(Jan. 14, 2025) – Today, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Senator Beverly Gossage (R-Eudora) had their first meeting of the 2025 session. The committee members and staff themselves and committee rules were adopted. Next, they heard from Kansas Legislative Research staff on the report of the Special Committee on Targeted Case Management to the 2025 Legislature, including the following recommendations:

• The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services distributed a survey for individuals on the waivers, waitlist and other stakeholders.
• KDADS developed a Kansas-specific response to meet requirements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to prevent conflicts of interest in provider-targeted case managers.
• The House and Senate health standing committees reviewed the TCM provider capacity and TCM reimbursement rates.