KY bill to attract foreign doctors advances amid ‘fever pitch’ anti-immigrant rhetoric

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 1,193

Last Updated: 5 days, 5 hours ago

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FRANKFORT — Pushing through what the Republican sponsor called a “xenophobic virus,” a bill to allow foreign-born doctors to more easily practice in Kentucky passed the Senate on Thursday.

SB 137 progress

Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield, said on the Senate floor that he initially “wasn’t really anxious about running this bill because of all the current rhetoric about immigration” that could present a barrier …

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