Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) to seek federal approval for continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, directing state agencies to report to certain legislative committees on Kansans losing public assistance program eligibility, requiring the Kansas department for children and families and KDHE to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, requiring quarterly eligibility redeterminations for medical assistance and providing exceptions for certain individuals, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Roll Call Votes

Actions Timeline

1. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform

   3/18/2026House

2. Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

   3/12/2026House

3. Received and Introduced

   3/10/2026House

4. Referred to Committee on Welfare Reform

   3/10/2026House

5. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

   3/5/2026Senate

6. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Erickson

   3/5/2026Senate

7. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Clifford

   3/5/2026Senate

8. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Clifford was rejected

   3/5/2026Senate

9. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Clifford

   3/5/2026Senate

10. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Clifford was rejected

    3/5/2026Senate

11. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

    3/5/2026Senate

12. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 25 Nay: 12

    3/5/2026Senate

13. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Government Efficiency

    2/26/2026Senate

14. Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Government Efficiency

    2/24/2026Senate

15. Withdrawn from Committee on Government Efficiency; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    2/19/2026Senate

16. Hearing: (opponents) Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S

    2/11/2026Senate

17. Hearing: (proponents) Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S

    2/10/2026Senate

18. Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S - CANCELED

    1/28/2026Senate

19. Referred to Committee on Government Efficiency

    1/23/2026Senate

20. Introduced

    1/22/2026Senate

Bill Text

• As Amended by House Committee

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• As Amended by Senate Committee

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• As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole

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• As introduced

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