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"The Rush Limbaugh Anti-Doctor Shopping Act of 2004," cite Act as - SB 40: SFA(1)
Abortion counseling public funding prohibited - HB 32
Abortion,
  • prohibition of performance of - HB 658
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - SB 90
Access to newspapers using a telephone, Accessible Electronic Information Service Program to provide - HB 262: HFA(1)
Accessible Electronic Information Service Program, entities selected by the Department for the Blind - HB 262: HFA(2)
Advanced
  • registered nurse practitioner, controlled substances, prescriptive authority for - SB 240; HB 595: HCS
  • registered nurse practitioners, controlled substance prescription authority for - HB 595: SCS
  • registered nurse practitioners, controlled substance prescriptions, authority for - HB 595: SFA(1),(4)
Anaphylactic medications, allow students in schools to selfadminister - HB 90: SFA(7)
Anaphylaxis, epinephrine, student use of - SB 15: SCS
Appropriation clause, inclusion of - HB 157: HCS
Assisted-living community, business entity operation of - SB 264
Attorneys, limit contingency fee in medical negligence cases - SB 137
Birth control programs, state participation in - HB 31
Blind and disabled persons, accessible electronic information for - SB 56; HB 262
Board of Medical Licensure, membership of - HB 688
Boarding
  • home, registration of - HB 672: HCS
  • home, registration required, suspension of - HB 672
Boxers, required physical examination, scope of - HB 126
Boxing
  • and wrestling, health and safety rules imposed - HB 126: HCS(2)
  • regulations, medical requirements established - HB 126: HCS(1)
Brain injury services, increase in DUI service fee used for - HB 157
Breast
  • cancer education and research, establish tax check-off fund, and board - HB 52
  • cancer tax check-off, establish fund and board - SB 97
Breast-feeding, encouragement of - HB 646
Cabinet for Health Services, teenage drinking and driving, study of - HJR 211
Catasrophic health insurance, exclusion of mandated benefits - SB 165
Certificate
  • of need requirements, exempt primary care centers and rural health clinics from - SB 185
  • of need, nonsubstantive review, rehabilitation agencies eligible for - SB 23
Cervical cancer, LRC study - HCR 167
Charitable
  • dental care, provision of - HB 321
  • drug repository program, transfer of unused prescription drugs to - HB 86
  • health care provider, amend definition of - HB 321: HCS
  • health care provider, dentist included as - HB 321: SCS
Chemical
  • dependency treatment, Medicaid, payment for - SB 233
  • dependency treatment, temporary exemption of certificate of need for - SB 233
Children's
  • psychiatric treatment facilities, expansion of - HB 90: SCS
  • psychiatric treatment facilities, location and beds - HB 90; HB 90: HCS, HFA (1)
Cigarette tax increase, smokeless, loose, and other tobacco, impose tax - HB 107
Cloning of humans, prohibition of - HB 171
Colorectal cancer screening, health insurance, required coverage by - SB 19; HB 89
Commission
  • for a Healthy Kentucky, reduction of injury, goal of - SB 179: HCS
  • for Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 179
Complementary and alternative health care, without a license, allowing practice of - HB 181
Compulsive gamblers assistance fund, within Division of Substance Abuse, creation of - HB 144
Contingent fee agreements, limitation on - HB 450: HFA(2)
Continuing
  • care retirement community nursing home beds, extension of sunset clause - HB 59: SCA(1)
  • care retirement community, extension of sunset provision relating to - HB 695
  • care retirement community, independent living unit, options to include at least one - SB 153: HFA(7); SB 186: HFA (3)
  • care retirement community, nursing home bed sunset clause, extension - HB 59: HCS
  • care retirement community, nursing home bed sunset clause, removal of - HB 59
  • care retirement community, residential living options for - HB 695
Controlled
  • substances, advanced registered nurse practitioner, prescriptive authority for - HB 595
Counterfeit prescription drug, civil fine for - SB 180
Criminal record check, out-of-state fees for - SB 182
Critical
  • access hospital, acute care hospital, study by - HB 323: HCA(1)
  • access hospital, expand services of - HB 323
Death certificate, unknown cause of death - SB 62
Denturists, licensing established, scope of practice defined - SB 280
Destructive research on human embryo, prohibit - HB 170
Dietary supplement products containing ephedrine group alkaloids, prohibition against sale of - HB 110
Direct support for the disabled, encourage - SR 189; HR 237
Disease management, Medicaid, implementation of - HB 267
Doctors and dentists, continuing education for - HB 151
