# Kansas HB 2702: Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances. Kansas HB 2702, Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Health and Human Services; status signed, last action 2026-04-03 (Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2702-2025-2026 - 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 2702 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-04 - Last action: 2026-04-03, Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 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: 4 (320 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Assistant students can provide supervised care: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, qualifying physician assistant students can provide care without a separate physician assistant license. Students must attend a program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its successor. The exemption covers care p… - Military experience can support assistant licenses: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Kansas board can waive the specified education requirement for some physician assistant applicants. Applicants must have passed the national certifying exam before 1986. They must also prove U.S. armed forces experience that meets the board's minimum experience requir… - Assistants can continue after losing collaborators: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, an assistant with a written practice agreement can seek approval to continue after a collaborating physician becomes unavailable. The state board can approve up to 180 days and one extension of up to 180 more days. The assistant must have no listed disciplinary action. Pa… - Physician assistants can provide broader care: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, Kansas physician assistants can provide care within their education, training, experience, and skills. This includes exams, diagnosis, treatment, tests, medical orders, informed consent, signing medical documents, and pronouncing death. They can also certify health or dis… - Physician assistants gain broader prescribing authority: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, physician assistants can prescribe durable medical equipment and prescribe, obtain, or administer medicines. This includes prescription-only drugs and controlled drugs in Schedules II through V. Controlled-drug prescribing requires federal Drug Enforcement Administration… - Federal assistants retain work duty exemption: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, physician assistants employed by the federal government are exempt from this law during federal duties. The exemption covers only work performed for that federal employment. It does not cover their other work. - Physician assistants face checks and fees: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Kansas board can require fingerprints and state and national criminal history checks. This authority covers original physician assistant license applicants, reinstatement applicants, and license or certificate holders under investigation. The Kansas Bureau of Investig… - Convictions can end physician assistant licenses: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the board must revoke assistant licenses for qualifying convictions dated July 1, 2000, or later. These include felonies, substantially similar offenses elsewhere, and general court-martial convictions; felony or general court-martial convictions also require denial of or… - New licensing rules for physician assistants: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, applicants generally need accredited education, the national certifying exam, board forms, required information, and fees. Programs completed before 2001 can qualify through specified earlier accrediting bodies, and the board can approve applicants after reviewing prior p… - Physician assistants gain collaboration with safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, assistants with at least 4,000 postgraduate clinical hours and no listed disciplinary action can practice through physician collaboration. Those below 4,000 hours need physician supervision. Collaboration means consultation or referral based on patient needs and assistant… ## 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: 120 Nay: 2 | pass | 120 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 120 | 2 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-04-03: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-24: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 120, Nay 2, 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) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2026-02-10: Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House) - 2026-02-04: Introduced (House) - 2026-02-04: 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_2702/hb2702_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2702/hb2702_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2702/hb2702_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_2702/hb2702_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2702/hb2702_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2702/hb2702_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-HB2702-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).