(March 11, 2025) – Today, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Senator Beverly Gossage (R-Eudora), held hearings on the following bills:

• House Bill 2284 directs the Kansas Department of Administration to adopt written policies governing the negotiated procurement of managed care organizations to provide state Medicaid services pursuant to a contract with the Kansas Program of Medical Assistance

• House Bill 2280 clarifies the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a health care professional, every day of the year, and requires entities using automated external defibrillators to register with the Emergency Medical Services Board

• House Bill 2249 requires the secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care

The committee also took action on the following bills:

• House Bill 2170 designates the first full week of February as Kansas Burn Awareness Week

• House Bill 2307 transfers the power to authorize and oversee certain activities regarding prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to the Kansas Council on Developmental disabilities

The committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12.