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• Introduced by Sen. Jim Barnett (R) on January 27, 2009, in his role as a committee chair, to direct the Governor and the Kansas Health Policy Authority to request federal waivers from the prescribed uses of federal Medicaid, Medicare, and all other federal health care aid in order to convert them to a single annual block grant that Kansas would use to provide health care to all state residents. The Governor would be directed to enter into an agreement to create a five year pilot project to create a single-payer system in Kansas to provide health care and health promotion.
  • Referred to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 28, 2009.