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Conference committee consolidates licensure compacts and agrees to combine HB 2249 and HB 2365; concurs with House changes to SB 193
Summary
Committee members agreed to consolidate four professional licensure compacts into a single House bill, combine House Bill 2249 with House Bill 2365, and concur with House amendments to Senate Bill 193 on emergency opioid antagonist use by law enforcement.
A Kansas legislative conference committee agreed to several procedural consolidations and concurrences during its meeting, consolidating multiple professional licensure compacts and aligning several House and Senate measures.
Committee staff Jenna said the Senate combined some compacts and recommended consolidating what are now separate compact bills into one House bill. The committee agreed to combine the contents of what were listed as 02/1968 and 02/1969 into House Bill 2068 so that all four compacts are carried in one bill.
The committee also agreed to combine House Bill 2249 with House Bill 2365. Jenna described HB 2249 as a bill that would require the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers to certain rural emergency hospitals providing skilled nursing facility care; the Senate had made a change converting "1 year" to "12 months." House Bill 2365 would establish the South Central Regional Mental Hospital; the House had updated catchment-area references and the Senate made technical changes to KSA 40-3401 organizing definitions of health care providers and the health care stabilization fund.
On Senate Bill 193, which concerns emergency opioid antagonists and their use by law enforcement, the Senate passed a substitute with mostly technical changes and the House's only change was an effective date of "upon publication in the statute register." The committee indicated the Senate would concur with the House changes to SB 193.
The chair noted several bills that were not yet ready for conference committee, including Senate Bill 250 (a "right to try" bill) on which the Senate had non-concurred and for which the House had not appointed conferees, and SB 67, which the House did not amend and therefore is not available for conference. The committee also noted two bills voted on the Senate floor after the House concluded (SB 2335 and HB 2039) that may come to the committee later.
Committee members agreed on the consolidation actions and that staff would make the needed drafting changes. The committee set a follow-up meeting for the next day to continue unfinished business.
