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Next Week's Schedule

Schedule (Jan. 27, 2023) –  Monday, Jan. 30
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: The University of Kansas Cancer Center

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: University of Kansas Cancer Center

House Child Welfare and Foster Care – 1:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing: House Bill 2112 – Enacting the Representative Gail Finney Foster Care Bill of Rights, Guest speaker: Secretary Laura Howard, Kansas Department of Children and Families; questions and answers

Tuesday, Jan. 31
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: The State of Senior Care Programs in Kansas

Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Update: Department of Commerce – ARPA grants for higher education and economic development; broadband expansion

Senate Education – 1:30 p.m. – Room 144S
Hearing: Senate Bill 82 – Requiring schools to establish policies and concussion management teams to prevent and manage concussions within the school

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 Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Alzheimer's Association; Kansas State Nurses Association

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Overview of eligibility verification services from Equifax
Overview: Budget analysis document – Legislative Research

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: Do No Harm – A diverse group of physicians, health care professionals, medical students, patients and policymakers united by a moral mission to make health care better for all – not undermining it in pursuit of a political agenda, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, board chair

Senate Transparency and Ethics – 9:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing and deliberation on agency budget: Kansas Board of Pharmacy, Kansas State Board of Nursing and Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

House Corrections and Juvenile Justice – 1:30 p.m. – Room 546S
Final action: House Bill 2071 – Extending terminal medical release to inmates in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections with a condition likely to cause death within 120 days

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Do No Harm – Kansas Optometric Association

House Higher Education Budget – 1:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget hearing and possible recommendations: Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board; Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

House Child Welfare and Foster Care (Mon-Wed) – 1:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Sara Hortenstine, executive director, State Child Death Review Board annual report

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing: Budgets for the Kansas State Board of Nursing

House Transportation and Public Safety Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 118N
Budget hearings: Emergency Medical Services, fire marshal

Thursday, Feb. 2
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Presentation: State hospital and competency status

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing (continuation): Recommendations, Kansas State Board of Nursing
Hearing: Budgets for Health Care Stabilization, Kansas Board of Pharmacy

House Transportation and Public Safety Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 118N
Budget recommendations: Emergency Medical Services, fire marshal

Friday, Feb. 3
Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight  – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Presentations: KanCare from individuals, providers and organizations
Presentation: KanCare ombudsman Medicaid inspector general, unresolved issues by representatives of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, and KanCare managed care organizations
Updates: Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, KanCare managed care organizations

House General Government Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget hearings: Kansas Insurance Department, Vicki Schmidt, commissioner of insurance and Bobbi Mariani, director of administrative operations and human resources