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. §§ 65-1625 through 1626a: Pharmacy Act of the State of Kansas – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Deletes, adds, and modifies definitions to be consistent with federal standards; modifies the requirements for processing prescription orders to prohibit pharmacists from exercising brand exchange for a biological product; inserts provisions to bring the Act …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-1637 through 1637e: Regulation of Pharmacists – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A pharmacist who receives a prescription order for a brand name drug product, excluding a biological product, may exercise brand exchange with a view toward achieving a lesser cost to the purchaser unless the following …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-450 through 454: Hospitals and Other Facilities – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The following construction or modifications shall not be commenced prior to July 1, 1986: (a) Any erections, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, improvement, extension, lease or other acquisition by or on behalf of a hospital that …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-468 through 474: Rural Health Networks – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The legislature of the state of Kansas recognizes the importance and necessity of providing and regulating the system whereby health care services are integrated to protect the public’s general health, safety and welfare. It is …
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Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-4914 through 4916: Health Care Providers– Health Care and Peer Review – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
It is declared public policy of the state of Kansas that the provision of health care is essential to the well-being of its citizens as is the achievement of an acceptable quality of health care. …
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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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