KASPER Expansion Clears Senate

The Kentucky Senate approved legislation last week that would expand the use of the state's prescription drug-monitoring program to ease access for investigators tracking the state's pill mills.The Senate voted 26 to 9 last Wednesday to approve House Bill 4, which was filed by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg. Stumbo is a former Kentucky attorney general.The Courier-Journal, of Louisville, Ky., reported the bill is likely to go to a House-Senate conference committee to resolve differences between the House version and amendments added in the state Senate.As filed by Stumbo, th...