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Interim Joint Committee on Health Services

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30 members11 meetings on record

Members

30

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Kim Moser

Representative · House District 064

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Steve Meredith

Senator · Senate District 05

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Members

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Portrait of Adrielle Camuel

Adrielle Camuel

Representative · House District 093

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Portrait of Amy Neighbors

Amy Neighbors

Representative · House District 021

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Portrait of Craig Richardson

Craig Richardson

Senator · Senate District 03

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Portrait of Danny Carroll

Danny Carroll

Senator · Senate District 02

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Portrait of Deanna Gordon

Deanna Gordon

Representative · House District 081

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Portrait of Don Douglas

Don Douglas

Senator · Senate District 22

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Portrait of Emily Callaway

Emily Callaway

Representative · House District 037

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Portrait of Felicia Rabourn

Felicia Rabourn

Representative · House District 047

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Portrait of Josh Bray

Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

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Portrait of Julie Adams

Julie Adams

Senator · Senate District 36

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Portrait of Karen Berg

Karen Berg

Senator · Senate District 26

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Portrait of Ken Fleming

Ken Fleming

Representative · House District 048

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Portrait of Keturah Herron

Keturah Herron

Senator · Senate District 35

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Portrait of Kim Holloway

Kim Holloway

Representative · House District 002

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Portrait of Lindsey Burke

Lindsey Burke

Representative · House District 075

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Portrait of Lindsey Tichenor

Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

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Portrait of Lisa Willner

Lisa Willner

Representative · House District 035

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Portrait of Marianne Proctor

Marianne Proctor

Representative · House District 060

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Portrait of Mary Lou Marzian

Mary Lou Marzian

Representative · House District 041

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Portrait of Mike Nemes

Mike Nemes

Senator · Senate District 38

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Portrait of Rebecca Raymer

Rebecca Raymer

Representative · House District 015

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Robby Mills

Senator · Senate District 04

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Robert Duvall

Representative · House District 017

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Portrait of Ryan Dotson

Ryan Dotson

Representative · House District 073

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Portrait of Scott Sharp

Scott Sharp

Representative · House District 100

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Portrait of Steve Bratcher

Steve Bratcher

Representative · House District 025

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Portrait of Steve Rawlings

Steve Rawlings

Senator · Senate District 11

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Portrait of Steve Riley

Steve Riley

Representative · House District 023

Meetings & agendas

11

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Upcoming(4)

Next meeting
Fri, Aug 14, 2026
1:00 ET
Fri, Sep 11, 2026
1:00 ET
Fri, Oct 16, 2026
1:00 ET
Fri, Nov 13, 2026
1:00 ET

Past meetings(7)

