(Jan. 20, 2023) – Monday, Jan. 23
House Financial Institutions and Pensions – 9:00 a.m. – Room 582N
Presentation: "Update-Kansas Insurance Department" Vicki Schmidt, Kansas Insurance Commissioner
House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Silver-haired Legislature; Statewide Addiction Prevention; Community Care Network of Kansas
House Child Welfare and Foster Care – 1:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing: House Bill 2024 – Expanding the legal surrender of an infant to include infant refuge bassinets.
Briefing by staff: Overview of Foster Care, Dylan Dear
Presentation: Child Welfare Systems Overview, Secretary Laura Howard, Kansas Department for Children and Families
House Judiciary – 3:30 p.m. – Room 582N
Hearing: House Bill 2023 – Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a hospital, providing criminal penalties for violation thereof; and increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a health care provider who is employed by a hospital
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Overview of Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Laura Howard, secretary
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: Overview of Local Health Departments in Kansas
Senate Federal and State Affairs – 10:30 a.m. – Room 144S
Briefing: Unemployment and the Labor Market, Julie Menghini, government affairs director, Kansas Department of Labor
Senate Commerce – 10:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Presentation: Recommendations from the Special Committee on Workforce Development – Kansas Legislative Research Department
Workforce Development – Kansas Chamber
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Update: Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Enhanced Rate and Eligibility – Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Briefing by staff: Intellectual and Developmental Disability Waiver Modernization
Update: Mental Health Intervention Team Pilot Project, Kansas State Department of Education
Senate Education – 1:30 p.m. – Room 144S
Presentation: Vocational Technical Colleges By the Numbers
House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications – 9:00 a.m. – Room 582N
Informational briefing: Overview of the role of Association of Public-Safety Communications, 911 Dispatchers – Emily Papa, Association of Public-Safety Communication
House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Kansas Academy of Family Physicians
Presentation: Kansas Association of Osteopathic Medicine
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice – 1:30 p.m. – Room 546S
Hearing: House Bill 2070 – Allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Overview of Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Janet Stanek, secretary, Ashley Goss, deputy secretary of Public Health and Sarah Fertig, state Medicaid director
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: Critical Issues in Kansas Health and Child Welfare Systems
Senate Assessment and Taxation – 9:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Hearing: Senate Bill 7 – Reducing income tax rates for resident individuals domiciled in a rural equity decline county
Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance – 9:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Hearing: Senate Bill 24 – Changing the required number of employees contained in the definitions of "large employer" and "small employer" for the purposes of coverage for autism spectrum disorder
Senate Bill 26 – Specifying certain requirements necessary to demonstrate the fiscal soundness for health maintenance organizations and Medicare provider organizations applying for certificates of authority
Senate Commerce – 10:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Update: Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund: Childcare – Melissa Rooker
Wichita State University Workforce Development – Andrew Schlapp
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Update: KU Med Cancer Center
House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Medicaid Leadership Academy in DC
Update: Enhanced Federal Medical Percentage and Eligibility – Kansas Department of Health and Environment
House Child Welfare and Foster Care – 1:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing: House Bill 2034 – Requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to provide training and payment for such examinations
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice – 1:30 p.m. – Room 546S
Hearing: House Bill 2071 – Extending terminal medical release to inmates in the custody of the department of corrections with a condition likely to cause death within 120 days
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Overview of the Kansas Department for Children and Families - Laura Howard, secretary
Thursday, Jan. 26
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: Suicide Among Adolescents and Youths in Kansas
Marketplace Enrollment Surged in 2022 as Federal Subsidies Increased
House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications – 9:00 a.m. – Room 582N
Presentation: Kansas Office of Broadband Development Programs – Jade Piros de Carvalho, director of Broadband Development, Kansas Commerce
House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Kansas Health Centers Association; LeadingAge Kansas
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Overview of Home and Community-Based Services Waivers – Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Staff
Friday, Jan. 27