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1		-	Senate Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2060
2		-	AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary and postgraduate programs;
3		-	authorizing payments from the state safety fund to community colleges for the
4		-	provision of driver's education; increasing the number of osteopathic medical service
5		-	scholarships; including obstetrics and gynecology in the medical student loan act and
6		-	medical residency bridging program; increasing the number of loan agreements in the
7		-	medical student loan act; establishing the OBGYN medical loan repayment fund and
8		-	the OBGYN medical residency bridging fund; authorizing the provision of tools,
9		-	supplies and examinations for participants in an AO-K career pathway program;
10		-	including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for
11		-	postsecondary educational institutions; amending K.S.A. 8-272, 74-3265, 74-3268,
12		-	74-32,434, 76-381, 76-382, 76-383, 76-385, 76-386 and 76-387 and K.S.A. 2022
13		-	Supp. 74-32,267 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 76-386a.
	1	+	Session of 2023
	2	+	HOUSE BILL No. 2060
	3	+	By Committee on K-12 Education Budget
	4	+	1-18
	5	+	AN ACT concerning education; relating to special education and related
	6	+	services; establishing the special education and related services funding
	7	+	task force; repealing K.S.A. 72-3441.
14	8		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15		-	Section 1. K.S.A. 8-272 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-
16		-	272. (a) Any school district conducting an approved course in driver
17		-	training and any student attending a nonpublic school accredited by the
18		-	state board of education conducting an approved course in driver
19		-	training and any student 19 years of age or under attending a
20		-	community college conducting an approved course in driver training
21		-	shall be entitled to participate in the state safety fund created by K.S.A.
22		-	8-267, and amendments thereto. In August of each year, the
23		-	superintendent of each school district and the governing authority of
24		-	each nonpublic school and community college shall report to the state
25		-	board of education the number of students who have been in attendance
26		-	for a complete driver training course conducted by such school district,
27		-	nonpublic school or community college during the past school year.
28		-	The state board of education shall certify to the director of accounts and
29		-	reports the amount due each school district or community college and
30		-	each student of a nonpublic school or community college entitled to
31		-	payment under this subsection. The director of accounts and reports
32		-	shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable to the treasurer of
33		-	each school district or community college and to each student of a
34		-	nonpublic school or community college entitled to payment under this
35		-	subsection upon vouchers approved by the state board and shall cause
36		-	such warrants to be delivered to the respective school districts,
37		-	nonpublic schools and community colleges. If the amount appropriated
38		-	in any year from the state safety fund is insufficient to pay the full
39		-	amount each school district or community college and each student of a
40		-	nonpublic school or community college is entitled to receive under this
41		-	subsection, then the entire amount appropriated for such year shall be
42		-	prorated among all school districts, community colleges and all students
43		-	of nonpublic schools and community colleges in proportion to the
44		-	amount each school district or community college and each student of a
45		-	nonpublic school or community college is entitled to receive. No
46		-	moneys in the state safety fund shall be used for any purpose other than
47		-	that specified in this subsection or for the support of driver
48		-	improvement programs. The state board of education shall prescribe all
49		-	forms necessary for reporting in connection with this act. The funds
50		-	shall be distributed on or before November 1 each year.
51		-	(b) (1) Any school district conducting an approved course in
52		-	motorcycle safety as a part of an approved course in driver training, any
53		-	student attending a nonpublic school accredited by the state board of
54		-	education conducting an approved course in motorcycle safety as a part
55		-	of an approved course in driver training or any community college
56		-	conducting an approved course in motorcycle safety shall be entitled to
57		-	participate in the motorcycle safety fund created by K.S.A. 8-267, and
58		-	amendments thereto. The state board of education may establish, by
59		-	rules and regulations, standards for the conduct, operation and approval
60		-	of courses in motorcycle safety and for the qualifications of instructors
61		-	for such courses conducted by a school district or nonpublic accredited
62		-	school. Such standards shall not include the requirement that instructors
63		-	be licensed by the state board of education. In August of each year, the
64		-	superintendent of each school district or the governing authority of
65		-	each nonpublic school shall report to the state board of education the
66		-	number of students who have been in attendance for a complete course
67		-	in motorcycle safety as a part of the driver training course conducted by Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 2
68		-	such school district or nonpublic school during the past school year.
69		-	The state board of education shall certify to the director of accounts and
70		-	reports the amount due each school district and each student of a
71		-	nonpublic school entitled to payment under this subsection. The
72		-	director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state
73		-	treasurer payable to the treasurer of each school district and to each
74		-	student of a nonpublic school entitled to payment under this subsection
75		-	upon vouchers approved by the state board and shall cause such
76		-	warrants to be delivered to the respective school districts and nonpublic
77		-	schools. If the amount appropriated in any year from the motorcycle
78		-	safety fund shall be insufficient to pay the full amount each school
79		-	district and each student of a nonpublic school is entitled to receive
80		-	under this subsection, then the entire amount appropriated for such year
81		-	shall be prorated among all school districts and all students of
82		-	nonpublic schools in proportion to the amount each school district and
83		-	each student of a nonpublic school is entitled to receive. No moneys in
84		-	the motorcycle safety fund shall be used for any purpose other than that
85		-	specified in this subsection or for the support of motorcycle driver
86		-	improvement programs. The state board of education shall prescribe all
87		-	forms necessary for reporting in connection with this act. The funds
88		-	shall be distributed on or before November 1 each year.
