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• Introduced by Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R) on February 4, 2009, in her role as committee chair, to mandate the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) to seek federal permission to implement a health savings account plan option and/or a health opportunity account option for Medicaid recipients. The bill would also allow KHPA to develop and offer a pilot program to give health insurance subsidies to eligible employees of small businesses for use in either buying in to an employer health care plan or buying in to a state-approved individual health care plan.
  • Referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee on February 5, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on February 18, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as amended. House committee deleted the provisions that would have required the Health Policy Authority to develop and implement a pilot premium assistance plan for eligible employees of small employers.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 20, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 3, 2009, recommending the bill be passed as previously amended by House committee.
• Failed in the House (58 to 64) on March 12, 2009, to mandate the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) to seek federal permission to implement a health savings account plan option and/or a health opportunity account option for Medicaid recipients. [Vote Details and Comments]