Drugs, direct-to-consumer advertising, urge federal restrictions on - HCR 59
Emergency contraceptives, prescribing and dispensing of - HB 87
Federal prescription drug discount program, Cabinet for Health Service study of - HJR 38
Feral cats, rabies, vaccination of - HB 336: HFA(7)
Friedreich's Ataxia, third Saturday in May recognized as - SR 61; HR 110
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 234
Harm reduction program, creation of - HB 83
Health
  • and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 153
  • care decisions, persons authorized - HB 67
  • care employees, monetary damages and job reinstatement, right to recover - HB 378
  • care liability limitations - SB 1: HFA(3),(4)
  • care liability, ballot language for constitutional amendment, revision of - SB 1: SFA(7)
  • care liability, limitations on noneconomic and punitive damages, deletion of - SB 1: SFA(7)
  • care, liability limitations - SB 1; SB 1: HCS, HFA (1),(5)
  • care, liability limitations and dispute resolution system, constitutional amendment - SB 1: SCS(2)
  • care, liability limitations, ballot language for constitutional amendment - SB 1: SCS(1)
  • departments, citation correction - HB 512
  • Information Network Board, Cabinet for Health Services, creation of - HB 56: HCS
  • information technology, Congress, funding for - SCR 17
  • insurance, contraceptive devices and services, coverage for - HB 573
  • Professional Shortage Area, eligible primary health clinic to be located in - HB 684: HFA(1)
Healthy Kentuckians, commission on, add duties on school foods - SB 179: HFA(2)
HIV/AIDS,
  • Class A misdemeanor for disclosing identity of person with - SB 103: SCA(1); HB 82: SCS
  • Health Services Cabinet, drug program requirements of - HB 516: HCS
  • prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 516; HB 516: HFA (1)
Home
  • and community-based waiver, eligibility for - SB 189: HFA(1)
  • and community-based waiver, prohibit exclusions from - SB 40: HFA(4)
Hospital data, collection and dissemination of - HB 450: HFA(4)
Hospital, acute care, admission at - HB 242: SFA(3)
Human services, 2-1-1 dialing code for - SR 144; HR 188, 189
Individual
  • health insurance riders, exclude coverage - HB 592
  • student health care plans, schools, requirements for - HB 217
Infertility, health benefit coverage of - HB 702
Injury to pregnant woman, health care providers, exemptions - HB 108: HFA(5)
Insurance mandate for hospice care - HB 227: SFA(3)
Insurance,
  • CPT codes, insured liability for - HB 455
  • mammography and breast cancer, coverage for - HB 227: HFA(2)
KASPER system - tolerance rates for data errors - SB 14: SCS
Kentucky
  • Board of Medical Licensure, study of the composition of - HB 688: HCS
  • Diabetes Research Board and Kentucky diabetes research trust fund, creation of - HB 685
  • Diabetes Research Board, secretary of Cabinet for Health Services member of - HB 685: HCS
  • early intervention system, assessment and evaluation procedures - HB 260: HCS, HFA (1)
  • Early Intervention System, assessment and evaluation procedures - HB 260
  • early intervention system, definitions of - SB 153: HFA(1)
  • e-Health Information Network, creation of - HB 56
  • e-Health Network, implementation of - SB 128
  • e-Health Network, voluntary participation in - HB 216
  • Health Care Improvement Authority, membership - HB 509
  • Rx Program, establishment of - HB 351
Lead paint, screening for - SB 199: SFA(1)
Limited insurance plans - HB 227
Local exchange telecommunications company customers, periodic surcharges rendered to - HB 262: HCS
Long term care facility, record check requirements - SB 189: SFA(1)
Long-term
  • care facility inspections, penalty for prior notification of - SB 44; HB 159
  • care facility, employees, criminal background information about - SB 189
  • care facility, record check requirements - SB 189: SCS
  • care ombudsman program, funding of full-time positions for - HB 529
  • care ombudsman, area development district, full-time position for - HB 590
  • care staffing committee, nursing staff requirements developed by - SB 32; HB 158
  • care staffing committee, staffing requirements developed by - SB 48, 112
Lung Cancer Research Project, institutional review board for - SB 254
Malpractice claim reports, distribution of - SB 1: HFA(2)
Medicaid
  • buy-in program for disabled adults, study - SB 16: HFA(1); SB 17: HFA (1); SB 40: HFA (1); SB 186: HFA (1)
  • buy-in program for disabled adults, study and implement - HB 60; SB 45: HFA (1)
  • nonemergency transportation, eligibility for - HB 600
  • Oversight and Advisory Committee, jurisdiction of - SB 17; HB 288; HB 90: SFA (6)
  • partnership in regions 6 and 7, development of - HB 255
  • prescription drug dispensing fee study, repeal of - SB 16
