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Next Week's Schedule

Schedule (Feb. 10, 2023) – Monday, Feb. 13
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 45 – Updating income eligibility requirements for the state Children's Health Insurance Program
Hearing: Senate Bill 6 – Restricting the authority of the secretary of the Kansas Department of  Health and Environment and local health officers to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious diseases; repealing the authority of the secretary to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties

Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Corrections and Public Safety – 10:30 a.m. – Room 218N
Hearing and deliberation on agency budget: Emergency Medical Services Board, State Fire Marshal

Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services – 11:00 a.m. – Room 548S
Hearing on agency budget: Kansas Department for Aging and Disabilities Services

Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services – 2:30 p.m. – Room 548S
Deliberation on agency budget: Health Care Stabilization Fund, Board of Governors, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2340 – Increasing the membership of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure of certain professions, extending the license period for temporary licenses, establishing new license categories, providing additional continuing education requirements and requiring that clinical social work supervisors be approved by the board

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing (continuation): Budget recommendations for Larned State Hospital and Osawatomie State Hospital
Hearing: Budget analysis for the Kansas Department for Children and Families

Tuesday, Feb. 14
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 12 – Enacting the Kansas Child Mutilation Prevention Act to criminalize performing gender reassignment surgery or prescription of hormone replacement therapy on certain persons and providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts licensees

Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget reports: Health Care Stabilization Fund Kansas, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Health)

House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Budget reports: Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board – Chairperson Howe, Higher Education Budget, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts – Chairperson Howe, Higher Education Budget, Health Care Stabilization Fund Board of Governors – Chairperson Mason, Social Services Budget, Kansas Dental Board – Chairperson Hoffman, General Government Budget

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2259 – Providing that certain mental health medications be available without prior authorization to treat Medicaid recipients; abolishing the Mental Health Medication Advisory Committee
Hearing: House Bill 2288 – Enacting the Counseling Compact to provide for interstate practice privileges for professional counselors

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing continuation: Public testimony for the Kansas Department for Children and Families

Wednesday, Feb. 15
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room142S
Presentation: Community health workers – Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas Hearing: Senate Bill 180 – Establishing the Women's Bill of Rights to provide the meaning of biological sex for purposes of statutory construction
Hearing: Senate Bill 5 – Prohibiting the prescribing of drugs intended to cause an abortion using telemedicine; restricting the governor's power during a state of emergency to alter such prohibitions

Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance – 9:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Hearing: Senate Bill 28 – Discontinuing payments to certain group-funded insurance pools, refunding existing balances thereof; abolishing such funds and establishing the group-funded pools refund fund

Senate Education – 1:30 p.m. – Room 144S
Hearing: Senate Bill 102 – Establishing residency criteria for students of technical colleges

House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2272 – Establishing a KPERS working after retirement exemption for retirants employed by a community developmental disability organization in a licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse or direct support position

House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. –  Room 112N
Presentation: Community health workers

House Higher Education Budget 1:30 pm 281N
Hearing: House Bill 2375 – Establishing the temporary candidacy baccalaureate and masters social work licenses and providing requirements and fees therefor

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing (continuation): Budget recommendations for the Kansas Department for Children and Families
Hearing: Budget analysis for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services

House Insurance – 3:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Hearing: House Bill 2325 – Adding maternity center to the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act
Final action: House Bill 2094 – Specifying certain requirements necessary to demonstrate fiscal soundness for health maintenance organizations and Medicare providers

Thursday, Feb. 16
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 112 – Amending the scope of practice for registered nurse anesthetists to allow independent practice within the scope of the licensee's education and qualifications
Hearing: Senate Bill 191 – Establishing requirements for the involuntary discharge or transfer of a resident in an adult residential care facility, the right to appeal such discharge or transfer and a process for such appeal

House Federal and State Affairs – 9:00 a.m. – Room 346S
Discussion and action: House Bill 2269 – Amending the Kansas Cigarette and Tobacco Products Act to raise the minimum age to 21 years old for the sale, purchase or possession of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or tobacco products

House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing (continuation): Public testimony for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services

Friday, Feb. 17
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget reports: Emergency Medical Services Board, State Fire Marshal

House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Budget report out: Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Health) – Chairperson Mason, Social Services Budget

House Higher Education Budget – 1:30 p.m. – 281N
Final action: House Bill 2375 – Establishing the temporary candidacy baccalaureate and masters social work licenses and providing requirements and fees therefor