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(Dec. 17, 2024) – The Legislative Post Audit Committee, which had previously sought an audit on behalf of Rep. Jason Probst (D-Hutchinson) to ensure compliance of hospitals to the state Lay Caregiver Act, has now decided rather than a post audit to seek the introduction of legislation on the topic.
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(Dec. 17, 2024) – As the Kansas Legislature approaches a Jan. 13 start, Republican leadership in the House and Senate have been busy making committee appointments. Democratic committee assignments will be assigned in the days ahead.
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(Dec. 17, 2024) – The legislative session, scheduled to begin on Jan. 13, looks to be a quick session based on the legislative schedule released by leadership. The schedule includes the deadlines included in this article.
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(Dec. 2, 2024) – Today, the incoming Kansas Legislature held their organizational meetings to allow the caucuses to elect new leadership.
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(Nov. 8, 2024) – Today, the Special Committee on Legislative Budget, chaired by Rep. Troy Waymaster, met for the first time. The chair indicated that the legislative base budget bill will not include any previously passed one-time provisos The committee has been approved for five days of meetings.
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(Nov. 8, 2024) – While the statehouse races have a few elections within a couple of hundred votes, and counties around the state will begin canvassing before finalizing results and sending them to the Secretary of State, it appears that at the state level, the Republicans in both the House and the Senate have added to the existing supermajority. Both chambers are seeing a pick-up overall.
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(Oct. 23, 2024) – This week, the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community-Based Services and KanCare Oversight had its final interim meeting ahead of the 2025 session.
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(Oct. 23, 2024) – This week, the Legislative Coordinating Council met to discuss and approve the creation of a 23-member committee that will have five days of meeting between the Nov. 5th elections and before the start of the legislative session in January 2025 to develop a legislative budget based on what agencies request to the Governor.
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(June 18, 2024) – Today, the Kansas Legislature met in a 2024 Special Session, called by Governor Laura Kelly, to deal with state tax reform policy. The tax policy is contained in SB 1. The House and Senate then took up the Star Bonds legislation in HB 2001, designed to provide an avenue for the recruitment of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
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(June 18, 2024) – In each session, the Kansas Hospital Association provides a summary of bills of interest to members.
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