  • prospective payment, Cabinet for Health Services directed to study impact of - SJR 133
  • tobacco surcharge, funding for - HB 310
Medicaid,
  • consumer-directed program for - HB 116: SCS
  • consumer-directed services program, allocation of funds - HB 116: HCS
  • consumer-directed services program, creation of - HB 116
  • consumer-directed services program, services and supports in - HB 116: HFA(1)
  • encourage maximization of resources - HB 502: HCS
  • maximization of resources, encourage - HB 502
  • PACE, implementation of - SB 186
  • personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 383
  • pharmacy, lock-in restrictions for - SB 14: HFA(2)
  • provider tax and payments, hospital services subject to - SB 265
  • recipients, lock-in restrictions for - HB 220
  • supplemental rebates, negotiation of - HB 267
  • supplies and durable medical equipment, any-willing-provider exemption for - SB 41
  • temporarily suspend hearings and program policies for - SB 73; HB 337
Medical
  • errors, require reporting of - HB 450: HFA(3)
  • malpractice screening panel, constitutional amendment for creation of - SB 12
  • malpractice, damages recoverable - SB 1: SFA(2)
  • malpractice, legislative authority regarding - SB 1: SFA(1)
  • negligence actions - SB 1: SFA(8)
Medication aides, Board of Nursing requirements for - HB 73
Meningitis, information, universities to provide - HB 342: HCS
Meningococcal
  • meningitis vaccine, full-time college students to be provided with information - SB 119
  • vaccine, require full-time students - HB 342
Mental
  • health and substance abuse services, standards for contracted agencies - HB 542
  • health, HIV, and AIDS, drug coverage for - HB 372: HFA(9)
  • illness, access to drug treatment of - SB 40: HFA(3)
  • illness, Medicaid, access to drug treatment of - SB 16: HFA(3)
  • illness, psychotropic drugs, teacher training and education relating to - HJR 58
Mercury in immunizations and dental restorations, prohibit - SB 141
Minimum wage & overtime provisions, exempt individuals who provide companionship services - SB 45
Nonbinding alternative dispute resolution system and trial by jury, provide for - SB 1: SFA(9)
Nonprescription contact lenses, prohibit sale to minors - HB 233
Nursing, clinical internship, requirements for - HB 72
Obesity and drug addiction, universities, urge study of - HJR 65
Organ donation, April recognition for - SR 151
Overtime exemption, in-home companionship services provided by a third party - SB 45: SCS, HCS
Pain management, task force, establishment of - HJR 132
Partial-birth abortion - HB 26
Patient
  • assistance program, anticonvulsants, distribution of - SB 255
Personal and family care homes, waiver to - HB 575
Pharmacy practice, expand definition of - HB 341
Pharmacy, scope of practice expanded - HB 341: HCS
Physical
  • activity daily, requirement - HB 207
  • therapists, continued competency requirement for - SB 206: HCS
Physician
  • assistant, temporary certificate for - SB 276
  • profiles, creation and dissemination of - HB 691
Physician, licensure, special faculty license - HB 456; HB 456: HFA (1)
Physicians Health Foundation, creation of - SB 276
Physicians, medical and osteopathic schools, practice within - SB 276
Prescription
  • drug rebates, negotiation of - HB 351: HFA(1)
  • drug, refundable tax credit for - HB 351: HCS
Primary health care clinics, establishment of revolving loan program - HB 684
Psychiatric treatment, hospitalization not to exceed 14 days - HB 67
Public
  • Health, core functions of - SB 199
  • Health, immunizations, reporting of - SB 184
  • health, Medicaid funding for - HB 395: HFA(14)
Punitive damages, taxation of - HB 450: HFA(1)
Radon, buildings, mitigation in - HB 145: HCS
School foods, restrictions on sale of - SB 179: HFA(2)
Schools, food and beverage requirements for - SB 153: HFA(3),(6); SB 179: HFA (1)
Self-referral prohibition, elimination of Medicaid and Medicare distinction for - HB 482
Services provided to minors, parent or guardian notified when - HB 13
Social workers, licensing of - HB 667
Surgical
  • assistants, certification of - SB 206: SCS, SFA (1)
  • assistants, licensing of, required physician supervision of - SB 206
Telehealth consultation, revised definition of - HB 115: HFA(1)
Telehealth, asynchronous consultations, payment for - HB 115
Tobacco dependence treatment, Medicaid coverage for - SB 65
Tongue splitting, finding of therapeutic or clinical basis required - HB 14
Trauma
  • care, development of system for - HB 492
  • system, establishment of voluntary - HB 492: HCS
Traumatic
  • brain injury trust fund, direct increased fine for seat belt violations into - HB 153
  • brain injury trust fund, increase limit for - SB 59
Wild or exotic animals, rabies, testing for - HB 336: HFA(8)

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