Governor’s chief of staff: Medicaid proposal presents serious risks
Gov. Laura Kelly's chief of staff is warning lawmakers against freezing the state's $4 billion KanCare contracts in place for a year without a...
A.G.: Legislature can rewrite bidding process for KanCare
Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the Legislature has broad power to rewrite the process for awarding contracts to companies administering the state's $4...
Senate passes bill expanding vaccine exemptions for schools, day cares
A bill requiring pharmacists to fill ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for treating COVID-19 while broadening a religious exemption for vaccine mandates for public schools...
Bill expanding religious vaccine exemption for schools advances
A bill requiring pharmacists to fill ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine prescriptions for COVID-19 that critics say weakens vaccine mandates for public schools passed out of...
Bill removing health secretary powers moves to Senate
A bill removing the power of the state health secretary to take steps stopping the spread of contagious diseases is moving to the full...
Advance nursing practitioner bill sent to conference
A bill expanding the authority of nurse practitioners to work in Kansas without signing collaborative agreements with physicians was sent to House-Senate conference committee.
The...
Bill increasing penalties for health care worker violence stalls
A bill increasing penalties for violence against health care providers was sidetracked in the Senate Monday because it's tied to a measure giving them...
Senate confirms health secretary
Gov. Laura Kelly's health secretary emerged from a difficult nomination hearing to easily win Senate confirmation Wednesday.
The Senate confirmed Janet Stanek as state health...
House gives health care workers protection from civil liability, violence
The Kansas House on Wednesday approved increased penalties for violence against health care providers, but linked it to a measure giving them expanded immunity...
Senate passes bill expanding nursing practitioner authority
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday passed a major piece of health care legislation expanding the authority of nurse practitioners to work in Kansas without...
