(Feb. 23, 2024) – Senate Bill 521 – Concerning insurance; relating to pharmacy benefit managers; imposing restrictions concerning the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program; enacting the Defense of Affordable Prescriptions Act to prohibit certain discriminatory actions related to reimbursement of entities participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program – By Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Senate Bill 527 – Concerning abortion; relating to unlawful coercion to obtain an abortion; creating the crime of coercion to obtain an abortion; providing the penalties therefor; providing for enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed with the intent to compel a woman to obtain an abortion – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House Bill 2804 – Concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for the Preceptor Income Tax Incentive Act; establishing credit for physicians and physician assistants that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students – By Committee on Taxation, Requested by Dodie Wellshear on behalf of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians
House Bill 2805 – Concerning the Open Records Act; relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof – By Committee on Taxation, Requested by Representative A. Smith on behalf of the Office of Revisor of Statutes pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229
House Bill 2809 – Concerning health and health care; creating the Every Mom Matters Act; establishing the Every Mom Matters Program in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment; requiring the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption; establishing the Every Mom Matters Program Fund – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Requested by Representative Moser
House Bill 2810 – Concerning insurance; relating to the Kansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; including health maintenance organizations as member insurers therein; broadening the assessment base for long-term care insolvencies – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Requested by Travis Grauerholz on behalf of the American council of life insurers
House Bill 2811 – Concerning children and families; relating to incarcerated expectant mothers; directing the Kansas Department of Corrections to establish a correctional center nursery; requiring the secretary of corrections to establish correctional center nursery policies and procedures; relating to the Kansas Family Law code; amending the factors considered in the determination of legal custody, residency or parenting time; relating to the revised Kansas Code for Care of Children – By Committee on Appropriations, Requested by Representative Concannon on behalf of Representative Concannon and Senator O'Shea
House Bill 2813 – Concerning abortion; relating to unlawful coercion to obtain an abortion; creating the crime of coercion to obtain an abortion; providing the penalties therefor; providing for enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed with the intent to compel a woman to obtain an abortion – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Requested by Representative Schmoe
House Bill 2814 – Concerning abortion; establishing the Kansas Ultrasound Act; requiring an obstetric ultrasound be performed on a woman prior to having an abortion; allowing a woman to avert her eyes from such images; establishing civil and criminal penalties for violations of the act; providing an emergency exception to the requirements of the act – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Requested by Representative Howell on behalf of Kansans for Life and Kansas Family Voice