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- Jane Beshear Launches Campaign For New Cancer Screening Van
First Lady Jane Beshear, along with representatives from the Kentucky Cancer Program, the University of Louisville?s James Graham Brown Cancer Center and KentuckyOne Health, have launched another "Horses and Hope" campaign to raise $1 million for a mobile...
- Beshear Vetoes Parts Of Budget, But Health Spending Is Intact
Though Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed 45 parts of the state budget yesterday evening, health-related spending was safe from the cut. The budget will help reduce caseloads for social workers who investigate child abuse and neglect, funds colon cancer screenings...
- First Lady Didn't Donate To Breast Cancer Fund; Gov. Beshear Announces Collaboration To Fight Many Cancers
Though First Lady Jane Beshear made headlines Monday when it was discovered neither she nor Gov. Steve Beshear had checked off a donation box to support breast cancer research on their state income tax returns ? something the first lady has encouraged...
- Funding Substance-abuse Treatment For Medicaid Recipients Could Help 6,000 People, Official Says
If the budget proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear is passed, 6,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid could be treated for substance abuse, ultimately saving the tax system hundreds of thousands of dollars. That was the message Monday during a House budget subcommittee...
- As Expected, Beshear Asks Legislature To Move $100 Million From Next Year's Medicaid Budget To Make Up This Year's Shortfall
Gov. Steve Beshear, left, is urging the legislature to pass legislation that would rectify a $100 million shortfall in the 2011 Medicaid budget. If it doesn't, Beshear said payments for health care providers who treat Medicaid patients would decrease...
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Beshear budget would expand oral health, cancer screening, brain-injury treatment and alternatives to institutionalization
Gov. Steve Beshear's proposed state budget includes money to expand oral health programs, screening for cervical and breast cancer, treatment for Kentuckians with brain injuries and programs to held disabled people stay in their homes or communities.
The largest pot of new money is $3.3 million for oral health, a subject to which Beshear has paid special attention since soon after he became governor in December 2007. His budget would expand preventive oral health programs in the Department of Public Health, and add 10 dental hygiene sites in local health departments over the two-year budget period, July 2014 through June 2016.
Beshear proposes $1 million to expand screenings through the Kentucky Women?s Cancer Screening Program to increase breast and cervical cancer screening. The funds would also develop systems to help women navigate the health-care system. The governor's office also noted that his budget would continue the $1 million annual funding for colon cancer screening for low-income, uninsured Kentuckians aged 50 to 64.
Beshear would add 303 slots during the budget period for the Acquired Brain Injury Waiver program, which provides intensive services and support to adults who have acquired brain injuries and are working to re-enter community life. He would also add 900 new slots to waiver programs in Medicaid that provide alternatives to institutional care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A news release from Beshear's office said $166.7 million the state is saving because of federal health reform would be reinvested in the the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "While most state agencies face 5 percent cuts under the governor?s proposal, most public-health and mental health-programs are exempt from cuts," the release said. "Affordable Care Act savings to these agencies mean many services they provide will now be covered with federal funds."
Among cabinet spending not directly for health, Beshear's budget would restore a recent cut in slots for child-care assistance for the poor, fund staff for the Child Fatality Review Commission, and expand the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) program for new and expectant parents."This program was expanded to families that already had children in high risk communities in 78 counties with the use of a federal grant," the release said. "Beshear proposes $11.6 million to replace that grant, and an additional $5 million to take this expansion to the rest of the state."
The largest pot of new money is $3.3 million for oral health, a subject to which Beshear has paid special attention since soon after he became governor in December 2007. His budget would expand preventive oral health programs in the Department of Public Health, and add 10 dental hygiene sites in local health departments over the two-year budget period, July 2014 through June 2016.
Beshear proposes $1 million to expand screenings through the Kentucky Women?s Cancer Screening Program to increase breast and cervical cancer screening. The funds would also develop systems to help women navigate the health-care system. The governor's office also noted that his budget would continue the $1 million annual funding for colon cancer screening for low-income, uninsured Kentuckians aged 50 to 64.
Beshear would add 303 slots during the budget period for the Acquired Brain Injury Waiver program, which provides intensive services and support to adults who have acquired brain injuries and are working to re-enter community life. He would also add 900 new slots to waiver programs in Medicaid that provide alternatives to institutional care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A news release from Beshear's office said $166.7 million the state is saving because of federal health reform would be reinvested in the the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "While most state agencies face 5 percent cuts under the governor?s proposal, most public-health and mental health-programs are exempt from cuts," the release said. "Affordable Care Act savings to these agencies mean many services they provide will now be covered with federal funds."
Among cabinet spending not directly for health, Beshear's budget would restore a recent cut in slots for child-care assistance for the poor, fund staff for the Child Fatality Review Commission, and expand the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) program for new and expectant parents."This program was expanded to families that already had children in high risk communities in 78 counties with the use of a federal grant," the release said. "Beshear proposes $11.6 million to replace that grant, and an additional $5 million to take this expansion to the rest of the state."
- Jane Beshear Launches Campaign For New Cancer Screening Van
First Lady Jane Beshear, along with representatives from the Kentucky Cancer Program, the University of Louisville?s James Graham Brown Cancer Center and KentuckyOne Health, have launched another "Horses and Hope" campaign to raise $1 million for a mobile...
- Beshear Vetoes Parts Of Budget, But Health Spending Is Intact
Though Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed 45 parts of the state budget yesterday evening, health-related spending was safe from the cut. The budget will help reduce caseloads for social workers who investigate child abuse and neglect, funds colon cancer screenings...
- First Lady Didn't Donate To Breast Cancer Fund; Gov. Beshear Announces Collaboration To Fight Many Cancers
Though First Lady Jane Beshear made headlines Monday when it was discovered neither she nor Gov. Steve Beshear had checked off a donation box to support breast cancer research on their state income tax returns ? something the first lady has encouraged...
- Funding Substance-abuse Treatment For Medicaid Recipients Could Help 6,000 People, Official Says
If the budget proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear is passed, 6,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid could be treated for substance abuse, ultimately saving the tax system hundreds of thousands of dollars. That was the message Monday during a House budget subcommittee...
- As Expected, Beshear Asks Legislature To Move $100 Million From Next Year's Medicaid Budget To Make Up This Year's Shortfall
Gov. Steve Beshear, left, is urging the legislature to pass legislation that would rectify a $100 million shortfall in the 2011 Medicaid budget. If it doesn't, Beshear said payments for health care providers who treat Medicaid patients would decrease...