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Bills proposed for certificate of need in 2024 legislative session
Last week, I filed three bills concerning the Certificate of Need process. House Bills 202, 203, and 204 reenvision the Certificate of Need application procedure, and move the state toward a robust and vibrant healthcare model accessible to all Kentuckians. This week, I wanted to provide summaries of these legislative proposals. In addition, you can […]
Meet Rep. Marianne Proctor
Rep. Marianne Proctor has followed politics for quite a while. But it was government response to COVID-19 that she says showed her just how much politics can impact individual lives.
Certificate of need laws create medical monopolies and hurt Kentucky’s most vulnerable.
Louisville entrepreneur Dipendra Tiwari saw a problem and responded in 2018. Nepali-speaking refugees needed nursing care and other services in their native language, so he and a business partner decided to fill the void.
Their solution was Grace Home Care, a home health agency focused on the Nepali-speaking community. Yet before Tiwari and his partner could open, they found themselves caught in a policy debate that Kentucky lawmakers have slow-walked for more than 40 years.
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.
Northern Kentucky lawmaker files three bills loosening certificate of need requirements
Saying that Kentuckians should have options when it comes to where they get their medical care, a Northern Kentucky representative filed three bills Tuesday aimed at reforming the state’s certificate of need (CON) requirement
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.
Union’s Rep. Marianne Proctor appointed to task force on Certificates of Need
Rep. Marianne Proctor of Union will serve on the Kentucky General Assembly’s task force on Certificates of Need, according to an afternoon announcement from House Speaker David Osborne.
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Why I’m running for House District 60
Sick of proposed gas taxes to further increase our pain at the pump? Sick of 15-year politicians who find it easier to create new taxes rather than to trim the bloated budget? Sick of politicians who have become more interested in lobbyists and special interest groups than in people like you and me who voted them in?