State Sen. Steve Meredith, along with other elected officials, held a press conference Thursday in Bowling Green to announce regional investments included in the state’s 2022 budget.
Meredith discussed the $38 million invested in the Commonwealth West Healthcare Innovation Center in Owensboro, saying it will have a positive impact on the healthcare workforce, along with the millions allocated to the Kentucky Community and Technical School regional healthcare training center.
Meredith, R-Leitchfield, said Senate Bill 10, which will lessen the red tape surrounding nursing school enrollment and streamline the process for out-of-state or foreign nurses to practice in Kentucky, will help increase the workforce while still maintaining or exceeding the current standard of care.
“With my entire career being spent in healthcare, supporting our nursing workforce during an extended time of stress and hardship was important to me,” Meredith said. “We need more trained healthcare professionals in the field, especially in rural communities, to ease the burden on our currently stressed workforce, and the 2022 budget, along with SB10 gives us the capability to do that.”
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
