Feb 18 Local News Optometry Bill On Its Way To Beshear It wasn’t introduced until February. Neither House and Senate leaders nor the governor ever mentioned it as a priority. But a bill allowing optometrists to perform certain surgical procedures currently only done by ophthalmologists—who are medical doctors—is on its way to Governor Steve Beshear for his signature. By Tony McVeigh Feb 18 Local News Optometry Bill On Its Way To Beshear Tony McVeigh