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...
Senate passes bill lifting regulations on eyebrow care
A bill that could settle a legal dispute over regulations of the practice of eyebrow threading cleared the Senate on Wednesday despite protests that...
House committee revives Medicaid bill blocking changes
A bill locking the state’s Medicaid program in place until after the next election for governor advanced out of a House committee late Monday...
Bill expanding nursing authority moves out of committee
A controversial proposal expanding the authority of nurse practitioners to work in Kansas without signing collaborative agreements with physicians emerged from a Senate committee...
Lawmakers reach compromise on 988 hotline fee
A House committee reached a deal Tuesday on a proposed fee for mobile phones and landlines to pay for mental health services for Kansans...
Senate panel seeks to protect religious vaccine exemptions
A bill requiring pharmacists fill prescriptions for ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 was expanded to ensure that religious exemptions are available for vaccine...
Bill seeks to curb rising incidence of health care violence
If a shopper gets obnoxious and starts a fight in a store, the recourse is obvious.
Kick them out. Call the police. Or both.
If an...
Budget provision defunding medical investigations removed
A House panel on Monday removed a budget proposal blocking investigations of physicians who write off-label prescriptions with adverse outcomes for their patients.
The House...
Budget proposal would limit Healing Arts investigations
A House budget committee this week adopted a proposal that's intended to stop state medical regulators from bullying doctors but that critics say would...
