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Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 8:30 am Location: 142-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB3 - Requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with the lay caregiver act and report the results of such audit to the legislature.
    SB19 - Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.
    SB31 - 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.
    SB41 - Adding advanced practice registered nurses to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
    SB132 - Establishing 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, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and separating licensing duties between the secretary for health and environment and the executive director of early childhood.
    SB145 - Requiring immediate notification of a report of abuse or neglect to a law enforcement agency and providing for law enforcement agencies to request resources from the secretary for children and families.
    SB149 - Requiring that a haircare plan is part of the case plan for a child in custody of the secretary for children and family services and requiring the secretary to offer training on culturally competent haircare to caregivers.
    SB150 - Prohibiting the denial of coverage for the refilling of prescription topical eye medication.
    SB158 - Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
    SB172 - Prohibiting a school from excluding a child who has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease without an isolation or quarantine order.
    SB174 - Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion.
    SB182 - Enacting the Kansas medical loss ratios for dental healthcare services plans act.
    SB198 - Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of violations of such prohibition.
    SB207 - Requiring the Kansas children's cabinet and the department of health and environment to implement a pilot program to offer health services, telehealth consultations and medication reimbursements to child care providers, while prohibiting stricter local regulations, allowing local registration of providers, increasing state funding for the child and adult care food program and providing free training and education materials to providers.
    SB219 - Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer.
    SB236 - Authorizing victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect.
    SB249 - Establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) advisory committee to prevent FASD and provide for treatment and support for affected individuals and their families.
    SB251 - Requiring the department of health and environment to submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the newborn screening program.
    SB253 - Enacting the massage therapist licensure act to provide for regulation and licensing of massage therapists.
    SB257 - Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the healthcare access for working Kansans (HAWK) act.
    SB264 - Removing noncooperation with child support from disqualifications for child care subsidies.
    SB271 - Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program.
    SB276 - Removing the state fire marshal from the adult care home licensure act and the providers of disability services act and requiring the state fire marshal to complete training in person-centered care and responding to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    SB291 - Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
    SB322 - Removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the prescription monitoring program database by rules and regulations.
    SB327 - Eliminating the requirement that the January and April meetings of the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight be held during the regular legislative session.
    SB328 - Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
    HB2070 - Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians.
    HB2170 - Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.
    HB2219 - Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for physician assistants.
    HB2223 - Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
    HB2246 - Enacting the consumer protection related to hospital price transparency act.
    HB2294 - Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB19 - Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.
    SB29 - Substitute for SB 29 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious disease.
    SB31 - 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.
    SB41 - Adding advanced practice registered nurses to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
    SB63 - Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians.
    SB67 - Substitute for SB 67 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe, procure and administer drugs consistent with the registered nurse anesthetist's education and qualifications.
    SB82 - Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care.
    SB88 - Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care.
    SB126 - Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for physician assistants.
    SB150 - Prohibiting the denial of coverage for the refilling of prescription topical eye medication.
    SB172 - Prohibiting a school from excluding a child who has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease without an isolation or quarantine order.
    SB174 - Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion.
    SB175 - Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas.
    SB193 - Sub for SB 193 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Exempting law enforcement agencies who do not provide emergency opioid antagonists pursuant to the statewide protocol from the requirement to procure a physician medical director.
    SB198 - Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of violations of such prohibition.
    SB236 - Authorizing victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect.
    SB249 - Establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) advisory committee to prevent FASD and provide for treatment and support for affected individuals and their families.
    SB250 - Enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit a manufacturer to make an individualized investigative treatment available to a requesting patient.
    SB251 - Requiring the department of health and environment to submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the newborn screening program.
    SB253 - Enacting the massage therapist licensure act to provide for regulation and licensing of massage therapists.
    SB328 - Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
    Appointments
    1578 - Christi Smith, Appointed Governor, Office of Early Childhood, Director - At the pleasure of the governor
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