# Kansas HB 2509: Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure. Kansas HB 2509, Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure., 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 Tuesday, March 31, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2509-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2509 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 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 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (510 yes, 142 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Patient claims face state fund limits: cost, medium. Kansas’s Healthcare Stabilization Fund pays no more than $1.5 million for one judgment or settlement. Its total limit is $4.5 million for claims against one provider in a fiscal year. The board can adjust these limits, but cannot set coverage below $1 million per claim and $3 million total. For inj… - Advanced practice nurses face insurance requirements: mixed, medium. Beginning January 1, 2028, eligible Kansas-licensed or temporarily authorized advanced practice registered nurses enter the state’s healthcare provider insurance program. Covered nurses have six months to meet membership requirements. The law also requires professional liability insurance for activ… - Physical therapy tests can carry supply charges: mixed, low. Kansas physical therapists can perform certain simple capillary blood tests, including fingerstick glucose and lactate tests for exercise or rehabilitation. Only CLIA-waived tests qualify; blood draws from veins, other noncapillary access, ultrasound, and imaging are excluded. The therapist or faci… ## 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: 92 Nay: 33 | pass | 92 | 33 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 37 Nay: 3 | pass | 37 | 3 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 37 Nay: 2 | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 89 Nay: 33 | pass | 89 | 33 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 92 | 33 | | | 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 37 | 3 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 89 | 33 | | ## Actions (23) - 2026-04-09: Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 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) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 92, Nay 33 (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 37, Nay 2, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Louis Ruiz (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 89, Nay 33, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House) - 2026-01-21: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-21: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2509/hb2509_enrolled.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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-HB2509-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).