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Appropriations Committee opens hearing on HB 2555 requiring reporting on rural health transformation grants
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee heard a bill brief and proponent testimony on House Bill 2,555, which would require grant applications, expenditure reports and related documentation for the Rural Health Transformation Program to be presented at a public State Finance Council meeting and provided to legislative budget committees; KDHE urged reporting and legislative engagement while members pressed for citations of CMS timelines and long‑term sustainability.
The House Appropriations Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 2,555, which would require that grant applications, expenditure reports and other documentation related to the Rural Health Transformation Program be presented in a public meeting of the State Finance Council and provided to legislative budget committees.
Jill Walters, first assistant reviser from the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, briefed the committee and described the bill’s mechanics: materials that Kansas submits to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and that CMS requires would also be presented to the State Finance Council during a public meeting and shared with the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Committee on Ways and Means while the legislature is in session, and with the Legislative Budget Committee when it is not in session. Walters emphasized the bill’s requirement that reports be provided in a meeting…
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