Overview
STATE BUDGET
The state operates on an annual budget cycle. State agencies submit their budget requests to the governor in September. The governor submits a proposed budget to the state legislature in January. The legislature typically adopts a budget in May. The fiscal year begins in July. The governor is legally required to submit a balanced proposed budget and the legislature is legally required to pass a balanced budget.
STATE LEGISLATURE
The state House of Representatives has 125 members serving two-year terms, and Senate, with 40 state senators, serve four-year terms. The legislative session begins in January and usually will last for a period of 90 days. Bills carry over from odd to even years.
KEY RESOURCES
- Kansas Legislature
- Kansas Attorney General
- Kansas Governor
- Kansas Health Institute
- Information on Healthcare Policy in Kansas
2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Kansas signed into law SB 241, which limits the enforceability of noncompete agreements. The bill permits certain exceptions with special limitations.
Kansas Laws
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-702. Definitions: Social Welfare – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Definition section for social welfare.
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-708c. Powers and duties of secretary for children and families; community work experience programs; disbursal of property including food stamps; division of services for the blind; children and youth service program; medical care for needy persons; payment schedules for health care providers; centralized payment of welfare expenditures: Social Welfare – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute authorizes the secretary to develop plans financed by federal or state funds to provide medical care for needy persons. The secretary also must establish payment schedules for each group of health care providers. See […]
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709. Eligibility requirements of applicants for and recipients of assistance, available resources; failure to comply with reporting and other requirements, penalties; automatic assignment of support rights; lien procedures and enforcement; eligibility and fraud investigations; prohibition of medicaid expansion: Social Welfare – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute provides eligibility standards for medical assistance. Medicaid under this statute shall not be expanded unless the legislature expressly consents to, and approves of, the expansion of medicaid services by an act of the legislature. […]
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709f. Medical assistance program and managed care organizations; contract; prompt payment: Social Welfare – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute regulates payments between the Kansas medical assistance program and any managed care organization. A provider that has a claim that remains unpaid by a managed care organization after the time limits set forth in […]
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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709h. Medical assistance program; patient encounter data; requirements imposed on managed care organizations; audits; rules and regulations: Social Welfare – Kansas
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statute requires the secretary to develop uniform standards to be utilized by each managed care organization, including prior authorization procedures and requirements, and retrospective utilization review. A managed care organization may not discriminate against any […]
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