(Feb. 12, 2025) – Senate Bill 238 by the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance – Concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System; providing for a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Senate Bill 250 by the Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Concerning health and health care; relating to treatments for life-threatening illnesses; enacting the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act to permit certain manufacturers to make individualized investigative treatments available to eligible requesting patients
Senate Bill 251 by the Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Concerning health and health care; relating to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the newborn screening program; specifying the contents of the report
Senate Bill 253 by the Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Concerning health professions and practices; enacting the Massage Therapist Licensure Act; providing for regulation and licensing of massage therapists; powers, duties and functions of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
Senate Bill 254 by the Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Concerning immigration; relating to state and local public benefits and eligibility thereof; prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law; requiring individuals 18 years of age and older who apply for any state or local public benefit to provide proof of being lawfully present; prohibiting the state or any county or local agency from providing any public benefit to any alien without first verifying that the alien is lawfully present by use of the existing systematic alien verification for entitlements program; requiring state and local agencies administering public benefits to cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security in achieving verification of an alien's lawful presence; relating to release prior to criminal trial; requiring any person charged with a crime who is not a citizen or national of the United States to undergo verification of such person's immigration status; creating a rebuttable presumption that a person determined to be an alien who is unlawfully present is at risk of flight
Senate Bill 257 by the Committee on Ways and Means – Concerning health and health care; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding Medical Assistance eligibility; enacting the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans (HAWK) Act; directing the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to study certain Medicaid expansion topics; adding meeting days to the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight to monitor implementation of expanded Medical Assistance eligibility
House Bill 2333 by the Committee on Insurance, requested by Eric Turek on behalf of the Kansas Insurance Department – Concerning insurance; renaming the Kansas Insurance Department as the Kansas Department of Insurance; renaming the Office of the Securities Commissioner of Kansas as the Department of Insurance, Securities Division; renaming the Securities Commissioner as the Department of Insurance Assistant Commissioner, Securities Division; eliminating the requirement that the Senate confirm the Department of Insurance Assistant Commissioner, Securities Division appointee
House Bill 2335 by the Committee on Insurance, requested by Representative Proctor – Concerning insurance; relating to the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act; adding maternity center to the definition of health care provider
House Bill 2339 by the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, requested by Representative Wasinger on behalf of LeadingAge Kansas – Concerning adult care homes; relating to enhancing adult care home services; providing for adult care home workforce development through scholarships for part-time nursing students; setting minimum education levels for instructors at nursing schools; establishing the Intergenerational Child Care Program to enhance the adult care home environment by supporting adult care homes offering child care services through the awarding of grants by the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment; creating the Intergenerational Child Care Fund; authorizing the secretary to administer the fund
House Bill 2353 by the Committee on Judiciary, requested by Jeanne Gawdun on behalf of Kansans for Life –Concerning health and health care; requiring certain written information be provided to patients when a physician or health care provider administers or prescribes any medicine or drug for the purpose of inducing an abortion
House Bill 2359 by the Committee on Judiciary, requested by Nancy Strouse on behalf of the Kansas Judicial Council – Concerning guardians and conservators; enacting the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act and the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act
House Bill 2360 by the Committee on Welfare Reform, requested by Representative Awerkamp – Concerning Public Assistance; relating to the secretary for the Kansas Department for Children and Families and the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment; directing the secretaries to enter into agreements with commercial entities and state agencies for the continuous review and comparison of data for Public Assistance eligibility; requiring the secretary for the Kansas Department for Children and Families to review federal sources to verify such eligibility
House Bill 2361 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Representative W. Carpenter on behalf of the Kansas Hospital Association – Concerning education; relating to scholarship programs; creating the Kansas Healthcare Service Scholarship Program; adding part-time students to the list of eligible participants; adding allied health programs and health science programs to the list of eligible programs; transferring funds from the State General Fund to the Kansas Healthcare Service Scholarship Program; abolishing the Nursing Scholarship Program
House Bill 2364 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Dan Murray on behalf of the American Chronic Pain Association – Concerning health insurance; relating to coverage for nonopioid prescription drugs for the treatment of pain; prohibiting certain health insurers from requiring cost-sharing for nonopioid prescription drugs or providing less favorable coverage for such drug than that for opioid or narcotic prescription drugs
House Bill 2365 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Representative W. Carpenter on behalf of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services – Concerning health and health care; relating to state hospitals; establishing the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital
House Bill 2366 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Kevin Barone, Kansas Naturopathic Doctors Association – Concerning health and health care; relating to the practice of naturopathy; licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors; broadening the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors
House Bill 2367 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Kevin Barone on behalf of the Kansas Naturopathic Doctors Association – Concerning health and health care; relating to naturopathic doctors; providing naturopathic doctors a certificate of authorization for a business entity to practice medicine
House Bill 2368 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Representative Buehler on behalf of the Kansas Association of Anesthesiologist Assistants – Enacting the Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensure Act; providing for the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts thereunder
House Bill 2369 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Heather Sprague on behalf of the Kansas Association of Chain Drugstores – Concerning health and health care; amending the Pharmacy Act of the State of Kansas; allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines pursuant to a vaccination protocol
House Bill 2370 by the Committee on Health and Human Services, requested by Representative Buehler on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association – Concerning health and health care; relating to assisted living facilities; requiring additional certification for assisted living facilities with dementia care
House Bill 2373 by the Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Concerning immigration; relating to state and local public benefits and eligibility thereof; prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law; requiring individuals 18 years of age and older who apply for any state or local public benefit to provide proof of being lawfully present; prohibiting the state or any county or local agency from providing any public benefit to any alien without first verifying that the alien is lawfully present by use of the existing systematic alien verification for entitlements program; requiring state and local agencies administering public benefits to cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security in achieving verification of an alien's lawful presence; relating to release prior to criminal trial; requiring any person charged with a crime who is not a citizen or national of the United States to undergo verification of such person's immigration status; creating a rebuttable presumption that a person determined to be an alien who is unlawfully present is at risk of flight
House Bill 2374 by the Committee on Appropriations, requested by Representative Francis on behalf of the University of Kansas – Relating to health care professions; creating a specialty practice student loan program; establishing the Specialty Medical Loan Repayment Fund; allowing for transfers from the Psychiatry Medical Loan Repayment Fund and the OBGYN Medical Loan Repayment Fund to the Specialty Medical Loan Repayment Fund; abolishing the Psychiatry Medical Loan Repayment Fund and the OBGYN Medical Loan Repayment Fund
House Bill 2375 by the Committee on Appropriations, requested by Representative Ballard on behalf of the Office of the Governor – Concerning health and health care; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding Medical Assistance eligibility; enacting the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans (HAWK) Act; directing the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to study certain Medicaid expansion topics; adding meeting days to the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight to monitor implementation of expanded Medical Assistance eligibility