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- State House Panel Approves Bills To Require Hpv Vaccinations Of Boys And Girls And Ban Use Of Tanning Beds By Children
The state House Health and Welfare Committee approved two bills Thursday to require that boys and girls to be vaccinated for the human papilloma virus before sixth grade and to generally ban use of tanning beds for those under 18. HPV causes cervical...
- House Gets Bill For School Diabetes-management Training
A bill to allow school personnel to administer insulin and otherwise treat diabetes symptoms if they undergo specified training is headed to the House floor. House Bill 98 reflects a shortage of school nurses and Kentucky's higher-than-average...
- 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...
- Optometrists' Well-financed Bill Is First To Clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear's desk, is the first this session to clear both houses of the General Assembly, The...
- Panel Oks Bill To Ban Children Under 14 From Tanning Booths
A bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from bronzing their skin at tanning booths cleared the House's Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday. House Bill 338 will now move to the full House for consideration. The bill is sponsored by...
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Legislature passes bill requiring schools to have trained employees to give insulin and epilepsy medication to students
A bill to require schools to have an employee on duty to administer insulin and epilepsy medication to students is on its way to Gov. Steve Beshear for final action.
House Bill 98, received final passage Thursday in the House, 96-2, after initial House passage and Senate amendments. The "no" votes were cast by Republican Reps. Ken Upchurch of Monticello and Ben Waide of Madisonville.
The bill would require that a licensed health worker, non-licensed health technician, or trained school employee be on duty at schools to administer or help with self-administration of insulin, other approved diabetes drugs, and seizure-rescue drugs approved by the federal government.
Written permission from a child?s parent or guardian, and instructions from the child?s health-care provider, would be required before any of the medications could be administered. The training requirements would go into effect July 15; the rest of the bill would take effect immediately.
The bill's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Bob Damron of Nicholasville, said it would make Kentucky the 34th state to adopt such legislation.
The bill would also allow children to perform their own blood-glucose checks and self-administer insulin at school with written request of parent or guardians and authorization by the child?s health provider.
- State House Panel Approves Bills To Require Hpv Vaccinations Of Boys And Girls And Ban Use Of Tanning Beds By Children
The state House Health and Welfare Committee approved two bills Thursday to require that boys and girls to be vaccinated for the human papilloma virus before sixth grade and to generally ban use of tanning beds for those under 18. HPV causes cervical...
- House Gets Bill For School Diabetes-management Training
A bill to allow school personnel to administer insulin and otherwise treat diabetes symptoms if they undergo specified training is headed to the House floor. House Bill 98 reflects a shortage of school nurses and Kentucky's higher-than-average...
- 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...
- Optometrists' Well-financed Bill Is First To Clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear's desk, is the first this session to clear both houses of the General Assembly, The...
- Panel Oks Bill To Ban Children Under 14 From Tanning Booths
A bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from bronzing their skin at tanning booths cleared the House's Health and Welfare Committee Tuesday. House Bill 338 will now move to the full House for consideration. The bill is sponsored by...