(Feb. 14, 2023) – House Bill 2393 – By Representative Fairchild
Concerning judges; relating to impeachment; defining grounds of impeachment for justices of the Supreme Court and certain judges of the District Court
House Bill 2394 – By Committee on Welfare Reform
Concerning public assistance; relating to energy assistance and housing assistance; requiring the secretary for the Kansas Department for Children and Families to develop a low-income energy assistance program and the secretary for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to develop a program for unhoused individuals to find and secure affordable housing; determining eligibility for such programs
House Bill 2395 – By Committee on Judiciary
Concerning the Open Records Act; relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof
House Bill 2398 – By Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; adding the placing of controlled substances into pills into the definition of manufacture; increasing the criminal penalties for manufacturing fentanyl-related controlled substances; creating a special sentencing rule for distributing fentanyl-related controlled substances
House Bill 2399 – By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Concerning labor and employment; providing protections for freelance workers including payment within 30 days unless otherwise contractually specified; requiring written contracts; forbidding clients from demanding reductions in compensation for timely payment; prohibiting retaliation against freelance workers who seek payment; authorizing the secretary of labor to investigate alleged violations and the attorney general to enforce orders against violators and setting forth penalties for such violations; providing for a private cause of action by freelance workers or by nonprofit organizations on behalf of such workers; establishing an assistance program for freelance workers to be administered by the secretary of labor
House Bill 2400 – By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Concerning workforce development; enacting the Kansas Adult Learner Grant Act; establishing a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study; providing for workforce retention incentive payments; creating the Kansas Adult Learner Grant Program Fund
House Bill 2401 – By Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Concerning employment security law; relating to the definition of "benefit year" and "temporary unemployment"; requiring electronic filing of wage reports, contribution returns and payments, as well as interest assessments for employers with 25 or more employees; permitting the exercise of discretion in the number of appointments and length of terms with respect to the temporarily expanded Employment Security Board of Review members; extending when the mandatory combination of rates and the establishment of a new account due to a business acquisition must occur from the beginning of the following quarter to the beginning of the following year
House Bill 2406 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning the Personal and Family Protection Act; prohibiting the collection of personal information regarding off-duty law enforcement officers entering buildings or requiring the officer to wear anything identifying the person as a law enforcement officer or being armed
House Bill 2408 – By Committee on Health and Human Services
Concerning health and health care; relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology; exempting adult care homes from statutes governing barbering and cosmetology facilities
Senate Bill 233 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning gender identity medical care; creating a civil cause of action against a physician who performs childhood gender reassignment service; requiring revocation of a physician's license if such physician performs childhood gender reassignment service
Senate Bill 234 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Concerning public health and welfare; relating to a closed-loop referral system; requiring consent for an individual's information to be added to or transmitted by a closed-loop referral system
Senate Bill 235 – By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Concerning insurance; relating to health care benefits; health insurance plans and related coverage; granting third-party access to provider network contracts if certain criteria are met; establishing requirements and restrictions for the payment and reimbursement of health care services
Senate Bill 246 – By Committee on Ways and Means
Concerning health and health care; 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