Close With just six days left in Kentucky s short legislative session, many health-related bills are near final passage; here s a roundup
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News Mar 9, 2021
Mar 9, 2021
With just six days left in the General Assembly s short, odd-year session, many health-related bills remain on the table, and only a few have become law. Here s a roundup of health-related legislation.
Abortion: The first health-related bill to become law this year was Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Crofton, which requires medical providers to give âmedically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant,â including after a failed abortion. It also requires them to give any ânourishment, medical care, medical treatment and surgical care that is medically appropriate.â Gov. Andy Beshear declined
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Senate Bill No. 405 would prohibit the state from mandating a vaccine that has only been given emergency use authorization from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Bill was referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health on January 26, 2021.
House Bill No. 5401 would prohibit the state or any employee of the state from mandating COVID-19 vaccination. Similarly, House Bill No. 5402 would prohibit employers and public officials from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Both Bills were referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health on January 22, 2021.
With regards to exemptions from mandatory vaccinations for school-aged children and college students, two varied pieces of legislation have been introduced. Senate Bill No. 436 would expand exemptions to state mandatory vaccination laws for school-aged children. The Bill was referred to the Joint Committee on Education on January 27, 2021. Contrarily, Senate Bill No. 568 would eliminate th
Awful weather forced the Kentucky General Assembly to hold off on session activity during the week of Feb. 15. We returned to Frankfort on Monday to get back to work for you.
I hope you and your family kept safe from the heavy ice and snowstorms. Our region was hit real hard, and a majority of us lost power for a long time. We really can t say enough about the workers who keep our roads clear and the lights on. Stories from all over included counties h helping other counties, emergency efforts to get food and water to people without, and a lot more. Thank you to all involved in helping.
Close Bills for local control of tobacco haven t even been assigned to committees, though advocates say they would pass on the floor
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News Mar 1, 2021
Mar 1, 2021
With less than two weeks left in the 2021 legislative session, bills to let local governments regulate tobacco products are among the many that legislative leaders haven t even assigned to a committee.
The bills sponsors told Kentucky Health News that they think the bills may have been lost in the shuffle of a short session that has to write a budget amid a pandemic, plus severe weather that cost a week.Â