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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