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 read summaries of each piece …
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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