89		-	(2) Any community college conducting an approved course in
90		-	motorcycle safety shall be entitled to participate in the motorcycle
91		-	safety fund created by K.S.A. 8-267, and amendments thereto. The
92		-	department of revenue may establish, by rules and regulations or by
93		-	public declaration of the director of vehicles, standards for the conduct,
94		-	operation and approval of courses in motorcycle safety and for the
95		-	qualifications of instructors for such courses conducted by a
96		-	community college. In August of each year, the chief administrative
97		-	officer of each community college shall report to the state board of
98		-	regents and the department the number of students who have been in
99		-	attendance for a complete course in motorcycle safety as a part of the
100		-	driver training course conducted by such community college during the
101		-	past school year. The state board of regents shall certify to the director
102		-	of accounts and reports the amount due each community college
103		-	entitled to payment under this subsection. The director of accounts and
104		-	reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable to the
105		-	treasurer of each community college entitled to payment under this
106		-	subsection upon vouchers approved by the state board of regents and
107		-	shall cause such warrants to be delivered to the respective community
108		-	colleges. If the amount appropriated in any year from the motorcycle
109		-	safety fund shall be insufficient to pay the full amount each community
110		-	college is entitled to receive under this subsection, then the entire
111		-	amount appropriated for such year shall be prorated among all
112		-	community colleges in proportion to the amount each community
113		-	college is entitled to receive. No moneys in the motorcycle safety fund
114		-	shall be used for any purpose other than that specified in this subsection
115		-	or for the support of motorcycle driver improvement programs or
116		-	department administration. The department, in consultation with the
117		-	state board of regents, shall prescribe all forms necessary for reporting
118		-	in connection with this act. The funds shall be distributed on or before
119		-	November 1 each year.
120		-	(c) (1) As used in this subsection, "institution" means a technical
121		-	school affiliated with a public university in this state, a technical
122		-	college or community college.
123		-	(2) Any institution conducting an approved course in truck driving
124		-	shall be entitled to participate in the truck driver training fund created
125		-	by K.S.A. 8-267, and amendments thereto. The department may
126		-	establish, by rules and regulations or by public declaration of the
127		-	director of vehicles, standards for the conduct, operation and approval
128		-	of courses in truck driver training and for the qualifications of
129		-	instructors for such courses. Such standards shall not include the
130		-	requirement that instructors be certificated by the state board of regents.
131		-	Courses in truck driver training for an interstate commercial class Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 3
132		-	license shall also comply with the Kansas uniform commercial drivers'
133		-	license act. In August of each year, the chief administrative officer of
134		-	each participating institution shall report to the state board of regents
135		-	and the department the number of students who have been in
136		-	attendance for a complete course in truck driver training conducted by
137		-	such institution during the past school year. The state board of regents
138		-	shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount due each
139		-	institution entitled to payment under this subsection. The director of
140		-	accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable
141		-	to the treasurer of each institution entitled to payment under this
142		-	subsection upon vouchers approved by the state board of regents and
143		-	shall cause such warrants to be delivered to the respective institution. If
144		-	the amount appropriated in any year from the truck driver training fund
145		-	shall be insufficient to pay the full amount each institution is entitled to
146		-	receive under this subsection, then the entire amount appropriated for
147		-	such year shall be prorated among all participating institutions in
148		-	proportion to the amount each institution is entitled to receive. No
149		-	moneys in the truck driver training fund shall be used for any purpose
150		-	other than that specified in this subsection or for the support of truck
151		-	driver training programs and department administration. The
152		-	department, in consultation with the state board of regents, shall
153		-	prescribe all forms necessary for reporting in connection with this act.
154		-	The funds shall be distributed on or before November 1 each year.
155		-	Sec. 2. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 74-3265 is hereby
156		-	amended to read as follows: 74-3265. (a) Within the limits of
157		-	appropriations for osteopathic medical service scholarships, and in
158		-	accordance with the provisions of this section, the state board of
159		-	regents may award such scholarships to Kansas residents who are
160		-	undergraduate students enrolled in or admitted to accredited or pre-
161		-	accredited schools of osteopathic medicine in a course of instruction
162		-	leading to the degree of doctor of osteopathy and who enter into a
163		-	written agreement with the state board of regents as provided in K.S.A.
164		-	74-3266, and amendments thereto.
165		-	(b) Osteopathic medical service scholarships shall be in effect for
166		-	the period of time specified in subsection (c) and shall provide to the
167		-	person receiving the scholarship the payment of an amount not to
168		-	exceed the maximum amount of a loan authorized to be made under the
169		-	medical student loan act.
170		-	(c) Osteopathic medical service scholarships shall be awarded on
171		-	an annual basis and shall be in effect for one year unless otherwise
172		-	terminated before the expiration of such period of time. A Kansas
173		-	resident who is an undergraduate student enrolled in or admitted to an
174		-	accredited or pre-accredited school of osteopathic medicine in a course
175		-	of instruction leading to the degree of doctor of osteopathy may be
176		-	awarded a scholarship for each year the student enters into a written
177		-	agreement with the state board of regents as provided in K.S.A. 74-
178		-	3266, and amendments thereto, up to a maximum of four years. For
179		-	each year a student is awarded a scholarship, the student shall engage in
180		-	the practice of medicine and surgery in Kansas for the period of time
181		-	specified in subsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 74-3266(a)(3), and
182		-	amendments thereto, unless such obligation is otherwise satisfied as
183		-	provided in K.S.A. 74-3268, and amendments thereto.
