(Feb. 2, 2024) – Next week, committees that are subject to legislative deadlines will hold the last of the bill introductions. Committee work will heat up as the legislature continues to review agency budgets and assemble legislative adjustments.
Monday, Feb. 5
Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Deliberation: Agency budget – State institutions for mental health; State institutions for intellectual disabilities
House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development/Senate Commerce – 12:00 p.m. – Room 346S
Hearing: House Bill 2570 – Defining benefit year, temporary unemployment and other terms in the employment security law, requiring electronic filing for certain employers, establishing qualifications for employment security board of review candidates, extending the deadline for new accounts following business acquisitions, making certain changes to the employer rate schedules, enabling employers to report claimant work search issues, confirming Legislative Coordinating Council oversight for the new unemployment insurance information technology system implementation, authorizing the secretary to grant temporary unemployment, requiring the secretary to annually publish certain data and abolishing the Employment Security Interest Assessment Fund
House Insurance – 3:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Discussion and action: House Bill 2478 – Adding "maternity center" to the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing continuation: Recommendations for the Office of Veterans Affairs
Hearing: Budget for the Kansas Department for Children and Families
Tuesday, Feb. 6
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 371 – Expanding the Kansas Silver Alert plan to provide public notice of missing persons 18 years of age or older who have an intellectual disability
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget reports: Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kansas Board of Pharmacy, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts and Kansas State Board of Technical Professions
House Federal and State Affairs – 9:00 a.m. – Room 346S
Discussion and action: House Bill 2358 – Permitting mid-level practitioners to provide medical certification to attest to an individual's cause of death to file a death certificate
House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development – 1:30 p.m. – Room 346S
Hearing continuation: House Bill 2570 – Defining benefit year, temporary unemployment and other terms in the employment security law, requiring electronic filing for certain employers, establishing qualifications for Employment Security Board of review candidates, extending the deadline for new accounts following business acquisitions, making certain changes to the employer rate schedules, enabling employers to report claimant work search issues, confirming Legislative Coordinating Council oversight for the new unemployment insurance information technology system implementation, authorizing the secretary to grant temporary unemployment requiring the secretary to annually publish certain data and abolishing the Employment Security Interest Assessment Fund
House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2548 – Enacting the No Patient Left Alone Act to require facilities to allow in-person visitation to certain patients at hospitals, adult care homes and hospice facilities
Hearing: House Bill 2637 – Expanding eligibility for rural emergency hospital licensure to facilities that meet the criteria at any point after 2015
Final action: House Bill 2547 – Authorizing schools to maintain certain emergency medication kits and to administer such medication in emergencies
Final Action: House Bill 2453 – Enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dentists and dental hygienists
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing continuation: Public testimony for the Kansas Department for Children and Families
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 352 – Enacting the John D. Springer Patient's Bill of Rights to require hospitals to allow in-person visitation, adopting visitation policies and procedures, and creating a civil cause of action for violation of such rights
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget reports: Kansas Insurance Department, state institutions for mental health and state institutions for intellectual disabilities
Hearing: Senate Bill 382 – Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for state agencies, increasing expenditure limitations, authorizing certain transfers, funding of the fiscal year 2024 salary increase for certain state employees, transferring funds from the Legislature Employment Security Fund of the Legislative Coordinating Council to the University of Kansas and Wichita State University Health Collaboration Fund of the University of Kansas, to the Wichita State University and University of Kansas Health Collaboration Fund of Wichita State University and to the State General Fund and authorizing certain expenditures from the build Kansas Matching Grant Fund
House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room112N
Budget report: Chairperson Anderson, Transportation and Public Safety budget; Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services, Office of the State Fire Marshal
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing continuation: Recommendations for the Kansas Department for Children and Families
Thursday, Feb. 8
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: Senate Bill 404 – Permitting the use of expedited partner therapy to treat a sexually transmitted disease
House General Government Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget recommendations: Kansas Insurance Department
House Social Services Budget – 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing: Budget for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Friday, Feb. 9
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget report: Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board