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Yes: 646 • No: 4
KansasHB 22502025–2026 Regular SessionHouse
Substitute for HB 2250 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Permitting the use of expedited partner therapy to treat sexually transmitted infections, authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies, allowing expired emergency opioid antagonists to be used to treat an opioid overdose, permitting first responders to distribute and administer expired emergency opioid antagonists, permitting a pharmacist to distribute epinephrine delivery systems to a school for use in emergency medication kits and amending definitions related to medication in schools to allow for use of epinephrine delivery systems.
Sponsored By: Committee on Health and Human Services
Signed by Governor
senate committee on public health and welfarehouse committee on health and human serviceshouse committee on federal and state affairs
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More emergency medicine options for schools
Kansas school rules now cover FDA-approved, measured-dose epinephrine devices, not just auto-injectors, including donated devices. Pharmacists can supply standard and child-sized doses under a prescription in the school's name. A physician or mid-level practitioner must review school policies before prescribing stock supplies. Nurses and trained, designated staff can give stock epinephrine when someone appears to have a severe allergic reaction. Physicians and mid-level practitioners can also support student self-use plans, which still require district approval and annual parent authorization. School storage, training, inventory, and recordkeeping rules apply; civil liability protections exclude gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
Psychiatric hospitals can stock emergency medicines
Licensed Kansas private psychiatric hospitals using a pharmacist can keep emergency medication kits approved by medical staff and a pharmacist. Kits serve urgent needs when medicine cannot be obtained elsewhere in time to prevent harm. Use requires prescriber and pharmacist supervision, with pharmacist control until a proper medication order. Pharmacists must maintain storage, accountability, and recordkeeping procedures; a hospital committee must limit controlled-drug types and quantities. State health and pharmacy officials must adopt rules for kit contents, storage, control, and records.
Sexual partners can get treatment faster
Kansas providers can offer treatment without examining a sexual partner exposed to a diagnosed patient's infection. The infection must be a reportable sexually transmitted disease approved by the state for this treatment. Partners must be identifiable, reachable, and exposed within 60 days before diagnosis. The provider must judge that the partner is unlikely or unable to get examined, tested, and treated. Providers must counsel the patient and supply state-developed information on drug safety, pregnancy, allergies, treatment, prevention, and testing. Minors age 16 or older can consent when no parent or guardian is immediately available. Providers need not offer treatment; good-faith providers and pharmacists receive civil and professional discipline protections, excluding gross negligence or intentional or reckless misconduct.
Legal protection for people giving overdose aid
Kansas overdose-aid protections expressly cover giving an approved nasal overdose-reversal drug, including one up to 10 years past expiration. People giving aid must provide identification, stay at the scene, and cooperate with emergency responders for the applicable criminal protections. Protections do not apply when drug quantities create a legal presumption of intent to distribute. Warrant executions, lawful searches, and evidence from independent sources remain exceptions. The law does not require anyone to give medicine.
Responders can use expired overdose medicine
Kansas first responders working through an agency can carry, store, distribute, and give overdose-reversal medicines up to 10 years past expiration. Personnel with access need training in overdose recognition, medicine use, storage, emergency follow-up, and inventory and reporting procedures. An ambulance must be called immediately before or after the medicine is given. Agencies supplying personnel generally need a physician medical director, with a law-enforcement exception under the statewide protocol. The Pharmacy Board must set statewide pharmacist rules for supplying overdose medicines, including required consultations, education, and records.
Health professionals cannot supply expired overdose medicine
Kansas pharmacists, healthcare providers, and school nurses cannot prescribe, dispense, distribute, or furnish expired overdose-reversal medicine. This restriction governs professional supply, not a household duty to buy or obtain medicine.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Health and Human Services
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 39 Nay: 0
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 120 Nay: 1
Yes: 120 • No: 1
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 124 Nay: 1
Yes: 124 • No: 1
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 3/26/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 124 • No: 1
Senate vote • 3/25/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/13/2026
Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2026
Final Action - Substitute passed
Yes: 120 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026
4/9/2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/9/2026HouseApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
4/9/2026HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 1
3/26/2026HouseConference committee report now available
3/25/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/25/2026SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz
3/17/2026HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees
3/17/2026SenateFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
3/13/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/12/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/12/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
3/5/2026SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S
3/3/2026SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2/25/2026SenateReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026SenateFinal Action - Substitute passed; Yea 120, Nay 1, Absent 4
2/19/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
2/18/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services
2/17/2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N
3/5/2025HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
2/25/2025HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
2/18/2025HouseIntroduced
2/4/2025HouseReferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
2/4/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As Introduced
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