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Legislative Update 5-4-2016

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New Bed Tax Means a Rate Increase, New Budget Deal Could Mean a Rate Cut Good news first: before leaving town the legislature passed SB 457, the bill renewing the nursing home provider assessment and...

Legislative Update 5-13-2016

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Final Adjournment Report This update will review the major bills passed by the legislature that we have been following in the 2016 session. A final report on the content and status of all bills will...

We’re Back with 2018 Legislative Updates

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We’re Back! Welcome to the first Legislative Update of the 2018 Kansas Legislative Session. The Legislature will meet for (at least) 90 Legislative Days over the course of the next five months. It's the first...

A Very Busy Second Week, and Don’t Forget About Our Policy Calls

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We are starting the legislative session off right, getting our issues out in front of legislators at a swift pace as we push for our priorities. Hear more details in our first Policy Call of...

A Long Week at the Statehouse

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This week saw KDADS' response to the long term care issues we presented, including a presentation about what happened to nursing home rates this fiscal year (hint: you didn't get a funding cut, just...

A Long Week at the Statehouse | Week of February 5th

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Wasn't that the headline last week? Legislators hit deadlines this week for bill requests and introductions, so we saw a flurry of new bills pop up in committee. The pace on hearings and committee...

Legislative Update | Week of February 12th

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Electronic Monitoring Passes Senate HB 2232, the bill allowing electronic monitoring in adult care homes, was approved by the Kansas Senate on Thursday afternoon with a unanimous vote.  As a reminder, HB 2232 underwent further...

Legislative Update | Week of February 19th

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Turnaround Report: We've Reached the Middle! The legislature adjourned Thursday evening, after reaching its first major deadline of the session, commonly known as “Turnaround”.  All bills must have passed out of their chamber of origin...

Legislative Update | Week of February 26th

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The Second Half Commences State Legislators returned to Topeka on Wednesday to commence the second half of the 2018 legislative session. It was a short week at the statehouse, which makes for a short legislative...

Legislative Update | Week of March 5th

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Back in the Saddle Legislative committees are back in full swing after the little Turnaround break. The budget process is still ongoing, and we are still waiting on budget committee reports to be approved. There's...

Legislative Update | Week of March 12th

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Budget Process Underway and Dentists Fight Back It was a moderately busy week at the statehouse as we saw an acceleration in budget subcommittee reports, including medicaid program budgets. The hearing on the antipsychotics "informed...

Legislative Update | Week of March 19th

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Committees Finish Up Work Most legislative committees finished up their work today in anticipation of First Adjournment on April 6th. Only “exempt” committees are allowed to continue meeting, and working on bills. Exempt committees are...