# Kansas HB 2250: 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. Kansas HB 2250, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Health and Human Services; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2250-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2250 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-04 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on public health and welfare, house committee on health and human services, house committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (646 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More emergency medicine options for schools: benefit, low. 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 befor… - Psychiatric hospitals can stock emergency medicines: benefit, low. 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 pharma… - Sexual partners can get treatment faster: benefit, low. 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 d… - Legal protection for people giving overdose aid: benefit, low. 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. Protectio… - Responders can use expired overdose medicine: benefit, low. 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 am… - Health professionals cannot supply expired overdose medicine: cost, low. 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 and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 120 Nay: 1 | pass | 120 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 124 Nay: 1 | pass | 124 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 124 | 1 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-13 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 120 | 1 | | ## Actions (24) - 2026-04-09: Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 1 (House) - 2026-03-25: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz (House) - 2026-03-17: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 120, Nay 1, Absent 4 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2025-03-05: Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House) - 2025-02-25: Withdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2025-02-04: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-04: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_enrolled.pdf) - Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_01_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_enrolled.pdf) - [Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2250/hb2250_01_0000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2250-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).