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.
SB 41 (see companion bill HB 2324) – Kansas
Introduced: 2021 Status: Inactive / Dead
Establishing a $100 maximum out-of-pocket cost-share per month per covered person for prescription insulin drugs.
SB 472 – Kansas
Introduced: 2022 Status: Inactive / Dead
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding medical assistance eligibility; requiring the department of health and environment to direct certain individuals to a work referral program and to study certain …
SB 54 (see companion bill (HB 2102) – Kansas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Establishing the KanCare bridge to a healthy Kansas program. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) would administer and promote the program and provide information to potential eligible individuals who live in medically underserved …
SB 61 – Kansas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the practice of podiatry; classification as a branch of the healing arts; qualifications; scope of practice; amending K.S.A. 65-2002, 65-2802 and 65-2872 and repealing the existing sections. …
SB 93 (see companion bill HB 2120) – Kansas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance plans; prescription medication; step therapy protocols. SB 93 would require health insurance plans to consider available recognized evidencebased and peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines when establishing …
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-5040. Group health care benefits plan; avalability for retirants; coverage, end; eligibility; cost of coverage; definitions: Retirement Systems – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Each local government which provides an employer-sponsored group health care benefits plan for the employees of the local government shall make coverage under such group health care benefits program available to retired former employees and …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-76,143a. Merger or consolidation of one or more series: Limited Liability Companies – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute governs mergers and consolidations of one or more series of limited liability companies.
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-7681. Merger or consolidation: Limited Liability Companies – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute governs mergers and consolidations of limited liability companies.
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-7,112. Implementation of managed care system to provide medicaid services; contracts; areas of state selected for implementation; waivers; managed care implementation committee; reports; managed care project at university of Kansas medical center terminated: Kanwork Act – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Subject to applicable federal guidelines and regulations, the provisions of appropriations acts and the provisions of this section, the secretary of social and rehabilitation services shall, consistent with guidelines developed by the managed care implementation …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-7,160. Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on hme and community based services and KanCare oversight; members; meetings; reporting; compensation and expenses: Social Welfare — Dissemination of Information on Enforcement – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
There is hereby established the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight. The joint committee shall review the number of individuals who are transferred from state or …
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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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