Overview
Kansas was one of the first states to mandate an all-payer claims database (APCD). In operation since 2010, the Data Analytic Interface (DAI) is maintained by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Division of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and collects medical, dental, and pharmacy claims, eligibility files and provider information from public and private health insurance plans.
The state enacted the Kansas Telemedicine Act in 2018, providing coverage parity for telehealth services. In 2020, as part of the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic under HB 2016, the legislature temporarily authorized the expanded use of telemedicine and extended the changes enacted in the emergency executive order EO 20-08 through January 2021.
In recent sessions, the legislature introduced, but did not pass, proposed legislation that would have advanced price transparency, including surprise billing protections, right to shop program, and disclosure of “allowed amount” for healthcare services and facility fees. The state also made multiple attempts at Medicaid expansion in recent years.
State Action
Latest Legislative Session: 1/9/2023 - 5/12/2023 (2023-2024 term). *Current session bill updates are ongoing. Check back weekly for updates.
HB 2016 – Kansas
Introduced: 2020 Status: Enacted
Enacting the governmental response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas and providing certain relief related to health, welfare, property and economic security during this public health emergency. Temporarily authorizing the expanded use of telemedicine …
HB 2028 – Kansas
Introduced: 2018 Status: Enacted
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR HB 2028 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE – ESTABLISHING THE KANSAS TELEMEDICINE ACT: establishes the Kansas Telemedicine Act (Act). The bill also provides for coverage of speech-language pathologist and audiologist …
HB 2029 – Kansas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
AN ACT repealing K.S.A. 65-6230; concerning the health care compact. HB 2029 would repeal KSA 65-6230 which is known as the Health Care Compact. Member states of the Health Care Compact pledge to take action …
HB 2044 – Kansas
Introduced: 2017 Status: Inactive / Dead
MEDICAID EXPANSION – KANCARE BRIDGE TO A HEALTHY KANSAS PROGRAM: Establishes the KanCare Bridge to a Healthy Kansas Program (Program). The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is required to administer and promote the …
HB 2053 (see companion bill SB 35) – Kansas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; providing for short-term, limited-duration health plans; amending K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 40-2,193 and repealing the existing section. HB 2053 would amend the definition of short-term, limited-duration health plans …
Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 40-3829 & 3830: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Registration Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
These statutes place a limit on pharmacy benefits managers’ ability to place a drug on a MAC list.
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 40-4601 through 4609: Patient Protection Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A health benefit plan shall not deny coverage for emergency services if the symptoms presented by an insured and recorded by the attending provider indicate that an emergency medical condition exists, or for emergency services …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 40-4621 through 4626: Uniform Prescription Drug Information Card Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A health benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs or devices and issues a card for claims processing and an administrator of any such plan, including, but not limited to, a pharmacy benefits manager …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 40-4701 through 4707: Kansas Business Health Partnership Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The health partnership shall develop and offer two or more health benefit plans to small employers. In any health benefit plan developed under this act, any carrier may contract for coverage within the scope of …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 40-5101 through 40-5115: Kansas Insurance Score Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statutes govern insurers in Kansas that use credit information to underwrite or rate risks. Any filing relating to insurance scoring models or other insurance scoring processes shall be considered to be a trade secret and …
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In re: Suboxone Antitrust Litigation (State of Wisconsin, et al. v. Indivior Inc, et al.) – Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
District Court: E.D. Pennsylvania Status: Pending
In September 2016, 35 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia brought a multi-district case against pharmaceutical manufacturer Indivior, MonoSol RX et al., alleging …
In re: EPIPEN (Epinephrine Injection, USP) Marketing, Sales Practices, and Antitrust Litigtion – Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, Washington
District Court: District of Kansas Status: Pending
The plaintiffs in the case allege Mylan N.V. created and exploited an EpiPen monopoly by providing aggressive rebates and incentives to pharmacy benefit managers to …
In Re: Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
Plaintiffs are attorney generals from 48 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, as well as classes of private plaintiffs that filed an antitrust …
Additional Resources
FY 2020 BUDGET
Kansas operates on an annual budget with the fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following year. Kansas enacted its FY 2020 Budget during the regular legislative session. Click here to view.
REGULATION & ENFORCEMENT
- As a condition of the sale of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, Inc., which owned and operated two hospitals in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties, California-based Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. have agreed with the Attorney General in 2013 to provide charitable care in the Kansas City and Leavenworth communities “at a level at least equal to that provided by the hospitals’ prior owner” for the next 5 years.
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