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Panel narrowly approves proviso to align KDHE immunization guidance with federal schedule for FY2027
Summary
The appropriations panel approved a FY2027 proviso directing the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to mirror U.S. federal immunization schedule changes effective July 1, 2026, with a clarifying friendly amendment preserving clinician discretion and Medicaid payment eligibility; the motion passed 12–10.
The House appropriations subcommittee voted 12–10 to approve a FY2027 proviso asking the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to mirror U.S. federal immunization guidance for the 12-month budget window that begins July 1, 2026.
Representative Walsinger, who offered the language, said the federal schedule reduces the number of universally recommended vaccines and reclassifies several (including influenza, rotavirus, hepatitis A and others) to "shared clinical…
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