(Jan. 23, 2026) - Next week is likely to be a flurry of activity as bill hearings really pick up and the larger budgets are finalized. Many are watching the weather to see how it could impact the legislative calendar and bill hearings.
Monday, Jan. 26Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance 9:30 a.m.- Room 546S Hearing:
House Concurrent Resolution 5013 — Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. - Room 112NBudget report: Chairperson David Buehler, Social Services Budget - Kansas Office of Veterans Services
Hearing:
House Bill 2434 — Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. - Room 112NFinal action:
House Bill 2436 — Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance.
House Bill 2218 — Amending the definition of "psilocybin" in the uniform controlled substances act to exclude the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin and adding crystalline polymorph psilocybin to schedule IV of the uniformed controlled substance act
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. - Room 152SHearing continuation: Recommendations for State Hospitals: Larned, Osawatomie, Parsons, South Central and KNI
Budget Hearing: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Tuesday, Jan. 27Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. - Room 142SHearing:
Senate Bill 327 — Eliminating the requirement that the January and April meetings of the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight be held during the regular legislative session.
Senate Ways and Means 10:30 a.m. - Room 548SBudget reports: Office of the State Fire Marshal State, 911 Board, Health Care Stabilization Fund Board of Governors, Office of the Child Advocate
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. - Room 112NBudget report Chairperson David Buehler, Social Services Budget - Kansas Neurological Institute, Larned State Hospital, Osawatomie State Hospital, Parsons State Hospital, South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital, Office of the Child Advocate
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. - Room 112NHearing:
House Bill 2366 — Expanding the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors, specifying continuing education requirements, increasing the required amount of professional liability insurance and modifying certain provisions relating to the licensure and regulations of naturopathic doctors.
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. - Room 152SHearing continuation: Public Testimony for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Wednesday, Jan. 28Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. - Room142SHearing:
Senate Bill 322 — Removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the prescription monitoring program database by rules and regulations.
Senate Bill 328 — Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance 9:30 a.m. - Room 546SHearing:
Senate Bill 360 — Enacting the Kansas consumer prescription protection and accountability act and providing for regulation and registration of pharmacy benefits managers.
Senate Government Efficiency 9:30 a.m. - Room 144SHearing:
Senate Bill 363 — Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) and the Kansas department for children and families to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program
Senate Ways and Means 10:30 a.m. - Room 548SBudget reports: Kansas Department of Insurance
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. - Room 112NBudget report: Chairperson David Buehler, Social Services Budget - Kansas Guardianship Program
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. - Room 112NPresentation: Maternal Health Report and Child Care
House Judiciary 3:30 p.m. - Room 582NHearing:
House Bill 2480 — Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. - Room 152SBudget Hearing: Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services
Thursday, Jan. 29Senate Assessment and Taxation 9:30 a.m. - Room 548SInformational briefing: Consensus revenue estimates for FY 2026 and 2027 Edward Penner, Kansas Legislative Research Department
Senate Government Efficiency 9:30 a.m. - Room 144SContinued Hearing:
Senate Bill 363 — Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) and the Kansas department for children and families to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.
Senate Commerce 10:30 a.m. - Room 546SHearing:
Senate Bill 334 — Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.
Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services 10:30 a.m. - Room 548SHearing on agency budgets: Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Kansas Neurological Institute, Larned State Hospital, Osawatomie State Hospital, Parsons State Hospital, South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. - Room 112NHearing:
House Bill 2463 — Creating the rural health transformation fund, prescribing powers and duties of the state finance council concerning such fund and the rural health transformation program, crediting all federal moneys for the rural health transformation program to such fund and making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state finance council and other state agencies.
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. - Room 112NPresentation: KU Alzheimer's Research
Hearing:
House Bill 2157 — Expanding pharmacist's scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19.
House Child Welfare and Foster Care 1:30 p.m. - Room 152SInformational briefings: 2025 Annual Report Office Child Advocate, Kerrie Lonard, Child Advocate Mandated Reporting, Natalie Nelson, Principal Research Analyst, Kansas Legislative Research Department
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m.- Room 152SHearing continuation: Public Testimony for the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services
Friday, Jan. 30Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services 10:30 a.m.- Room 548-SPublic testimony and recommendations for agency budgets: Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Kansas Neurological Institute, Larned State Hospital, Osawatomie State Hospital, Parsons State Hospital, South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital
House Select Committee on Government Oversight 11:00 am - Room 112NBriefing: Agencies - KDHE, KDCF, KDADS
External Influence & Memorandums of Understanding Election Administration & Legal Context
Discussion on: Recommendations, corrective actions, next steps
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. - Room 152SHearing continuation: Recommendations for the Kansas Department for Children and Families, Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services