(Mar. 13, 2024) – Today, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Sen. Beverly Gossage (R-Eudora), discussed House Bill 2751. The legislation authorizes the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to condition or restrict a disability service provider license, grants the secretary authority to grant regulation waivers unrelated to health and safety and authorizes correction orders and civil fines to be appealed to the secretary.

Proponents  included:

• Lacey Hunter - Commissioner at KDADS,
• Chris Stanyer - Goodwill Industries of Kansas, and
• Matt Fletcher, Interhab.

There were no opponents.

The committee also took final action on bills previously heard to include:

• House Bill 2596 adds and removes certain substances in schedules I, II, IV and V of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and makes conforming changes to the criminal code definition of "fentanyl-related controlled substances. The committee amended the bill to include Tianeptine. The committee recommended the bill favorably as amended.
• House Bill 2629 requires the secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to provide a death certificate of a child to the state child death review board, increases the number of board members, allows for compensation and provides for the disclosure of certain records to certain persons for securing grants. The committee amended the bill to say once an autopsy is completed, the parents will be notified of how to obtain a copy of the autopsy. The committee recommended the bill favorably as amended.