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House Health and Human Services Hears Bills

Kansas Legislature (Feb. 17, 2025) – Today, the House Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Representative Will Carpenter (R-El Dorado), held a hearing on the following:

House Bill 2365 establishes the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital

Proponents:

Scott Brunner, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Amy Campbell, Kansas Mental Health Association
Jeff Easter, Kansas Sheriff's Association

The committee amended House Bill 2365 as suggested by KDADS. The bill now goes to the full House for further debate and review.

House Bill 2316 directs the deposit of civil penalties collected for violations of correction orders issued by the state fire marshal into the Disability Community Services Providers' Civil Monetary Penalty Reinvestment Fund or the Adult Care Homes' Civil Monetary Penalty Reinvestment Fund

Proponents:

Lacey Hunter, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Kylee Childs, LeadingAge Kansas
Jennifer Sourk with Midwest Health

House Bill 2368 provides for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants

Proponents:

Rachelle Colombo, Kansas Medical Society
Spencer Jones, Kansas Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Matthew Pinegar, MD, Private Citizen
Chuck Hufstetler, Georgia State Senate
Kathy Perryman, MD, Private Citizen
Ashley Eichelberger, Private Citizen
Courtney Znamenacek, Private Citizen
Daniel Wikiera, Private Citizen
Ann Kancel, DO, Private Citizen
Chris Gipson, MD, Private Citizen
Daren Wilson, MD, Liberty Hospital
Kacey Chau, MD, Private Citizen
Neal Campbell, MD, Private Citizen
Omar Nunez, MD, Private Citizen
Rajiv Chhabra, University of Missouri Kansas City
Sean Bonanni, MD, Private Citizen
Todd Glenski, MD, Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists
Henson Sullivan, Private Citizen
Jenny Nolan, Private Citizen
Landon Streed, Private Citizen
Mason Spellmeier, Private Citizen
Olvia Woodruff, Private Citizen
Rachel Luptak Bayer, Private Citizen
Ty Townsend, Private Citizen
Tyler Werth, Private Citizen

Opponents:

Jeremy Salsbury, Private Citizen
Donna Nyght, Private Citizen
Kaitlin Adair, Private Citizen
Sonia Slaba, Private Citizen
Susan Hofman, Private Citizen

Neutral testimony:

Susan Giles, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

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