(Feb. 7, 2025) – Senate Bill 224 by the Committee on Assessment and Taxation – Concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for the Preceptor Income Tax Incentive Act; establishing a credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students
Senate Bill 228 by the Committee on Ways and Means – Concerning health and health care; relating to the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services; providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and health care worker platforms thereby; creating the Supplemental Nursing Services Agency and Healthcare Worker Platforms Regulation Fund
Senate Bill 229 by the Committee on Commerce – Concerning labor and employment; relating to occupational licensing; providing for the termination of current and new occupational licensing requirements adopted by an agency or enacted by the legislature after a period of five years unless extended by a joint resolution of the legislature; requiring that adoption of new occupational licensing requirements by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the legislature; providing for notice to agencies and the legislature of termination dates by the revisor of statutes and the secretary of state; specifying a procedure for legislative review of occupational licensing requirements by certain committees
Senate Bill 234 by the Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Concerning medical technology; prohibiting medical and research facilities from using genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in or by a foreign adversary
Senate Bill 243 by the Committee on Judiciary – Concerning criminal procedure; relating to competency to stand trial; requiring the court to make certain findings in treatment orders; requiring outpatient examination and evaluation in certain circumstances
House Bill 2310 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, requested by Representative L. Williams – Concerning individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities and direct support workers; enacting the Career Advancement, Resources, Employment and Support for the Disability Workforce Act, providing for the development of career education programs and other efforts by the secretary for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to encourage the growth of support for individuals with disabilities as a profession; requiring the secretary to develop career education and enhancement programs for such professionals; mandating performance-based contracting for managed care organizations and other disability services providers; providing for the development of processes and procedures that facilitate choice by individuals with disabilities of service providers and the nature of the service; requiring rate parity across all state waiver programs; requiring the secretary to develop and implement an online data portal system for the management of waitlists and the provision of information to and communication with individuals with disabilities on a waitlist or receiving services through a waiver program administered by the secretary; requiring the secretary of the Kansas Department of Labor to initiate or enhance classification of and information regarding the disability service provider workforce and publish such information; providing that certain direct support workers may be covered by the state health plan
House Bill 2314 Committee on Social Services Budget, requested by Representative W. Carpenter –Concerning health care; relating to secretary for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services; establishing peer support specialist certification standards; requiring a background check for certification; directing the secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and environment to pursue a Medicaid code for telehealth services provided by peer support specialists; authorizing the secretary for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to adopt rules and regulations