184		-	(d) The state board of regents shall not award more than 15 25
185		-	osteopathic medical service scholarships in any year to persons who
186		-	have not previously been awarded such a scholarship and, in any case,
187		-	the state board shall not award more than 60 80 such scholarships in
188		-	any year. In selecting Kansas residents to be awarded osteopathic
189		-	medical service scholarships, the state board shall give primary
190		-	consideration to students commencing their first year of instruction at
191		-	accredited or pre-accredited schools of osteopathic medicine and
192		-	thereafter shall consider students in later years of instruction.
193		-	Sec. 3. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 74-3268 is hereby
194		-	amended to read as follows: 74-3268. (a) An obligation to engage in the
195		-	practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with an agreement Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 4
196		-	under K.S.A. 74-3266, and amendments thereto, shall be postponed
197		-	during any period of time: (1) During any Of required period of active
198		-	military service; (2) during any period of service as a part of volunteers
199		-	in service to America (VISTA); (3) during any period of service in the
200		-	peace corps; (4) during any period of service commitment to the United
201		-	States public health service; (5) during any period of religious
202		-	missionary work conducted by an organization exempt from tax under
203		-	section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code as in effect on
204		-	December 31, 2000; (6) during any period of time the person obligated
205		-	is engaged solely in the teaching of medicine; (7) during any period of
206		-	time the person obligated is engaged solely in medical research; (8)
207		-	during any period of time the person obligated is unable because of
208		-	temporary medical disability to practice medicine and surgery; (9)
209		-	during any period of time the person obligated is on job-protected leave
210		-	under the federal family and medical leave act of 1993; or (10) during
211		-	any period of time the state board of regents determines that the person
212		-	obligated is unable because of special circumstances to practice
213		-	medicine and surgery; or (11) not longer than one year during which
214		-	the person participates in a healthcare-related fellowship program.
215		-	(b) Except for clauses subsection (a)(8), (9) and (10), an
216		-	obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery in
217		-	accordance with an agreement under K.S.A. 74-3266, and amendments
218		-	thereto, shall not be postponed more than five years from the time the
219		-	practice of medicine and surgery was to have been commenced under
220		-	any such agreement. An obligation to engage in the practice of
221		-	medicine and surgery in accordance with an agreement under K.S.A.
222		-	74-3266, and amendments thereto, shall be postponed under clause
223		-	subsection (a)(8) during the period of time the medical disability exists.
224		-	An obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery in
225		-	accordance with an agreement under K.S.A. 74-3266, and amendments
226		-	thereto, shall be postponed under clause subsection (a)(9) during the
227		-	period of time the person obligated remains on FMLA leave. An
228		-	obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery in
229		-	accordance with an agreement under K.S.A. 74-3266, and amendments
230		-	thereto, shall be postponed under clause subsection (a)(10) during the
231		-	period of time the state board of regents determines that the special
232		-	circumstances exist. The state board of regents shall adopt rules and
233		-	regulations prescribing criteria or guidelines for determination of the
234		-	existence of special circumstances causing an inability to practice
235		-	medicine and surgery, and shall determine the documentation required
236		-	to prove the existence of such circumstances.
237		-	(b)(c) An obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and
238		-	surgery in accordance with an agreement under K.S.A. 74-3266, and
239		-	amendments thereto, shall be satisfied: (1) If the obligation to engage in
240		-	the practice of medicine and surgery has been completed in accordance
241		-	with the agreement; (2) if the person obligated dies; (3) if, because of
242		-	permanent physical disability, the person obligated is unable to practice
243		-	medicine and surgery; (4) if the person obligated fails to satisfy the
244		-	requirements for a degree of doctor of osteopathy after making the best
245		-	effort possible to obtain such degree; or (5) if the person obligated fails
246		-	to satisfy all requirements for a permanent license to practice medicine
247		-	and surgery in Kansas or any other jurisdiction or has been denied a
248		-	license after the person has applied for a license and has made the best
249		-	effort possible to obtain a license.
250		-	Sec. 4. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-32,267 is
251		-	hereby amended to read as follows: 74-32,267. (a) There is hereby
252		-	established the AO-K to work program. The provisions of this program
253		-	shall apply to all adult education programs in the state.
254		-	(b) As used in this section:
255		-	(1) "AO-K" or "accelerating opportunity: Kansas" means a career
256		-	pathways program model that assists students in obtaining a high
257		-	school equivalency, becoming ready for transferable college-level
258		-	courses and earning an industry credential.
259		-	(2) "Career readiness assessment" means an assessment approved Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 5
260		-	by the state board of regents to measure foundational skills required for
261		-	success in the workplace and workplace skills that affect job
262		-	performance.
263		-	(3) "Career readiness certificate" means a certificate that uses a
264		-	career readiness assessment approved by the state board of regents to
265		-	document an individual's skills in applied math, graphic literacy and
266		-	workplace documents.
267		-	(4) "Community college" means a community college as defined
268		-	in K.S.A. 71-701, and amendments thereto.
269		-	(5) "Industry recognized credential" means a credential recognized
270		-	by multiple employers across an industry as determined by the state
271		-	board of regents.
272		-	(6) "Kansas adult education program" means any educational
273		-	institution or approved agency that receives adult education funding
274		-	through the state board of regents; provides adult education or English
275		-	language acquisition programs; serves Kansas adults aged 16 and over
276		-	who are in need of basic skills for the workforce, community
277		-	participation and family life; and prepares adults for achieving industry
278		-	recognized credentials and college certificates and degrees.
