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Fate of 988 suicide hotline bill in doubt

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As lawmakers speed toward their spring break, the fate of a bill establishing a new national suicide hotline in Kansas is in doubt. The bill,...

Kelly: State inspectors won’t enforce federal health care vaccine mandate

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Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday that state inspectors would not enforce vaccine mandates at federally funded health care facilities, but the move will come...

Medical immunity bill bogs down in committee

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With time running out, a bill extending civil liability protections to health care providers for damages arising from the pandemic got bogged down in...

Governor’s chief of staff: Medicaid proposal presents serious risks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...