(Feb. 10, 2023) – House Bill 2347 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Relating to prescription drugs; insulin drugs and devices for the management of diabetes; providing price limitations and requirements therefor under health insurance plans; establishing the Insulin Affordability Program for the uninsured and procedures to acquire emergency insulin supplies
House Bill 2353 – By Committee on Judiciary
Concerning the Care and Treatment Act for mentally ill persons; increasing the time allowed for an initial continued treatment order; adding criteria to determine when outpatient treatment may be ordered
House Bill 2358 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning public health; relating to the Uniform Vital Statistics Act; medical certification of an individual's cause of death; permitting mid-level practitioners to provide certification thereto
House Bill 2363 – By Representatives V. Miller, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Meyer, D. Miller, S. Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Probst, Robinson, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Winn, Woodard and Xu
Concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedures; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; marijuana; releasing persons convicted for offenses involving marijuana from the sentence; providing for the expungement of convictions, arrest records and associated biological samples
House Bill 2367 – By Representative S. Miller
Concerning cannabis; creating the Adult Use Cannabis Regulation Act; providing for the licensure and regulation of cannabis including the cultivation, manufacturing, transportation, possession and sale of cannabis; providing certain fines and penalties for violations of the act; providing exemptions from crimes involving controlled substances; imposing a tax on the sale of cannabis and providing for the disposition of the revenues collected thereon; creating the Cannabis Business Regulation Fund
House Bill 2368 – By Representatives Haswood, Meyer, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu
Concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage; enacting the Making Work Pay Act
House Bill 2375 – By Committee on Higher Education Budget
Relating to social work; powers, duties and functions of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board; establishing the temporary candidacy baccalaureate and master social work licenses; providing requirements and fees therefor
House Bill 2388 – By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Concerning occupational regulation; relating to occupational licenses; requiring licensing bodies provide verified electronic credentials, in addition to paper-based credentials, to all credential holders, including military service members and others receiving Kansas credentials based on their credentials from other jurisdictions; requiring licensing bodies to use centralized electronic credential data management systems capable of providing instantaneous credential verification; mandating that such systems maintain an auditable record
House Bill 2390 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Concerning drugs; relating to drug overdoses; enacting the Kansas Overdose Fatality Review Board Act; establishing the Kansas Overdose Fatality Review Board; providing for membership and duties thereof; requiring the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to study drug overdose death cases; providing for the confidentiality of acquired and related records; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; excluding materials used to detect the presence of fentanyl, ketamine or gamma hydroxybutyric acid from the definition of drug paraphernalia; clarifying who may be protected from liability for administering an emergency opioid antagonist
Senate Bill 206 – By Senators Holland and Francisco
Concerning abortion; Enacting the Medical Autonomy/Accessibility and Truth Act; relating to the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and the Woman's-Right-to-Know Act; removing certain provisions thereof to allow for insurance coverage for abortions, providing tax benefits for abortion-related services and removing inaccurate statements regarding the risks of abortion; repealing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Act
Senate Bill 212 – By Senator Straub
Relating to emergency medical services; staffing of ambulances; permitting an ambulance to operate with one emergency medical service provider in rural counties
Senate Bill 213 – By Senator Francisco
Relating to health care data; requiring health care providers to charge the same amount for medical records requests related to a patient's social security disability, Workers' Compensation, medical malpractice or personal injury claims whether requested by a patient or a patient's legal representative
Senate Bill 219 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Relating to the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act; designating certain health care providers as being ineligible to purchase professional liability insurance from the Health Care Stabilization Fund; requiring such health care providers to maintain continuous professional liability insurance coverage equivalent to that provided by the Health Care Stabilization Fund as a condition of licensure
Senate Bill 225 – By Committee on Ways and Means
Establishing the KanCare Bridge to a Healthy Kansas program; relating to medical assistance; expanding income limits for eligibility to 138 percent of the federal poverty level
Senate Bill 228 – By Committee on Judiciary
Concerning county jails; removing the requirement that every county shall have a jail; modernizing requirements related to food, drink and medical care for prisoners and jail records; modifying procedures used when district courts commit prisoners to jail in another county and when counties contract with city jails or other county jails to keep prisoners; requiring a medical examination before certain United States prisoners or city prisoners are taken into the custody of a county jail