Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare 01/13/2026

Public Health and Welfare · January 13, 2026

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Call to order and staff introductions

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Committee chair opens the meeting and asks staff and new attendees to introduce themselves; multiple legislative staff and reviser's office members identify names (Jenna Moyer, Carly Choi, Danica Short, Nicholas Serrano, Julia Kofoid, Elizabeth Cohn, Patrick Hoare) and one attendee (Patrick Orr) is introduced by the chair.

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Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Secretary Laura Howard briefed the legislative Public Health and Welfare committee on agency accomplishments and 2026 priorities, including behavioral health investments, an awarded $221,000,000 rural health transformation allocation, IDD waiver modernization and the upcoming South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital opening.

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