Health and Human Services

KS - Representative Brenda Landwehr (R)

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KS - Representative John Eplee (R)

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Vice Chair

KS - Representative Susan Ruiz (D)

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Ranking Minority Member

KS - Representative Carrie Barth (R)

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KS - Representative Brian Bergkamp (R)

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KS - Representative Emil Bergquist (R)

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KS - Representative Doug Blex (R)

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KS - Representative Ron Bryce (R)

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KS - Representative David Buehler (R)

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KS - Representative Bill Clifford (R)

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KS - Representative Ronald Ellis (R)

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KS - Representative Fred Gardner (R)

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KS - Representative Christina Haswood (D)

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KS - Representative Nikki McDonald (D)

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KS - Representative Melissa Oropeza (D)

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KS - Representative Carl Turner (R)

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KS - Representative Lindsay Vaughn (D)

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KS - SB5 Prohibiting the prescribing of drugs intended to cause an abortion using telemedicine and restricting the governor's power during a state of emergency to alter such prohibitions.

KS - SB6 Restricting the authority of the secretary 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.

KS - HB2007 Prohibiting the secretary of health and environment from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination for care at a child care facility or attendance at a school.

KS - HB2049 Changing the length of the nurse aide course required for unlicensed employees in adult care homes to 75 hours.

KS - HB2050 Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program.

KS - HB2126 Authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

KS - HB2161 Enacting the patient right to visitation act to require patient care facilities to adopt visitation rules to allow certain relatives and other persons, including clergy, to visit terminally ill patients and other patients making major medical decisions.

KS - SB96 House Substitute for SB 96 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Establishing child care licensing requirements relating to license capacity and staff-to-child ratios, eliminating certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity.

KS - SB98 Authorizing medical student and residency loan assistance to encourage the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in medically underserved areas of the state.

KS - HB2171 Providing that peer review privilege for healthcare providers does not apply to factual information.

KS - HB2181 Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.

KS - SB112 Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to engage in independent practice and prescribe drugs and prohibiting registered nurse anesthetists from performing or prescribing drugs to induce an abortion.

KS - SB113 House Substitute for SB 113 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget – Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 23, FY 24 and FY 25; establishing requirements relating to school building closures; authorizing certain students to participate in activities regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association; revising school district open enrollment requirements and procedures; authorizing compensation for local school district board of education members; amending...

KS - HB2257 Providing for the licensure and regulation of music therapists by the state board of healing arts and establishing the music therapy advisory committee.

KS - HB2258 Prohibiting certain licensed individuals from using conversion therapy on minors.

KS - HB2259 Providing that certain mental health medications be available without prior authorization to treat medicaid recipients and abolishing the mental health medication advisory committee.

KS - HB2260 Increasing the number of medical student loan agreements that may be provided by the university of Kansas school of medicine and prohibiting impediments to switching between residency programs.

KS - HB2262 Allowing six months of an embalmer apprenticeship to be completed prior to an individual attending mortuary science school

KS - HB2263 Authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, creating a civil cause of action against a physician and requiring revocation of a physician's license who performs a childhood gender reassignment service.

KS - HB2264 Requiring notification to patients that the effects of a medication abortion may be reversible and revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.

KS - HB2265 Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies by the secretary for aging and disability services.

KS - SB131 Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, licensing of professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists, requiring the behavi...

KS - HB2276 Prohibiting pelvic, rectal, or prostate exams on unconscious patients without informed consent.

KS - HB2288 Enacting the counseling compact to provide for interstate practice privileges for professional counselors.

KS - HB2305 Amending statutes regulating the practice of barbering regarding licensure, examinations and fees.

KS - HB2313 Creating the born-alive infants protection act to provide legal protections for infants who are born alive regardless of the intent of the delivery.

KS - HB2337 Defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas telemedicine act, establishing certain standards of care, requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services and establishing the Kansas telehealth advisory committee.

KS - HB2338 Designating sickle cell disease awareness week and requiring KDHE to study and report on topics related to sickle cell disease.

KS - HB2340 Requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time, decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure of certain behavioral sciences professions, extending the license period for temporary licenses, establishing new license categories and decreasing continuing education requirements related to diagnosis and treatment.

KS - SB180 Establishing the women's bill of rights to provide a meaning of biological sex for purposes of statutory construction.

KS - HB2347 Providing price limits and other requirements for health benefits covering prescription insulin drugs and establishing the insulin affordability program for the uninsured.

KS - SB219 Designating certain healthcare providers as being ineligible to purchase professional liability insurance from the healthcare stabilization fund.

KS - HB2390 Senate Substitute for HB 2390 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring the secretary of health and environment to study drug overdose death cases and providing for the confidentiality of acquired and related records, restricting the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious diseases and repealing the authority of the secretary to quarantine individuals and impose associated pen...

KS - SB233 Creating a civil cause of action against a physician who performs childhood gender reassignment service and requiring revocation of a physician's license who performs childhood gender reassignment service.

KS - HB2408 Exempting certain services provided in an adult care homes from the provisions of the acts regulating cosmetologists and barbers.

KS - HCR5011 Proposing an amendment to the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas to provide no right to an abortion.

KS - HB2429 Establishing the alternatives to abortion program to provide resources and promote childbirth to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

KS - HB2439 Requiring notification to patients that the effects of a medication abortion may be reversible.

KS - HB2444 Establishing the school district mental health intervention team program in statute to provide coordinated mental health services for students among school districts and community mental health centers.

KS - SB287 Expanding the Kansas silver alert plan to include persons 18 years of age or older who have dementia, a developmental disability or a cognitive impairment.

KS - SB297 Revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.

KS - HB2452 Eliminating the requirement that the state employees health care commission offer long-term care insurance and indemnity insurance.

KS - HB2453 Enacting the dentist and dental hygienist compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dentists and dental hygienists.

KS - SB314 Prohibiting the secretary of health and environment from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for children attending a child care facility or school.

KS - SB315 Requiring child care facilities, elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions and employers to grant exemptions from vaccine requirements without inquiring into the sincerity of the request and repealing the meningitis vaccine requirement to live in student housing.

KS - HB2467 Revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.