State appropriations for the proposed Center for Biomedical Excellence, which would see the relocation of Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law and the Highland Heights branch of the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine to the development site at the former IRS building in Covington, has cleared the legislature and is now awaiting the governor’s sign off.
The $125 million appropriation, which is less than the $150 million that was initially predicted, was part of House Bill 1, which cleared both the state House and the state Senate on Thursday.
The bill also proposed $10 million for infrastructure construction at the development site, $2.5 million to the Covington Life Science Center for equipment and facilities as well as $1 million to Covington Partners for violence prevention.