(March 4, 2025) – Today, the House Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Representative Will Carpenter (R-El Dorado), held a hearing on House Bill 2236. The legislation establishes a mental health intervention team program in the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services in state statute and provides incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools, and mental health intervention team providers.
The committee also worked the following bills:
- Senate Bill 82 deals with the rural emergency hospital bill. The committee made a technical amendment to the enactment date and recommended it favorably for passage. This technical amendment allows the bill to go to a conference committee.
- Senate Bill 193 exempts law enforcement agencies that do not provide emergency opioid antagonists pursuant to the statewide protocol from the requirement to procure a physician medical director. The committee made a technical amendment to the enactment date and recommended it favorably for passage.
The committee will meet again tomorrow.