State House kills bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccine mandates, after it takes a fast, unusual trip through the Senate
Kentucky Health NewsA bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccines from being required for employment, student enrollment or activities, or medical treatment and licensing, died a quiet death in the state...
Beshear gets bill to limit vaping products to those OKd by FDA; Ky. Youth Advocates calls for enforcement of underage-sales law
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to reduce underage vaping by limiting legal sales to products approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and creating a database...
Legislature sends Beshear bill decriminalizing medical mistakes; some in vitro fertilization advocates say bill will protect it
By Sarah LaddKentucky Lantern A bill giving Kentucky’s health-care providers criminal immunity for medical mistakes — which one lawmaker thinks will enshrine protections for in vitro fertilization by default...
Health insurers again win lobbying battle with doctors and hospitals over prior authorization of procedures, treatments
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to exempt health-care providers who have 90% or more of their claims approved from health-insurance companies’ requirements for prior authorization of ceratin...
State Senate weakens bill to curb underage vaping and sends it to the House with just days left in the legislative session
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill set up a regulatory framework to curb underage vaping passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, but hasn’t yet been...
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...
Bill targeting certificate-of-need process for health-care facilities gets only three votes in House Health Services Committee
State Rep. Marianne Proctor (KL photo by Sarah Ladd) By Sarah LaddKentucky Lantern A bill that opponents said would effectively repeal Kentucky’s certificate-of-need law for health-care facilities failed in...
Bill to protect independent pharmacies from benefit managers moves after changes; insurers say it would increase premiums
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsA bill to set new controls on commercial pharmacy-benefit managers was approved by a Senate committee on March 14 as a measure scheduled to be...
Medical-cannabis ‘cleanup’ bill passes House; critics disappointed more qualifying conditions not added and say it increases hurdles
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
State Senate restores most Medicaid cuts made in the House
Dr. Bill Collins treats a patient at the Red Bird Mission dentalclinic in Clay County. The Senate budget would increasedentists’ Medicaid fees. (Ky. Lantern photo by Deborah Yetter) By...