279		-	(7) "Qualified student" means an individual who has:
280		-	(A) Attained the age of 21 years;
281		-	(B) not been awarded a high school diploma;
282		-	(C) been accepted into a Kansas adult education program;
283		-	(D) demonstrated high school equivalency by meeting the criteria
284		-	established by the state board of regents pursuant to this section; and
285		-	(E) declared an AO-K career pathway interest.
286		-	(8) "Technical college" means a technical college as such term is
287		-	defined in K.S.A. 71-1802, and amendments thereto.
288		-	(c) (1) The state board of regents shall award a Kansas high school
289		-	equivalency credential to any qualified student who:
290		-	(A)(1) Is recommended and approved to participate in a AO-K
291		-	career pathway approved by the state board of regents for college
292		-	credit;
293		-	(B)(2) successfully completes an approved AO-K career pathway
294		-	and receives the industry-recognized credential appropriate to the
295		-	completed pathway;
296		-	(C)(3) takes a career readiness assessment and earns a career
297		-	readiness certificate at a level approved by the state board of regents;
298		-	and
299		-	(D)(4) satisfies any other requirements deemed necessary by the
300		-	state board of regents.
301		-	(d) (1) While participating in the AO-K to work program,
302		-	qualified students shall be provided reasonable access to all available
303		-	student resources of the adult education program, the participating
304		-	technical or community college and the appropriate community
305		-	partners, including, but not limited to, appropriate academic support,
306		-	barrier mitigation and, employment or career assistance, books, tools
307		-	and personal materials required to participate in an AO-K career
308		-	pathway program and industry examinations.
309		-	(2) Subject to appropriations, financial assistance for books,
310		-	tools, personal materials and industry examinations shall be the
311		-	aggregate amount of the cost of books, tools, personal materials and
312		-	industry examinations for the career pathway program at the technical
313		-	college or community college where such student is enrolled and
314		-	receiving assistance minus the aggregate amount of all other aid
315		-	awarded to such student. The amount of financial assistance provided
316		-	for each student shall not exceed $500.
317		-	(e) Each application to the state board of regents for issuance or
318		-	duplication of a Kansas high school equivalency credential shall be
319		-	accompanied by a fee, which shall be established by the state board of
320		-	regents in an amount of not more than $25. On or before June 1 of each
321		-	year, the state board of regents shall determine the amount of revenue
322		-	that will be required to properly administer the provisions of this
323		-	section during the next ensuing fiscal year and shall establish the Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 6
324		-	Kansas high school equivalency credentials processing fee for such
325		-	year in the amount deemed necessary for such purposes. Such fee shall
326		-	become effective on the succeeding July 1 of each year. The state board
327		-	of regents shall remit all moneys received by or for it from Kansas high
328		-	school equivalency credentials processing fees to the state treasurer in
329		-	accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments
330		-	thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall
331		-	deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the
332		-	Kansas high school equivalency credential processing fees fund, which
333		-	fund is hereby established in the state treasury, and shall be used only
334		-	for the payment of expenses connected with the processing, issuance,
335		-	or duplication of Kansas high school equivalency credentials, and for
336		-	the keeping of records by the state board of regents. All expenditures
337		-	from the Kansas high school equivalency credential processing fees
338		-	fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants
339		-	of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers
340		-	approved by the state board of regents or by a person or persons
341		-	designated by the state board.
342		-	(f) The state board of regents may adopt rules and regulations to
343		-	implement and administer the provisions of this act.
344		-	Sec. 5. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 74-32,434 is hereby
345		-	amended to read as follows: 74-32,434. (a) (1) Any eligible
346		-	postsecondary educational institution may certify to the board of
347		-	regents:
348		-	(A) The number of individuals who received a general educational
349		-	development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential from
350		-	such institution while enrolled in an eligible career technical education
351		-	program;
352		-	(B) the number of individuals who received a career technical
353		-	education credential from such institution; and
354		-	(C) the number of individuals who were enrolled in an eligible
355		-	career technical education program at such institution and who are
356		-	pursuing a general educational development (GED) or high school
357		-	equivalency (HSE) credential.
358		-	(2) Certifications submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be
359		-	submitted in such form and manner as prescribed by the board of
360		-	regents, and shall include such other information as required by the
361		-	board of regents.
362		-	(b) Each fiscal year, upon receipt of a certification submitted
363		-	under subsection (a), the board of regents shall authorize payment to
364		-	such eligible postsecondary educational institution from the
365		-	postsecondary education performance-based incentives fund. The
366		-	amount of any such payment shall be calculated based on the
367		-	following:
368		-	(1) For each individual who has received a general educational
369		-	development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential,
370		-	$500;
371		-	(2) for each individual who has received a career technical
372		-	education credential, $1,000; and
373		-	(3) for each individual enrolled in an eligible career technical
374		-	education program who is pursuing a general educational development
375		-	(GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential, $170.
376		-	(c) That portion of any payment from the postsecondary education
377		-	performance-based incentives fund that is made based on subsection
378		-	(b)(2) shall be expended for scholarships for individuals enrolled in an
379		-	eligible career technical education program and operating costs of
380		-	eligible career technical education programs. Each eligible
381		-	postsecondary educational institution shall prepare and submit a report
382		-	to the board of regents which shall include that includes the number of
383		-	individuals who received scholarships, the aggregate amount of
384		-	moneys expended for such scholarships and the number of those
385		-	individuals who received a scholarship that also received a career
386		-	technical education credential.
387		-	(d) (1) Of that portion of any payment from the postsecondary Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 7
388		-	education performance-based incentives fund that is made based on
389		-	subsection (b)(3), an amount equal to $150 for each individual shall be
390		-	expended by the eligible postsecondary educational institution for the
391		-	general educational development (GED) test.
