it two steps from law. Senate Bill 240 would...
Kentucky attorney general among those warning Maine not to enact medical shield law
Kentucky’s Russell Coleman is among 16 state attorneys general threatening legal action if Maine enacts a law shielding its medical providers from penalties for providing reproductive and gender-affirming care...