Public Health and Welfare

KS - Senator Beverly Gossage (R)

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Chair

KS - Senator Renee Erickson (R)

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Vice Chair

KS - Senator Pat Pettey (D)

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Ranking Minority Member

KS - Senator Larry Alley (R)

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Member

KS - Senator Molly Baumgardner (R)

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Member

KS - Senator Chase Blasi (R)

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KS - Senator Cindy Holscher (D)

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Member

KS - Senator Kristen O'Shea (R)

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KS - Senator Mark Steffen (R)

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KS - Senator Mike Thompson (R)

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Member

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 - SB12 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 healing arts licensees.

KS - SB20 Requiring child care facilities, elementary, secondary, 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 - HB2024 Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of child...

KS - HB2033 Changing the criteria used to refer and admit juveniles to a juvenile crisis intervention center.

KS - HB2034 Requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations.

KS - SB43 Making and concerning appropriations for the university of Kansas medical center for fiscal years 2023, 2024 and 2025 for conducting certain clinical trials at the midwest stem cell therapy center.

KS - SB45 Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program.

KS - HB2125 Providing for charitable event permits and demonstration permits for body art services, authorizing cease and desist orders against unlicensed providers of body art services and requiring related administrative actions to be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and reviewable under the Kansas judicial review act and exempting adult care homes from statutes governing cosmetology and barbering facilities.

KS - HB2140 Increasing the age range of able-bodied adults without dependents required to complete an employment and training program to receive food assistance.

KS - HB2141 Requiring custodial and non-custodial parents to cooperate with child support enforcement programs for food assistance eligibility and disqualifying such parents from food assistance for being delinquent in support payments.

KS - HB2179 Establishing periods of ineligibility for child care subsidy based on cooperation with child support services and requiring the secretary to conduct reviews of cooperation with child support.

KS - HB2194 Enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights.

KS - SB103 Updating certain provisions of the Kansas dental practices act relating to dentist information requested by patients, in-person practice requirements in dental office using licensee's name, unprofessional conduct and patient complaints.

KS - SB111 Enacting the massage therapist licensure act to provide for regulation and licensing of massage therapists.

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 - SB118 Expanding the duties of the secretary of health and environment when investigating maternal deaths to include promoting continuity of care, helping develop performance measures and establishing an external review committee to study cases and make recommendations to prevent maternal deaths.

KS - HB2240 Requiring the clerk of the district court to give notice of qualified residential treatment program placement.

KS - SB121 Broadening the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors and changing certain provisions pertaining to the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors.

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 - 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 - SB139 Expanding newborn screening services and increasing transfer from the medical assistance fee fund to the Kansas newborn screening fund.

KS - SB148 Enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act to impose requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in healthcare.

KS - SB161 Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer.

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

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 - HB2325 Amending the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act to include maternity centers and not include facilities where elective abortions are performed.

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 - SB173 Authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

KS - SB175 Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.

KS - SB176 Increasing the membership of the 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.

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

KS - SB181 Authorizing establishment of city or county child death review boards and permitting disclosure of records and information related to child deaths.

KS - SB191 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.

KS - SB206 Enacting the medical autonomy/accessibility and truth act to remove certain provisions regarding abortion from the no taxpayer funding for abortion act, the woman's-right-to-know act and the pain-capable unborn child act to allow for insurance coverage for abortions, provide tax benefits for abortion-related services and remove inaccurate statements regarding the risks of abortion.

KS - SB213 Requiring healthcare providers to charge the same amount for medical record requests related to a patient's social security disability, workers' compensation, medical malpractice or personal injury claims whether requested by a patient or the patient's legal representative.

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 - SB225 Establishing the KanCare bridge to a healthy Kansas program to expand Medicaid eligibility.

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 - SB234 Prohibiting governmental entities from sharing or transmitting social care information into a closed loop referral system.

KS - SB235 Expanding limitations to third-party access to provider network contracts and discounts unless certain criteria are met and prohibitions on payment method restrictions and limitations on certain transaction fees from dental services to all healthcare services.

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

KS - SB246 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 - SB277 Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies by the secretary for aging and disability services.

KS - SB281 Creating the position of dementia services coordinator within the department of aging and disability services.

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 - SB294 Increasing the amount of state moneys distributed to local health departments.

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

KS - SB305 Enacting the massage therapist licensure act to provide for regulation and licensing of massage therapists.

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 - SB319 Establishing the alternatives to abortion program to provide resources and promote childbirth to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

KS - SB320 Creating the born-alive infants protection act to provide legal protections for infants who are born alive regardless of the intent of the delivery.