392		-	(2) If any individual enrolled in an eligible career technical
393		-	education program for which an eligible postsecondary educational
394		-	institution has received a payment under this section fails to take the
395		-	general educational development (GED) test, then such institution shall
396		-	notify the board of regents in writing that no such test was administered
397		-	to the individual. For each such notification received, the board of
398		-	regents shall deduct an amount equal to $150 from such institution's
399		-	subsequent incentive payment.
400		-	(e) All payments authorized by the board of regents pursuant to
401		-	this section shall be subject to the limits of appropriations made for
402		-	such purposes. If there are insufficient appropriations for the board of
403		-	regents to authorize payments in accordance with the amounts set forth
404		-	in subsection (b), the board of regents shall prorate such amounts in
405		-	accordance with appropriations made therefor.
406		-	(f) There is hereby created the postsecondary education
407		-	performance-based incentives fund. Expenditures from the
408		-	postsecondary education performance-based incentives fund shall be
409		-	for the sole purpose of paying payments to eligible postsecondary
410		-	educational institutions as authorized by the board of regents. All
411		-	expenditures from the postsecondary education performance-based
412		-	incentives fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts
413		-	upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to
414		-	vouchers approved by the president of the board of regents, or the
415		-	president's designee.
416		-	(g) As used in this section:
417		-	(1) "Board of regents" means the state board of regents provided
418		-	for in the constitution of this state and established by K.S.A. 74-3202a,
419		-	and amendments thereto.
420		-	(2) "Career technical education credential" means any industry-
421		-	recognized technical certification or credential, other than a general
422		-	educational development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE)
423		-	credential, or any technical certification or credential authorized by a
424		-	state agency.
425		-	(3) "Eligible career technical education program" means a
426		-	program operated by one or more eligible postsecondary educational
427		-	institutions that is identified by the board of regents as a program that
428		-	allows an enrollee to obtain a general educational development (GED)
429		-	or high school equivalency (HSE) credential while pursuing a career
430		-	technical education credential.
431		-	(4) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means any
432		-	community college, technical college or the institute of technology at
433		-	Washburn university.
434		-	(5) "State agency" means any state office, department, board,
435		-	commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority.
436		-	Sec. 6. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-381 is hereby
437		-	amended to read as follows: 76-381. As used in K.S.A. 76-380 through
438		-	76-386, and amendments thereto:
439		-	(a) "Act" means the medical student loan act;
440		-	(b) "approved postgraduate residency training program" means a
441		-	residency training program in general pediatrics, general internal
442		-	medicine, family medicine, family practice, emergency medicine,
443		-	obstetrics and gynecology, general psychiatry, child psychiatry or
444		-	fellowship training in geriatric medicine;
445		-	(c) "service commitment area" means: (1) Any community within
446		-	any county in Kansas other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee
447		-	or Wyandotte county; (2) any state medical care facility or institution;
448		-	(3) any medical center operated by the veterans administration of the
449		-	United States; (4) the full-time faculty of the university of Kansas
450		-	school of medicine in family medicine, family practice, general
451		-	psychiatry or child psychiatry if serving as full-time faculty as provided Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 8
452		-	in K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; or (5) any community
453		-	within Wyandotte county for purposes of any practice obligation under
454		-	an agreement entered into by a person who is enrolled for the first time
455		-	after July 1, 2004, in a course of study leading to the medical degree;
456		-	and
457		-	(d) "state medical care facility or institution" includes, but is not
458		-	limited to, the Kansas state school for the visually handicapped blind,
459		-	the Kansas state school for the deaf, any institution under the secretary
460		-	for aging and disability services, as defined by in K.S.A. 76-12a01, and
461		-	amendments thereto, any institution under the commissioner of juvenile
462		-	justice as defined by in K.S.A. 38-2302, and amendments thereto, the
463		-	Kansas soldiers' home, the Kansas veterans' home and any correctional
464		-	institution under the secretary of corrections, as defined by in K.S.A.
465		-	75-5202, and amendments thereto, but shall not include any state
466		-	educational institution under the state board of regents, as defined by in
467		-	K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, except as specifically
468		-	provided by statute.
469		-	Sec. 7. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-382 is hereby
470		-	amended to read as follows: 76-382. (a) There is hereby established the
471		-	medical student loan program at the university of Kansas school of
472		-	medicine.
473		-	(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the university
474		-	of Kansas school of medicine may make medical student loans in
475		-	accordance with the provisions of this the medical student loan act to
476		-	undergraduate students enrolled in or admitted to the university of
477		-	Kansas school of medicine in a course of instruction leading to the
478		-	degree of doctor of medicine who enter into a written medical student
479		-	loan agreement with the university of Kansas school of medicine in
480		-	accordance with K.S.A. 76-383, and amendments thereto.
481		-	(c) Each medical student loan agreement under this the medical
482		-	student loan act shall provide to the person receiving the loan the
483		-	payment of all tuition and a stipend for living expenses in an amount of
484		-	up to $2,000 per month for each month enrolled in such school during a
485		-	year. Subject to the maximum amount, the amount of the monthly
486		-	stipend shall be determined on an annual basis by the student receiving
487		-	the loan.
488		-	(d) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, medical student
489		-	loan agreements under this the medical student loan act may be entered
490		-	into on an annual basis and shall provide the payment of the amounts
491		-	specified under subsection (c) for one year unless otherwise terminated
492		-	before such period of time. Subject to the provisions of appropriation
493		-	acts, an undergraduate student enrolled in or admitted to the university
494		-	of Kansas school of medicine in a course of instruction leading to the
495		-	degree of doctor of medicine may receive a separate loan under this the
496		-	medical student loan act for each separate year the student enters into a
497		-	written medical student loan agreement with the university of Kansas
498		-	school of medicine in accordance with K.S.A. 76-383, and amendments
499		-	thereto. Loans may be awarded retroactively for any academic year that
500		-	a student has completed successfully at the university of Kansas
501		-	medical school, but for which a loan had not previously been awarded.
502		-	Retroactive loans shall be in an amount equal to the amount of tuition
503		-	paid by the student, plus a stipend in an amount not to exceed the
504		-	maximum amount of the stipend for such academic year multiplied by
505		-	the number of months for which the student was enrolled at the medical
506		-	school during such year. For each separate year a student receives a
507		-	loan under this the medical student loan act, the student shall engage in
508		-	the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in an appropriate service
509		-	commitment area for a period of 12 months unless such obligation is
510		-	otherwise satisfied as provided in K.S.A. 76-386, and amendments
511		-	thereto.
512		-	(e) Medical student loans shall be awarded on a priority basis as
513		-	follows,: First, to qualified applicants who are Kansas residents at the
514		-	time of entry into the university of Kansas school of medicine,; and
515		-	second, to qualified applicants who are not Kansas residents at the time Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 9
516		-	of entry into the university of Kansas school of medicine. As used in
517		-	this subsection, "Kansas residents" means persons who meet the
518		-	residence requirements established in K.S.A. 76-729, and amendments
519		-	thereto.
520		-	(f) Subject to appropriations, the university of Kansas school of
521		-	medicine shall enter into medical student loan agreements with six up
522		-	to 12 individuals who commit to satisfy obligations to engage in the
523		-	full-time practice of medicine and surgery in a service commitment
524		-	area by:
525		-	(1) Serving as a full-time faculty member of the university of
526		-	Kansas school of medicine in general psychiatry or child psychiatry
527		-	pursuant to K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; or
528		-	(2) performing at least 100 hours per month of on-site mental
529		-	health care healthcare pursuant to K.S.A. 76-384(d), and amendments
530		-	thereto.
531		-	(g) For any student who has entered into a medical student loan
532		-	agreement pursuant to the medical student loan act, the university of
533		-	Kansas school of medicine shall not prohibit or otherwise create any
534		-	substantial impediment to such student switching between approved
535		-	postgraduate residency training programs.
536		-	Sec. 8. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-383 is hereby
537		-	amended to read as follows: 76-383. A medical student loan agreement
538		-	entered into by the university of Kansas school of medicine and an
539		-	undergraduate student enrolled in or admitted to the university of
540		-	Kansas school of medicine in a course of instruction leading to the
541		-	degree of doctor of medicine for the purpose of receiving a medical
542		-	student loan under this act shall require that the person receiving the
543		-	loan:
544		-	(a) Complete the required course of instruction and receive the
545		-	degree of doctor of medicine and apply for, enter and complete an
546		-	approved postgraduate residency training program;
547		-	(b) apply for and obtain a license to practice medicine and surgery
548		-	in Kansas;
549		-	(c) except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 76-384, and
550		-	amendments thereto, engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
551		-	surgery for a period of 12 months within a service commitment area,
552		-	except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments
553		-	thereto, for service as a full-time faculty member of the university of
554		-	Kansas school of medicine in family medicine, family practice, general
555		-	psychiatry or child psychiatry;
556		-	(d) commence such full-time practice of medicine and surgery
557		-	within nine months after completion of an approved postgraduate
558		-	residency training program and licensure in a service commitment area
559		-	and continue such full-time practice in such service commitment area
560		-	for a consecutive period of months equal to the total number of months
561		-	required under the agreement;
562		-	(e) agree that the service commitment for each agreement entered
563		-	into under this act is in addition to the service commitment contained in
564		-	any other agreement which that has been or may be entered into under
565		-	this act for the purpose of obtaining a medical student loan or under
566		-	other agreements for the purpose of obtaining scholarship aid;
567		-	(f) maintain records and make reports to the university of Kansas
568		-	school of medicine to document the satisfaction of the obligation under
569		-	such agreement to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
570		-	surgery within a service commitment area and to continue such full-
571		-	time practice in such service commitment area for a consecutive period
572		-	of months equal to the total number of months required under the
573		-	agreement; and
574		-	(g) upon failure to satisfy an agreement to engage in the full-time
575		-	practice of medicine and surgery within a service commitment area for
576		-	the required period of time under any such agreement, the person
577		-	receiving a medical student loan under this act shall repay amounts to
578		-	the university of Kansas school of medicine as provided in K.S.A. 76-
579		-	385, and amendments thereto. Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 10
580		-	Sec. 9. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-385 is hereby
581		-	amended to read as follows: 76-385. (a) (1) Except as otherwise
582		-	provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) through (6) or in K.S.A. 76-
583		-	386, and amendments thereto, upon the failure of any person to satisfy
584		-	the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
585		-	surgery within a service commitment area of this state for the required
586		-	period of time under any medical student loan agreement entered into
587		-	under this act, such person shall repay to the university of Kansas
588		-	school of medicine in accordance with subsection (b) an amount equal
589		-	to the total of: (A) The amount of money received by such person
590		-	pursuant to such agreement, or the amount of money determined under
591		-	rules and regulations of the university of Kansas; plus (B) annual
592		-	interest at a rate of 15% from the date such money was received.
