FRANKFORT, KY. — AN EASTERN KENTUCKY LEGISLATOR HAS FILED A BILL AIMED AT PROTECTING KENTUCKY FIREFIGHTERS. STATE SENATOR JOHNNY RAY TURNER FROM PRESTONSBURG FILED SENATE BILL 140 THAT WOULD EXPAND CURRENT HEPATITIS B INOCULATION VOUCHER PROGRAM TO ALSO INCLUDE HEPATITIS A VACCINATIONS. TURNER WAS JOINED BY STATE SENATOR BRANDON SMITH FROM HAZARD WHO COSPONSORED THE BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE KENTUCKY FIRE COMMISSION TO PAY COSTS FOR HEPATITIS A VACCINES AS IT CURRENTLY DOES FOR HEPATITIS B VACCINATIONS FOR ALL PAID AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. FUNDING WOULD COME FROM REVENUES ALLOCATED TO THE FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION PROGRAM AND WOULD BE LIMITED TO $500,000 PER FISCAL YEAR.