The 2023 Legislative session is really starting to roll. The committees that I audit and most frequently see our issues presented are:
House Appropriations Committee which meets daily at 9:00am in room 112N. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
House Health and Human Services which meets daily at 1:30 in room 112N. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
House Judiciary which meets daily at 3:30 in room 582N. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
House Social Services Budget which meets daily at 3:30 in room 152S. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
Senate Public Health and Welfare which meets daily at 8:30 in room 142S. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
Senate Ways and Means which meets daily at 10:30 in room 548S. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
Senate Judiciary which meets daily at 10:30 in 346S. Click here for a list of members along with their district number and contact information.
I will be presenting testimony on Thursday, January 26, 2023, to the Health and Human Services Committee. The following Tuesday, January 31, 2023, I will be presenting testimony to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. These presentations will both give a status update on our Kansas Adult Care Homes. Topics will include:
- Descriptions of types of licensed adult care homes.
- List of frequently used acronyms.
- Financial health of our communities.
- Status update – staffing crisis.
- Status update – ability to accept new admissions.
- Status update – closures.
- National Risk map for closures
“Charlie’s Law” creating an appeals process for involuntary discharges in Assisted Living, Residential Health Care and HomePlus. The Bill was introduced in House Judiciary Committee by Representative Kenny Titus as RS0328. It has yet to be assigned a Bill number or link to text which I will provide when available.
