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House Health panel hears introductions for therapist compacts, placard authority and emergency medication kits

Committee on House Health and Human Services · January 16, 2026
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Summary

The Committee on House Health and Human Services received four bill introductions including RS2944 to allow physical therapists to issue handicap placards, interstate compacts for occupational and respiratory therapists, and RS2505 to permit emergency medication kits at private psychiatric hospitals. Committee scheduling remains fluid.

The Committee on House Health and Human Services opened a session of bill introductions, hearing four proposals that the committee accepted for further consideration.

Representative Bueller presented RS2944 "on behalf of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Kansas chapter," telling the committee the bill "would authorize physical therapists to issue the…

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