(Feb. 8, 2023) – House Bill 2313 – By Representatives Sanders, Awerkamp, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Delperdang, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Garber, Goddard, Goetz, Hill, Hoffman, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Lewis, Mason, Maughan, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Proctor, Resman, Rhiley, Schmoe, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turk, Waggoner, Wasinger, White and K. Williams
Creating the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; providing legal protections for infants born alive; requiring certain standards of care by health care providers for infants who are born alive; providing criminal penalties and civil liability for violations of the act
House Bill 2318 – By Committee on Taxation
Concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to rates; decreasing rate of tax to 6.15 percent
House Bill 2319 – By Committee on Taxation
Concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for an exemption for business property operating in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity
House Bill 2325 – By Committee on Insurance
Concerning insurance; relating to the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act; adding maternity center to the definition of "healthcare provider" contained therein
House Bill 2326 – By Committee on Judiciary
Concerning consumer protection; relating to the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act; clarifying that catalytic converters are regulated scrap metal; extending the expiration date of the act
House Bill 2328 – By Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to controlled substances definitions; excluding materials used to detect the presence of fentanyl, ketamine or gamma hydroxybutyric acid from the definition of drug paraphernalia
House Bill 2330 – By Committee on Social Services Budget
Relating to local health departments; increasing state financial assistance to such departments under specified circumstances
House Bill 2333 – By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Concerning employment security law; relating to work search requirements; establishing procedures for disqualification from benefits for claimants who fail to attend a job interview without providing notice to the prospective employer or who fail to respond to an offer of employment within five days; expanding options for prospective employers to report such occurrences; relating to the Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council; clarifying provisions pertaining to extensions of time for implementation of the new unemployment insurance system
House Bill 2337 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Relating to telemedicine; defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas Telemedicine Act; requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services; providing for certain standards of care; establishing the Kansas Telehealth Advisory Committee
House Bill 2338 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Relating to sickle cell disease; designating Sickle Cell Awareness Week; requiring the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to study and report on topics related to sickle cell disease
House Bill 2340 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Concerning the behavioral sciences; increasing the membership of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board; relating to licensure and regulation; professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists; decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure; requiring clinical social work supervisors be approved by the board; providing additional continuing education requirements; establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses
House Bill 2345 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Enacting the Supported Decision-Making Agreements Act; relating to decision-making assistance for adults
Senate Bill 165 – By Committee on Commerce
Concerning Workers' Compensation; permitting compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders
Senate Bill 167 – By Committee on Education
Concerning school districts; relating to student health; requiring certain school district employees to receive training for seizure recognition and related first aid; providing immunity from liability therefor; authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations
Senate Bill 171 – By Senators Holland, Corson, Doll, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Pettey and Pittman
Creating the Veterans First Medical Cannabis Act; providing for the regulation of the cultivation, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis; establishing the Cannabis Regulatory Commission; imposing an excise tax on the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis
Senate Bill 173 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Relating to medications; authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets
Senate Bill 175 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion; creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo and establishing penalties therefor; restricting the use of fetal tissue; relating to exclusions from sales and use tax exemptions for certain abortion providers
Senate Bill 176 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Concerning the behavioral sciences; increasing the membership of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board; relating to licensure and regulation; professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists; decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure; requiring clinical social work supervisors be approved by the board; providing additional continuing education requirements; establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses
Senate Bill 180 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Establishing the Women's Bill of Rights; providing a meaning of biological sex for purposes of statutory construction
Senate Bill 181 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Concerning children and minors; relating to cities and counties; establishing city and county child death review boards; permitting and requiring disclosure of records
Senate Bill 186 – By Senator Haley
Concerning deprivation of rights under color of law; creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law; authorizing a civil cause of action; requiring restitution
Senate Bill 191 – By Committee on Judiciary
Concerning the Adult Care Home Licensure Act; relating to involuntary transfer or discharge of residents from an adult residential care facility; creating a right to appeal an involuntary transfer or discharge; requiring the secretary for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to review notices and preside over appeals
Senate Bill 194 – By Committee on Ways and Means
Concerning hospital districts; relating to the qualifications of hospital board members; removing the requirement that such members be qualified electors