Tue, Jul 21, 2026
1:00 ET
  1. Approval of Minutes
    • June 16, 2026 Meeting
  2. Discussion of the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act "Ryan's Law"
    • Jim Bartell, President, Bartell & Kwiatkowski
      • Heather Manus, Registered Nurse, Cannabis Nurses Network
      • Ken Sobel, Founding Attorney, Sobel Legal
  3. Discussion of the Right to Try Act
    • Michael Frazier , State Affairs Manager, Goldwater Institute
      • Naomi Lopez, Senior Fellow, Goldwater Institute
  4. Update from the Office of the Ombudsman
    • Allison Ball, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Kentucky
      • Jonathan Grate, Executive Director, Office of the Ombudsman, Auditor of Public Accounts, General Government Cabinet
      • Alex Magera, General Counsel , Office of Legal and Records Services, Auditor of Public Accounts, General Government Cabinet
  5. Discussion of Optometry Administrative Regulations
    • Dr. Mary Beth Emmick Morris, President, Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners
      • Kristen Webb Hill, General Counsel, Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners
      • Christopher Thacker, General Counsel, Kentucky Attorney General's Office
  1. Update on the Rural Health Transformation Program
    • Steven Stack, Secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
      • Tom Walton, Director, Rural Health Transformation Program, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  2. Community Mental Health Services and Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant
    • Missy Runyong, Block Grant Program Administrator, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
      • Dr. Patti Clark , Director, Division of Mental Health,, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  1. Approval of Minutes
    • October 22, 2025 Meeting
  2. AN ACT relating to utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics in the Medicaid program (2025 Regular Session Senate Bill 128/2026 Bill Request 1027)
    • Senator Gerald Neal
      • Dr. Ramarao Pasipileti, MD, Interventional Pain Medicine Pysician
      • Tara Moseley, Chief Executive Officer, People Advocating Recovery
  3. AN ACT relating to physicians assistants (2026 Regular Session Bill Request 827)
    • Senator Scott Madon
  4. Rural Health Cancer Innovation Coalition
    • Dr. Rick Lozano, President, P&C Laboratories
      • Rob Gabbert, Vice President Business Development and External Affairs, P&C Laboratories
  5. Aligning Kentucky's Level IV Trauma Coordination
    • Hollie Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, Appalachian Regional Healthcare
      • Jessica Amburgey , DMS, MSPAS, PA-C, EM-CAQ, Acute Care Chief Advanced Practice Provider, Appalachian Regional Healthcare
      • Cody Reynolds, DO, Emergency Medicine Physician, Appalachian Regional Healthcare
  6. Overdose Prevention Strategies
    • Van Ingram, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy
      • Sarah G. Johnson, MSW, CSW, LCADC, Director, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities , Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  1. Approval of Minutes
    • September 16, 2025
  2. Discussion on September 2025 Report "How Kentucky Failed to Prevent Over $800 Million of Medicaid Waste"
    • Allison Ball, Auditor of Public Accounts, Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts
      • Alex Magera, General Counsel, Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts
  3. Discussion on 2025 Regular Session House Bill 787 and Proposed Changes
    • Michelle Sanborn, President, Kentucky Children's Alliance
  4. Discussion on Healthcare Innovation Systems and Quick Response Teams
    • Michael Brooks, Chief Operations Officer, Cordata Healthcare Innovations
      • Dr. Kelly Firesheets, Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships, Cordata Healthcare Innovations
      • Dan Meloy, Executive Director of Community Engagement, Cordata Healthcare Innovations
  5. Update on Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
    • Cannon Armstrong, Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
      • Scotty McFarlan, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
      • Shelby Lewis, Executive Policy Advisor, Office of Medical Cannabis, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  6. Update on Administrative Regulations Related to Kratom
    • Dr. Steven Stack, Secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  1. Approval of Minutes
    • August 27, 2025 Meeting
  2. Update on Federal Changes to the Medicaid Program
    • Kathryn Costanza, Program Prinicpal, National Conference of State Legislatures
  3. Update on Rural Health Transformation Program
    • Dr. Steven Stack, Secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
  4. Hospital Policies and Procedures for the Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (2026 Regular Session Bill Request 499)
    • Gerald Neal, State Senator
      • Chad Grant, Sickle Cell Ambassador
      • Rebecca Seavers, President, Sickle Cell Association
  5. Update from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission
    • Chris Evans, Executive Director, Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission
  6. Update from the University of Kentucky Cannabis Center
    • Dr. Shanna Babalonis, Director, University of Kentucky Cannabis Center
  1. Sciences in Kentucky
    • Kentucky Academy of Science - Science and Research Resources
      • Amanda Fuller, Executive Director, Kentucky Academy of Science
    • Kentucky Health Departments Association - Update on Measles Outbreaks
      • Sara Jo Best, Director, Kentucky Health Departments Association
    • LifeSciKY
      • Christin Godale, PhD, Executive Director, LifeSciKY
  2. Youth Suicide
    • State of Youth Mental Health and Youth Suicide in Kentucky - Prevention and Postvention
      • Jon Akers, Executive Director, Kentucky Center for School Safety
        • Marcie Timmerman, Education and Outreach Liaison, Mental Health America of Kentucky
        • Beck Whipple, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
    • Jaimee Kelley Seitz, Advocate, Mother of Audree Heine
    • Community Response: Boone County Suicide Response Team
      • Stephanie Vogel, M.Ed., MCHES, Director of Population Health, Northern Kentucky Health Department
      • Establishment of a stakeholder group to address youth mental health and suicide prevention.
      • Educational forums for parents.
      • Recovery Ready Model of assessment and scalable model for Kentucky.
    • Cyberbullying and Social Media Influences
      • Denise Durbin, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Attorney General

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