(Jan. 16, 2026) – Next week will be busy, with health care professionals spending many of their days at the statehouse. It's a great time for meaningful conversations as the session picks up pace and bill hearings start fast and furious. As a reminder, you can register for the KHA Advocacy Day by visiting: https://registration.kha-net.org.
Monday, Jan. 19
No Session
Tuesday, Jan. 20
Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Briefing: Attorney General's Office of Inspector General
Senate Assessment and Taxation 9:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Informational Briefing: Reviewing tax credits awarded and used through the High Performance Incentive Program and Kansas Affordable Housing Tax Credit – Josh Luthi, Legislative Division of Post Audit
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Budget Report: Chairperson Dave Buehler, Social Services Budget – Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts, Health Care Stabilization Fund Board of Governors, Kansas Board of Nursing, Board of Pharmacy
Budget report: Chairperson Avery Anderson, Transportation and Public Safety Budget – Emergency Medical Services Board, Kansas 911 Coordinating Council, Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
House General Government Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget Hearing: Kansas Public Employees Retirement System – Alan Conroy, executive director, Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Budget Hearing: Kansas Department for Children and Families
Wednesday, Jan. 21
Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Briefing: Child Advocate, Long Term Care Ombudsman
Senate Assessment and Taxation 9:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Hearing: Senate Bill 303 – Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Labette County for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county
Informational Briefing: Consensus revenue estimates for FY 2026 and 2027 – Edward Penner, Kansas Legislative Research Department
Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance 9:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Hearing and deliberation: Agency budget: Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Briefing: Midwest Higher Education Compact – Susan Heegaard, president, MHEC B
Budget Report: Chairperson Barb Wasinger, General Government Budget – Kansas Dental Board
Budget Report: Chairperson Adam Turk, Higher Education Budget – Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
House Financial Institutions and Pensions 9:00 a.m. – Room 582N
Presentation: Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, Alan Conroy, director
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2436 – Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance.
Presentation: Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
House Higher Education Budget 1:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget Hearing: Kansas University, University of Kansas Medical Center
House Child Welfare and Foster Care (Mon-Wed) 1:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Kansas State Child Death Review Board, 2025 Annual Report (2023 Data) – Sara Hortenstine, executive director, SCDRB
Review: Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight – Interim Committee Report to the 2026 Legislature, Natalie Nelson, principal research analyst, Kansas Legislative Research Department
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Hearing (cont.): Public testimony for the Kansas Department for Children and Families
House Transportation and Public Safety Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 118N
Budget Hearings: State Fire Marshal, Adjutant General's Department
House Insurance 3:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Guest Speaker: Vicki Schmidt, commissioner, Kansas Department of Insurance
Briefing by staff: Report of the Special Committee on Pharmaceutical Studies to the 2026 Kansas Legislature
Thursday, Jan. 22
Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Briefing: Kansas Department for Children and Families – Child Welfare
Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance 9:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Overview and Update: Kansas Public Employees Retirement System Alan Conroy, executive director
Senate Commerce 10:30 a.m. – Room 546S
Informational Briefing: Senate Bill 30 – Requiring that the adoption of new occupational licensing requirements and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the legislature unless otherwise ratified by the legislature by the enactment of a bill, and providing for notice to agencies and the legislature and a procedure for legislative review of such occupational licensing requirements
House Higher Education Budget 1:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Budget Hearing: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Presentation: Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Budget Hearing: State Hospitals – Larned, Osawatomie, Parsons, South Central and Kansas Neurological Institute
House Transportation and Public Safety Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 118N
Budget Recommendations: State Fire Marshal, Adjutant General's Department
Friday, Jan. 23
House General Government Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 281N
Committee Recommendations: Office of the Secretary of State, Judicial Branch, Kansas Public Employee Retirement Systems, Office of the Governor, Office of the State Treasurer
House Social Services Budget, 3:30 p.m. – Room 346S
Hearing (cont.): Recommendations for State Hospitals: Larned, Osawatomie, Parsons, South Central and Kansas Neurological Institute