(Jan. 21, 2025) – Senate Bill 41 by the Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Concerns health and health care; relates to the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act; adds advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of health care provider
Senate Bill 44 by the Committee on Education – Concerns education; relates to the Kansas Promise Scholarship Program; expands the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in such a program
Senate Bill 50 by the Committee on Education – Concerns education; relates to the state board of regents; establishes uniform interest rate provisions for scholarship programs that include repayment obligations as a condition of receiving a scholarship; authorizes the board to recover the costs of collecting such repayment obligations and to charge fees for the costs of administering scholarship, grant and other financial assistance programs; requires eligible students to enter into agreements with the state board of regents instead of a postsecondary educational institution as a condition to receiving a grant under the Adult Learner Grant Act
Senate Bill 54 by the Committee on Judiciary – Concerns the code of civil procedure; relates to litigation funding by third parties; limits discovery and disclosure of third-party agreements in certain circumstances; requires reporting of such agreements to the judicial council and a judicial council committee to study third-party agreements; requires the clerk of the supreme court to develop a form for reports; exempts such reports from the Open Records Act
House Bill 2043 by the Committee on Insurance Requested by Eric Turek, Kansas Insurance Department – Concerns insurance; relates to unfair and deceptive acts or practices; requires agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; authorizes certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration
House Bill 2039 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Rep. Buehler on behalf of Fox Rehabilitation – Concerns health care; relates to the Kansas Credentialing Act; amends the definitions to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies