SB151 • 2026

Requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration.

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

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Requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration.

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Bill History

2026-04-10 Senate
Died in Committee
2025-02-10 Senate
Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S event
2025-02-04 Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
2025-02-03 Senate
Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
SENATE BILL No. 151
By Committee on Government Efficiency
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AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to medical assistance;
requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver
from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to
end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare
demonstration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) On July 1, 2025, the secretary of health and
environment shall request a waiver from the United States centers for
medicare and medicaid services to end participation in the following
expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration, (No. 11-W-
00283/7), approved January 1, 2024, pursuant to section 1115(a) of the
federal social security act:
(1) Expenditures for additional services for individuals with
behavioral health needs;
(2) residential and inpatient treatment for individuals with substance
use disorder;
(3) continuous eligibility period for parents and other caretaker
relatives; and
(4) continuous coverage for individuals aging out of the children's
health insurance program (CHIP).
(b) If the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services
grants the waiver requested under subsection (a), the secretary of health
and environment shall immediately end participation in such expenditures
authorities in accordance with such waiver. If no waiver under subsection
(a) is granted by the United States centers for medicare and medicaid
services, the secretary shall request such a waiver annually until such
waiver is granted.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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