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Kansas Legislature: 2010 session

Below you'll find a list of bills which KMS is following this session. You can learn more about a piece of legislation by clicking on the bill number; there you'll find information about KMS' position and the bill's status. If you have any questions about a bill or need more information, contact Dan Morin, KMS Director of Government Affairs.

Bill Tracker
Bill #	Title & Brief Description:	Date
CR 5036	Constitutional amendment to affirm the Legislature's authority to limit the amount of recovery for noneconomic damages in any claim for personal injury This constitutional amendment resolution was introduced by KMS to empower the legislature to enact a...	05.28.10
HB 2160	Autism coverage/ oral cancer medication coverage The new law will require the Kansas State Employees Health Care Commission (administers the State he...	05.28.10
HB 2221	Smoking ban Implements a statewide smoking ban starting July 1, 2010 which prohibits smoking at indoor public pl...	05.28.10
HB 2447	ARNP; independent practice A bill drafted by the Kansas State Nurses Association which would allow nurse practitioners to pract...	05.28.10
HB 2448	Pharmacists; administration of vaccines New law to allow a pharmacist, or a pharmacy student or intern under pharmacist supervision to admin...	05.28.10
HB 2584	Optometrists; medicated contact lenses New law will allow optometrists to dispense timed, or extended, release medicated contact lenses bey...	05.28.10
HB 2619	CRNA practice and delegation Will clarify the authority of certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to order medications u...	05.28.10
SB 62	TB in colleges/HIV testing pregnant mothers/audiology licensure New law directs the Secretary KDHE to adopt rules and regulations establishing guidelines for a tub...	05.28.10
SB 83	Naturopath licensure The Board of Healing Arts will now 'license' naturopaths. The profession has previously been 'regist...	05.28.10
SB 249	Health Care Pricing Transparency Would have required that upon receiving a written request from a patient, a health care provider or ...	05.28.10
SB 262	Emergency Medical Services Scope of Practice Revises EMS scope of practice guidelines, education, and training to incorporate into Kansas law the...	05.28.10
SB 374	"I'm sorry" legislation Commonly referred to as "Im sorry" legislation, the bill would have make inadmissible in any liabil...	05.28.10
SB 414	Health Care Stabilization Fund repayment The governor's offcie is now prevented from using the allotment process, which will protect the HCSF...	05.28.10
SB 500	Use of M.D. This legislation makes a largely technical change in the Healing Arts Act to clarify that MDs, DOs, ...	05.28.10
SB 516	Increase taxes upon cigarettes and tobacco products Would have increased the cigarette tax, tobacco products tax, and retail sales and compensating use ...	05.28.10

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