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HB2718 • 2026

Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

What This Bill Does

  • Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2026-02-16 House

    Hearing: Monday, February 16, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N event

  3. 2026-02-05 House

    Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services

  4. 2026-02-05 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Creating a right for an adult care home resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home because of such choice.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2718
By Committee on Health and Human Services
Requested by Haely Ordoyne, Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombusdman
2-5
AN ACT concerning adult care homes; relating to resident rights; creating
a right for a resident to use such resident's pharmacy of choice without
being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) A resident of an adult care home shall have the right to
a pharmacy of the resident's choice, regardless of the type of medication
distribution system used by the adult care home. A resident shall not be
charged a fee or receive a financial incentive or disincentive for choosing a
pharmacy other than the facility's preferred pharmacy. A resident shall not
be charged for repackaging a medication if such cost can be included on
the nursing facility financial and statistical report.
(b) As used in this section, "pharmacy" means the same as defined in
K.S.A. 65-1682, and amendments thereto.
(c) This act shall be a part of and supplemental to the adult care home
licensure act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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