593		-	(2) Any person who fails to apply for and enter an approved
594		-	postgraduate residency training program shall be required to repay all
595		-	moneys received pursuant to an agreement entered into for any such
596		-	medical student loan, plus accumulated interest at an annual rate of
597		-	15% and shall commence such repayment in accordance with
598		-	subsection (b) within 90 days of graduation from the school of
599		-	medicine or upon termination or completion of a residency training
600		-	program which that does not comply with the provisions of this act,
601		-	whichever is later.
602		-	(3) If at any time a person is failing to satisfy an obligation to
603		-	engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in Kansas for
604		-	the required period of time under an agreement entered into under this
605		-	act because such person is engaged in the full-time practice of medicine
606		-	and surgery in a state other than Kansas, or within Kansas in an area
607		-	that is not a service commitment area or in the practice of medicine and
608		-	surgery which does not otherwise comply with the agreement entered
609		-	into under this act, and if such person is subject to or currently making
610		-	repayments under this section and if such person subsequently
611		-	commences the practice of medicine and surgery in this state which is
612		-	in a service commitment area or which otherwise complies with the
613		-	agreement entered into under this act, the balance of the repayment
614		-	amount, including interest thereon, from the time of such
615		-	commencement of practice until the obligation of such person is
616		-	satisfied, or until the time such person again becomes subject to
617		-	repayments, shall be waived. All repayment amounts due prior to such
618		-	commencement of practice, including interest thereon, shall continue to
619		-	be payable as provided in this section. If subsequent to such
620		-	commencement of practice, the person fails to satisfy such obligation,
621		-	the person again shall be subject to repayments, including interest
622		-	thereon, as otherwise provided in this section.
623		-	(4) If, during the time a person is satisfying the service
624		-	requirement of an agreement entered into under this act, such person
625		-	desires to engage in less than the full-time practice of medicine and
626		-	surgery within a service commitment area of the state and remain in
627		-	satisfaction of such service requirement, such person may make
628		-	application to the chancellor of the university of Kansas or the designee
629		-	of the chancellor for permission to engage in less than such full-time
630		-	practice of medicine and surgery. Upon a finding of exceptional
631		-	circumstances made by the chancellor of the university of Kansas, or
632		-	the designee of the chancellor, such person may be authorized to
633		-	engage in less than the full-time practice of medicine and surgery
634		-	within a service commitment area of the state for the remaining
635		-	required period of time under such agreement and for an additional
636		-	period of time which shall be equal to the length of the originally
637		-	required period of time multiplied by the decimal fraction which is
638		-	equal to the reduction of the full-time practice of medicine and surgery
639		-	to be authorized hereunder, multiplied by two. In any such
640		-	determination of the period required to be engaged in the less than full-
641		-	time practice of medicine and surgery, the decimal fraction utilized
642		-	shall not exceed 0.5 and any person granted permission to engage in
643		-	less than the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in accordance Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 11
644		-	with the provisions of this paragraph shall be required to engage in at
645		-	least the half-time practice of medicine and surgery.
646		-	(5) Any person who enters but fails to complete an approved
647		-	postgraduate residency training program, or who enters and completes
648		-	an approved postgraduate residency training program but fails to satisfy
649		-	the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
650		-	surgery within a service commitment area of this state for the required
651		-	period of time shall be required to repay all money received pursuant to
652		-	an agreement entered into under this act a for any such medical student
653		-	loan, plus accumulated interest at an annual rate of 15%, and shall
654		-	commence such repayment in accordance with subsection (b) within 90
655		-	days of failure to complete an approved postgraduate residency training
656		-	program or 90 days of failure to commence qualifying practice,
657		-	whichever occurs first. Any person who fails to satisfy the obligation to
658		-	engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in accordance
659		-	with this section due to active military service of such person or such
660		-	person's spouse shall not be required to pay the 15% annual interest
661		-	rate on any moneys received under such agreement.
662		-	(6) For any person who entered and completed an approved
663		-	postgraduate residency training program in obstetrics and gynecology,
664		-	if during the time such person is satisfying the service requirement of
665		-	an agreement entered into pursuant to this act, such person is
666		-	employed by, provides services at or establishes any clinic or facility as
667		-	such terms are defined in K.S.A. 65-4a01, and amendments thereto, or
668		-	performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, an abortion,
669		-	except in the case of a medical emergency as defined in K.S.A. 65-
670		-	6701, and amendments thereto, or in the case of a pregnancy resulting
671		-	from rape or incest, such person shall be deemed to have failed to
672		-	complete such person's service requirement and shall be required to
673		-	repay all money received pursuant to an agreement entered into under
674		-	this act for any such medical student loan, plus accumulated interest at
675		-	an annual rate of 15%, and shall commence such repayment in
676		-	accordance with subsection (b).
677		-	(b) For any repayment requirement under this section, the person
678		-	shall repay an amount totaling the entire amount to be repaid under all
679		-	such agreements for which such obligations are not satisfied, including
680		-	all amounts of interest at the rate prescribed. The repayment shall be
681		-	made in not more than 10 equal annual installment payments.
682		-	(c) All installment payments under this section shall commence
683		-	six months after the date of the action or circumstance that causes the
684		-	failure of the person to satisfy the obligations of such agreements, as
685		-	determined by the university of Kansas school of medicine based upon
686		-	the circumstances of each individual case. In all cases, if an installment
687		-	payment becomes 91 days overdue, the entire amount outstanding shall
688		-	become immediately due and payable, including all amounts of interest
689		-	at the rate prescribed.
