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Revised anatomical gift act |
Passed Senate; Conference Committee requested by House |
Licensure of child care facilities by cities, counties and school districts |
Remains in House Federal and State Affairs (exempt committee) |
Board of Pharmacy; allowing more flexibility during annual and quarterly meetings |
Passed Senate with 39-0 vote; approved by governor |
Administering of vaccines by pharmacists, pharmacy students and interns to persons ages 18 and older |
Passed House on 3/23 with 116-7 vote |
Defining certain terms relating to human cloning |
Referred at turnaround to House Federal and State Affairs (exempt committee); re-referred by Committee of the Whole; placed on General Orders |
University of Kansas medical center and hospital authority affiliations with Missouri |
Withdrawn from Appropriations; referred to Health and Human Services; re-referred to Appropriations (exempt committee) |
Regulation of sedation permits by Kansas dental board |
Conference Committee requested by House |
License renewal of dentists and dental hygienists; creates a staggered, biennial renewal system |
Presented to governor |
Department of health and environment, certain genetic diseases and disorders, education and screening, assistance |
Passed by House Appropriations Committee |
Geriatric mental health act; establishing a geriatric service demonstration program administered by the department on aging |
Assigned to House Social Services Budget Committee by House Appropriations |
Human cloning, prohibiting certain expenditures of moneys appropriated from the state treasury by state agencies |
Referred at turnaround to House Federal and State Affairs (exempt committee) |
HB 2274 |
Provides for tax breaks for insurance companies | Presented to governor |
Directing additional tobacco litigation settlement proceeds to the Department on Aging’s Health Care For Seniors Fund and Senior Services Fund |
Assigned to House Social Services Budget Committee by House Appropriations |
Definition of general hospital. Amended on House floor to grandfather in current specialty hospitals. |
Scheduled for hearing in Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee |
Task force on obesity prevention and management |
Passed House Appropriations Committee |
Physical therapists’ evaluation and treatment of patients in coordination with physician referrals |
Passed Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee |
The Kansas consumer protection act does not apply to professional services by health care providers |
Heard by Senate Judiciary Committee |
Primary care safety net clinic capital loan guarantee act |
Assigned to Social Services Budget Committee |
HB 2526 |
Mercury emission monitoring | Scheduled for hearing in Senate Natural Resources Committee |
HB 2578 |
Unused medications act; allows adult care homes to transfer prescription medication to indigent health clinics | Passed House Appropriations Committee |
Medicaid reform act
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To be heard by House Committee of the Whole |
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Prohibits vaccines with Thimerosal; allows exemptions for mass vaccination events |
Heard by Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee |
Unattended and unsupervised children in motor vehicles safety act; allows children to be left unattended for five minutes |
Referred to House Transportation Committee |
Health insurance; HIPAA date change from Dec. 31, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2007 |
Approved by Governor |
Membership of board of nursing; removes requirement of one licensed mental health technician and adds another member of general public (total of three) to the 11-member board |
Passed by House Health and Human Services Committee |
Renewal of authorizations to practice for persons regulated by the board of nursing; requires licensees to report felony convictions |
Passed by House Health and Human Services Committee |
Fingerprinting and criminal history background checks for certain licensees of the board of nursing |
Referred to House Health and Human Services Committee |
Establishes autism task force |
Passed by House Health and Human Services Committee |
Allows dental hygienists to practice in group or foster care homes, SRS programs, schools and adult care homes |
Passed by House Health and Human Services Committee |
Cancer registry; uses of confidential data |
Passed by House and Senate |
Primary seat belt law under age 17; raises fine from $10 to $60 for secondary seat belt law for those 18 and older |
Passed by House Transportation Committee |
Expands and re-names Kansas veterans health act |
No action by Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee (exempt committee) |
Licensure requirements for radiologic technologists |
Passed by House Health and Human Services Committee |
Adding billing for anatomic pathology services as grounds for unprofessional conduct by the board of healing arts |
Passed by House and Senate |
Graduated Drivers Licensing system; raises minimum driving age to 15, with farm permits exempt |
Heard by House Transportation Committee |
Kansas health insurance connector act |
Referred to House Appropriations Committee |
Directing excess state tobacco settlement receipts to increase state tobacco prevention efforts |
Heard by Senate Ways and Means Committee (exempt committee) |