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• Introduced by Rep. Melvin Neufeld (R) on March 5, 2009, in his role as committee chair, to exempt from state licensure and regulation by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment any Medicare or Medicaid-certified program for all-inclusive care for the elderly (known as PACE) which provides services only to PACE participants.
• Passed in the House (123 to 0) on March 23, 2009, to exempt from state licensure and regulation by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment any Medicare or Medicaid-certified program for all-inclusive care for the elderly (known as PACE) which provides services only to PACE participants. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 23, 2009.
• Passed in the Senate (39 to 0) on May 7, 2009, to exempt from state licensure and regulation any Medicare or Medicaid-certified program for all-inclusive care for the elderly, known as PACE. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Mark Parkinson on May 22, 2009.

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• Introduced by Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R) on February 5, 2009, in her role as committee chair, to allow any health care provider to seek payment from the state for services they give to any person who is not covered by health insurance, is not eligible for Medicaid, and is at least 90 days late in paying. Once the state receives the claim, the patient would owe the state a debt that would be offset by any state tax refund or lottery prize winnings that the patient may otherwise be entitled to receive, then the state would pay that offset to the health care provider.

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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.
• 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]

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• Introduced by Rep. Peggy Mast (R) on February 2, 2009, in her role as committee chair, to specify that when a court orders any professional mental evaluation, the state or county that must pay for it need only pay the lowest of: the actual amount billed; the Medicaid-specified rate; or, the provider's lowest rate that she charges any customer for such service.

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• Introduced by Sen. Jay Emler (R) on February 2, 2009, in his role as a committee chair, to repeal current law that bans any restrictions on the use of medications to treat mental illness.

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• Introduced by Sen. Jay Emler (R) on January 30, 2009, in his role as committee chair, to allow state Medicaid participants to donate up to $100 a month to charitable organizations without losing their Medicaid eligibility.

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• Introduced by Sen. Roger Reitz (R) on January 27, 2009, in his role as a committee chair, to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual’s enrollment in the Medicaid program when they become incarcerated in a county jail or state institution. The individual’s Medicaid eligibility would be restored when they are released from jail.

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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.

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• Introduced by Rep. Richard Carlson (R) on January 14, 2009, in his role as committee chair, to allow Medicaid patients to make a "collateral assignment" of the proceeds from their life insurance policies to the state's Medicaid program. The assignment could be used by people trying to meet income criteria for Medicaid eligibility rather than forcing them to sell their insurance policy in order to become eligible for Medicaid coverage.

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• Introduced in the Senate on February 13, 2008, to increase funding of K-12 education by distributing "Medicaid Replacement State Aid" to those districts having Medicaid-eligible special education students, for the stated purpose of replacing federal Medicaid dollars to Kansas schools that were curbed in recent years. The bill is estimated to increase state spending by $23 million next year.
• Passed in the Senate (30 to 9) on April 2, 2008, to increase funding of K-12 education by distributing "Medicaid Replacement State Aid" to those districts having Medicaid-eligible special education students, and to create a special education task force to advise the Legislature. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 2, 2008.