Beshear Signs Executive Orders

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Beshear has signed an executive order that will allow Kentuckians displaced by the storms to get up to a 30-day supply of needed medicines from a pharmacist. This is the first time this particular executive order has been issued. People who depend on regular supplies of maintenance medicines may have lost track of their medications in the aftermath of the storms. This order will not only allow for a temporary restoration of those drugs but will also allow pharmacists to dispense those prescriptions from facilities outside their regular pharmacies. This order will not allow for emergency refills of controlled substances. Governor Beshear declared a statewide emergency on Friday afternoon in order to allow local communities to access state resources and assistance without delay after multiple tornadoes and severe storms caused heavy damage across the state. Saturday, Governor Steve Beshear also signed a consumer protection executive order at the request of Attorney General Jack Conway to implement Kentucky's price-gouging laws.