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
Walker Thomas of Hopkinsville was appointed the chair of the Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee.
Jason Petrie of Todd County has been named as the new chair of the Appropriations and Revenue Committee for the Kentucky House. Petrie says there is a lot more that can be done for the Commonwealth and he is looking forward to the endeavor in his new role.