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Legislative Update for Week of February 17
Monday was packed with committee work to advance bills. On Tuesday, the House and Senate passed HB2007, the mega budget bill, maintaining all aging services funding requests, including:
- Nursing Facility Rebase
- $20/Medicaid Resident/Day Add-on
- PACE Rebase
- Adult care home & hospital staff upskilling grants
- HCBS-FE funding carried over to FY26
Key Bill Updates:
- HB2339 (Workforce Enhancement for Adult Care Homes) – Tabled due to fiscal concerns but still active.
- HB2316 (CMP Reinvestment Fund for State-Licensed Adult Care Homes) – Hearing held, but no action yet.
Bills Passed Tuesday:
- SB44 – Expands Promise Scholarship eligibility; funding increased to $15M (LeadingAge Kansas supported).
- SB82 – Requires KDADS to grant waivers for REH hospitals providing SNF care (LeadingAge Kansas supported).
- SB88 – Requires LTC Ombudsman training in memory care (LeadingAge Kansas supported).
Other Active Bills (in exempt committees, post-turnaround work continues):
- SB276 – KSFM removed from ACH licensure; requires KSFM training.
- SB228/HB2184 – Staffing agency reform.
- SB224/HB2163 – Preceptor income tax credit for aging services.
Legislators have an extended weekend (Feb. 21 & 24) before resuming budget and committee work until March 28.
March is Careers in Aging Month – Access Resources Now!
We’ve been working hard to put resources together to share with elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions in Kansas as well as providers. Check out the Resource Landing Page for Providers and Resource Landing Page for Educators to see how you can engage and promote Careers in Aging during the month of March.
LeadingAge Kansas will also go to a ceremonial signing with Governor Laura Kelly on Friday, February 28 to recognize March as Careers in Aging Month! We’ll be sharing pictures on our social media and encourage providers to do the same. Tag us or send us pictures of any events you have going on!
Aging Services Day Rescheduled
Unfortunately, due to weather concerns, Aging Services Day at the Kansas Capitol had to be postponed this week. More information will be coming soon, but mark your calendars for Monday, March 24!
From KDADS: HCBS Waivers Settings Final Rule 101 Training Now Available
The training required for the Final Settings Rule, which directly impacts our assisted living, home plus, and residential healthcare providers, is now available. See the full email below and where to access:
This is notification that the HCBS Waivers Settings Final Rule 101 Training is now available on the Kansas TRAIN online education platform.
HCBS providers shall ensure all staff and recurrent volunteers have consistent and reinforced training annually and/or as needed, which must include the Settings Final Rule. Training of new staff and recurrent volunteers must be provided within three months of their starting date with a provider. A competency test with a passing score of 100% shall be required of all provider staff. A certification of completion for the course will be issued to each staff to be kept on file by the provider.
HCBS providers shall keep a record of trainings and awareness for all provider staff, recurrent volunteers, and persons-served to be shown upon request to KDADS during HCBS ongoing monitoring and complaint checks. Provider records shall describe how staff are trained and monitored on their understanding of the HCBS Settings Final Rule. Training records must be kept on file for five years. The HCBS Program Integrity/Compliance Team shall offer guidance and training on how to remediate a settings’ identified areas of non-compliance when needed and upon request.
All services subject to HCBS Settings Final Rule requirements must assure all staff complete this training. This includes self-directed and agency directed services. This course meets the HCBS Settings Final Rule training requirement of the HCBS Settings Ongoing Monitoring Compliance Policy.
List of provider type, provider specialty and billing codes required to complete HCBS Waivers Settings Final Rule 101 training:
| Provider Type | Provider Specialty | Billing Codes Captured |
| 55 | 363 | S5125, S5126 |
| 55 | 364 | T2016 |
| 55 | 365 | S5125 |
| 55 | 367 | S5125, S5126, S5160, S5161, T2025 |
| 55 | 410 | S5101, S5102 |
| 55 | 510 | S5125, S5130 |
| 55 | 520 | T2020, T2021 |
To Access the online training modules at Kansas TRAIN:
- If no current sign-in credentials, select the “create an account” option and follow system prompts.
- Enter Login Name and Password.
- How to locate training:
- Enter the training title or the Kansas TRAIN ID # (see module chart below) associated with the module into the search bar.
- Click on the training module when it populates.
- Click “launch” take training located at the top of the module page.
- Training can be repeated until a successful passing score is achieved.
- Staff is to print training completion certificate for the service provider to have on file for KDADS ongoing monitoring checks.
The chart below lists the required training module for all HCBS setting staff.
| Training Title | KS Train ID # | |
| 1. | KDADS: HCBS Waivers Settings Final Rule 101 | 1125923 |
Contact LaTonia Wright, HCBS Quality Oversight Specialist for all HCBS Settings Final Rule Training questions and requests at latonia1.wright@ks.gov or 785-296-4980.
