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Board of Nursing plans licensing system upgrade and discipline statute revisions after oversight review
Summary
Board of Nursing officials told lawmakers they plan a licensing and case‑management migration to a newer platform (Evoke), estimate the upgrade at about $1.5 million, and are pursuing statute cleanups and discipline‑process reforms following oversight committee findings.
The Kansas Board of Nursing briefed the Committee on Social Services Budget on planned licensing and disciplinary improvements, including an IT migration the board estimates could cost about $1.5 million.
Carol Moreland, administrator for the Kansas Board of Nursing, said the board oversees roughly 74,000 licensees with 27 authorized FTE; the agency receives no State General Fund and relies on a fee fund that the board maintains as a rainy‑day reserve. She described multiple steps taken after oversight reviews: automatic enrollment options for eNotify to improve renewal reminders, adoption of a new case‑management system (Evoke) to speed disciplinary processing, secure document transfer tools (kiteworks) and plans to migrate the aging licensing platform that will reach end of life around 2027.
Moreland said boards across the country faced similar pressures and that the board has been responsive to stakeholder concerns. On discipline, she described a task force that included legal counsel and stakeholder representatives, and said the board intends to bring legislative language to clarify and streamline discipline statutes. She also noted limits on revisiting closed cases due to counsel advice and federal reporting obligations tied to national practitioner databases.
Members commended the board for changes and flagged the need for a more systematic plan for routine IT replacement across state agencies to avoid large, unexpected capital needs.
Next steps: the board will continue work on proposed discipline statute changes and provide cost estimates and timelines for the licensing platform migration as the committee considers budget recommendations.
