# Kansas SB 363: 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.

Kansas SB 363, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Government Efficiency; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on House Calendar); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 363
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on House Calendar
- Sponsor: Committee on Government Efficiency
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on welfare reform, senate committee on government efficiency, senate committee on ways and means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (50 yes, 24 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Government Efficiency

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 25 Nay: 12 | pass | 25 | 12 | 1 |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 25 | 12 | 1 |

## Actions (22)

- 2026-04-10: Died on House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform (House)
- 2026-03-12: Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S (House)
- 2026-03-10: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Renee Erickson (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Renee Erickson was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was rejected (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was rejected (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 25, Nay 12, Absent 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Hearing: (opponents) Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Hearing: (proponents) Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S — CANCELED (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_03_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_00_0000.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_02_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 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 on Welfare Reform (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_00_0000.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_363/sb363_02_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB363-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).