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- House Sends Senate Pill-mill And Medicaid Managed-care Fixes
The state House yesterday approved without dissent two bills aimed at improving Kentucky's health care. House Bill 217 addresses some "unintended consequences" of last year's "pill mill bill" by easing some of the bills regualtions....
- Bill For Statewide Smoking Ban Appears To Have Been Extinguished
The bill to enact a statewide smoking ban in Kentucky appears to be dead for this session of the General Assembly. The House sent House Bill 190 back to committee today, and "House Speaker Greg Stumbo said he doesn't expect the bill to make it back...
- In Bipartisan Way, Political Leaders Push Passage Of 'pill Mill' Bill
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today "to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats ? prescription drug abuse," a press release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Beshear, Attorney General...
- Senate Panel Oks Pill-mill Bill With Provision Moving Prescription-monitoring System To Attorney General's Office
Over the objections of the Kentucky Medical Association, a Senate committee today approved a bill that would "transfer oversight of the state?s prescription-monitoring system from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the attorney general?s office,"...
- House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Bills To Curb Synthetic, Rx Drug Abuse
Cracking down on drugs is one of the most pressing topics of the 2012 General Assembly, and lawmakers showed they were serious about it this afternoon. (Associated Press photo by Ed Reinke of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville)...
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House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012's pill-mill bill
They could call it the pill they're taking to fix the pill-mill bill.
A state House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would tweak last year's legislation aimed at cracking down on prescription drug abuse through doctor shopping and "pill mills" where painkiller prescriptions are easily available for a fee.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 217 would fix ?unintended consequences? of 2012's House Bill 1 while still requiring that health-care providers use the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system to track painkiller prescriptions.
The bill "would exempt hospitals and long-term care facilities from HB 1?s per-unit patient dosing restrictions and ensure that physicians decide when physicals are needed," the Kentucky Press News Service reported. "It would limit restricted access to narcotic pain medication for surgery patients, end-of-life patients, cancer patients and a few other categories of patients who may need increased pain management, Stumbo said." (Read more)
A state House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would tweak last year's legislation aimed at cracking down on prescription drug abuse through doctor shopping and "pill mills" where painkiller prescriptions are easily available for a fee.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 217 would fix ?unintended consequences? of 2012's House Bill 1 while still requiring that health-care providers use the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system to track painkiller prescriptions.
The bill "would exempt hospitals and long-term care facilities from HB 1?s per-unit patient dosing restrictions and ensure that physicians decide when physicals are needed," the Kentucky Press News Service reported. "It would limit restricted access to narcotic pain medication for surgery patients, end-of-life patients, cancer patients and a few other categories of patients who may need increased pain management, Stumbo said." (Read more)
- House Sends Senate Pill-mill And Medicaid Managed-care Fixes
The state House yesterday approved without dissent two bills aimed at improving Kentucky's health care. House Bill 217 addresses some "unintended consequences" of last year's "pill mill bill" by easing some of the bills regualtions....
- Bill For Statewide Smoking Ban Appears To Have Been Extinguished
The bill to enact a statewide smoking ban in Kentucky appears to be dead for this session of the General Assembly. The House sent House Bill 190 back to committee today, and "House Speaker Greg Stumbo said he doesn't expect the bill to make it back...
- In Bipartisan Way, Political Leaders Push Passage Of 'pill Mill' Bill
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today "to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats ? prescription drug abuse," a press release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Beshear, Attorney General...
- Senate Panel Oks Pill-mill Bill With Provision Moving Prescription-monitoring System To Attorney General's Office
Over the objections of the Kentucky Medical Association, a Senate committee today approved a bill that would "transfer oversight of the state?s prescription-monitoring system from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the attorney general?s office,"...
- House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Bills To Curb Synthetic, Rx Drug Abuse
Cracking down on drugs is one of the most pressing topics of the 2012 General Assembly, and lawmakers showed they were serious about it this afternoon. (Associated Press photo by Ed Reinke of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville)...