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 to sign the bill but allowed it to become law without his signature.