The Kentucky legislature’s interim joint committee on licensing, occupations and administration regulations heard testimonies from Rep. Marianne Proctor and others on the topic of medical certificate of need, which is particularly relevant in Northern Kentucky.
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2024 Kentucky General Assembly session preview
Budget, public safety, workforce development, school choice top to-do list The Kentucky legislative process is political. That’s true both inside Republican and Democratic caucuses and in how the parties interact with each other. Bills can live or die by the clout of the lawmaker (or lawmakers) behind them. Then there is the state budget, which […]
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Certificate of need redux: Proctor files three bills Tuesday to address ‘imminent risk’
State Rep. Marianne Proctor filed three separate bills on Tuesday that would reform Kentucky’s certificate of need law without carving out a specific exemption for the Northern Kentucky region, as she proposed in 2023. The centerpiece of the three bills is a proposal that would exempt more types of facilities and services (rather than a […]
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Kentucky certificate of need task force says issue may need ‘further study’
A legislative task force on Thursday deferred proposing any changes to the state’s certificate of need program, instead recommending possible “further study” of the issue in 2024. The one-sentence recommendation came after six months of meetings of the state Certificate of Need Task Force established by the Legislative Research Commission back in April. Considerable testimony […]
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Will St. E oppose new medical offices at former IRS site?
UPDATE: St. Elizabeth has issued a statement in response to Mayor Meyer’s line of questions at the meeting. You can read it here. —LINK nky editorial, Oct. 23., 2023. A Tuesday-night visit to the Covington Board of Commissioners from Kentucky Rep. Marianne Proctor (R-Union), who had come to speak out against medical certificate of need […]
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Marianne Proctor to speak on certificate of need at Covington Board of Commissioners meeting next week
Kentucky Rep. Marianne Proctor (R-Union) will address the Covington Board of Commissioners at the city’s legislative meeting on Sept. 26 on laws surrounding medical certificate of need in Kentucky. Medical certificate of need laws require that Kentucky healthcare institutions providing certain services must first prove a communal need for such services before establishing facilities in […]
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Certificate of need task force hears from those in favor of repeal, moderate reform
Members of a legislative task force created to weigh certificate of need laws in Kentucky heard presentations Monday from several speakers with different opinions on the issue. Two people in favor of repeal, along with two who felt moderate reform but not outright appeal is necessary, spoke about the laws that govern where and how […]
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Christ Hospital enters into fight over certificate of need in Kentucky
Christ Hospital has entered the conversation around certificate of need in Kentucky after it registered as a lobbyist with the Kentucky legislature, according to documents obtained by LINK nky from the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. The Cincinnati-based hospital registered with the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission in June, and under its registration filing, said it plans […]
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Here’s what Beshear and Cameron say about certificate of need
Though certificate of need is not likely to be the top issue in this year’s governor’s race, it is an issue that impacts Kentuckians and has already come up on the campaign trail. Both Democratic nominee Andy Beshear and Republican nominee Daniel Cameron have their opinions when it comes to the program. Certificate of need […]
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Kentucky legislature seeks public input on certificate of need
Have an opinion on the certificate of need issue in Kentucky? The Kentucky legislature wants to hear from you. Earlier this year, the Kentucky legislature created a special task force to study the issue of certificate of need during the interim legislative period, the time in between legislative sessions when legislators specific policy issues that […]