Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) to seek federal approval for continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, directing state agencies to report to certain legislative committees on Kansans losing public assistance program eligibility, requiring the Kansas department for children and families and KDHE to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, requiring quarterly eligibility redeterminations for medical assistance and providing exceptions for certain individuals, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. Apr 10Died on House CalendarDied
   2. Mar 18Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Welfare ReformMinor
   3. Mar 10Received and IntroducedMinor
   4. Mar 10Referred to House Committee on Welfare ReformMinor
   5. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedMajor
      • Vote recorded Emergency Final Action As Amended. Result: pass.Upper
   6. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Renee Erickson
   7. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Renee Erickson was adoptedMajor
   8. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
   9. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was rejected
   10. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
   11. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was rejected
   12. Mar 5Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amendedPassed House
   13. Mar 5Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 25, Nay 12, Absent 2Passed Senate
   14. Feb 26Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government EfficiencyMinor
   15. Feb 24Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Government EfficiencyMinor
   16. Feb 19Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and MeansMinor
   17. Jan 23Referred to Senate Committee on Government EfficiencyMinor
   18. Jan 22IntroducedIntroduced