690		-	(d) The total repayment obligation imposed under all agreements
691		-	entered into under this act may be satisfied by the person who entered
692		-	into the agreements at any time prior to graduation from the university
693		-	of Kansas school of medicine by making a single lump-sum payment
694		-	equal to the total of: (1) The entire amount to be repaid under all such
695		-	agreements upon failure to satisfy the obligations under such
696		-	agreements to practice in Kansas; plus (2) all amounts of interest
697		-	thereon at the rate prescribed to the date of payment.
698		-	(e) The university of Kansas school of medicine shall remit all
699		-	moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance
700		-	with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon
701		-	receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the
702		-	entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the medical loan
703		-	repayment fund.
704		-	(f) There is hereby created in the state treasury the medical loan
705		-	repayment fund. All expenditures from the medical loan repayment
706		-	fund shall be for medical student loans under the medical student loan
707		-	act and for the expenses of administration of the medical student loan Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 12
708		-	act and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon
709		-	warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to
710		-	vouchers approved by the chancellor of the university of Kansas or by a
711		-	person designated by the chancellor, except that expenditures shall not
712		-	be made from the medical loan repayment fund for medical student
713		-	loans for medical students who intend to enter and complete an
714		-	approved postgraduate residency training program in obstetrics and
715		-	gynecology, general psychiatry or child psychiatry. On the effective
716		-	date of this act, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all
717		-	moneys in the medical scholarship and loan repayment fund to the
718		-	medical loan repayment fund. On the effective date of this act, all
719		-	liabilities of the medical scholarship and loan repayment fund are
720		-	hereby imposed on the medical loan repayment fund and the medical
721		-	scholarship and loan repayment fund is hereby abolished. Whenever
722		-	the medical scholarship and loan repayment fund, or words of like
723		-	effect, is referred to or designated by any statute, contract or other
724		-	document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to
725		-	the medical loan repayment fund.
726		-	(g) There is hereby established in the state treasury the psychiatry
727		-	medical loan repayment fund. All moneys credited to the psychiatry
728		-	medical loan repayment fund shall be expended only for medical
729		-	student loans for general psychiatry or child psychiatry students under
730		-	the medical student loan act and for the expenses of administration of
731		-	the medical student loan act associated with such students. All
732		-	expenditures from the psychiatry medical loan repayment fund shall be
733		-	made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the
734		-	director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved
735		-	by the chancellor of the university of Kansas or the chancellor's
736		-	designee.
737		-	(h) There is hereby established in the state treasury the OBGYN
738		-	medical loan repayment fund. All moneys credited to the OBGYN
739		-	medical loan repayment fund shall be expended only for medical
740		-	student loans for medical students who intend to enter and complete an
741		-	approved postgraduate residency training program in obstetrics and
742		-	gynecology under the medical student loan act and for the expenses of
743		-	administration of the medical student loan act associated with such
744		-	students. All expenditures from the OBGYN medical loan repayment
745		-	fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon
746		-	warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to
747		-	vouchers approved by the chancellor of the university of Kansas or the
748		-	chancellor's designee.
749		-	(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
750		-	moneys shall be transferred from the comprehensive grant program
751		-	account of the state board of regents to the medical loan repayment
752		-	fund, the OBGYN medical loan repayment fund or the psychiatry
753		-	medical loan repayment fund or expended for any purposes related
754		-	thereto.
755		-	Sec. 10. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-386 is hereby
756		-	amended to read as follows: 76-386. (a) An obligation to engage in the
757		-	practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with an agreement
758		-	under this act shall be postponed during any period of time for: (1)
759		-	During any Required period of active military service of the person
760		-	obligated or such person's spouse; (2) during any period of service as a
761		-	part of volunteers in service to America (VISTA); (3) during any period
762		-	of service in the peace corps; (4) during any period of service
763		-	commitment to the United States public health service; (5) during any
764		-	period of religious missionary work conducted by an organization
765		-	exempt from tax under subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal
766		-	internal revenue code of 1986; or (6) during any period of temporary
767		-	medical disability during which the person obligated is unable because
768		-	of such medical disability to practice medicine and surgery; or (7) not
769		-	more than one year during which the person participates in a
770		-	healthcare-related fellowship program.
771		-	(b) Except for clause (6) of this subsection (a)(6), an obligation to Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 13
772		-	engage in the practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with an
773		-	agreement under this act shall not be postponed more than five years
774		-	from the time the practice of medicine and surgery was to have been
775		-	commenced under any such agreement. An obligation to engage in the
776		-	practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with an agreement
777		-	under this act shall be postponed under clause (6) of this subsection (a)
778		-	(6) during the period of time the medical disability exists.
779		-	(b)(c) An obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and
780		-	surgery in accordance with an agreement under this act shall be
781		-	satisfied: (1) If the obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and
782		-	surgery in accordance with an agreement under this act has been
783		-	completed,; (2) if the person obligated dies,; or (3) if, because of
784		-	permanent physical disability, the person obligated is unable to practice
785		-	medicine and surgery.
786		-	Sec. 11. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 76-387 is hereby
787		-	amended to read as follows: 76-387. (a) (1) There is hereby established
788		-	the Kansas medical residency bridging program at the university of
789		-	Kansas school of medicine, which shall be developed and implemented
790		-	in order to provide encouragement, opportunities and incentives for
791		-	persons in primary care or mental health care to:
792		-	(A) Enter and complete medical residency training programs in
793		-	general pediatrics, general internal medicine, family medicine, family
794		-	practice, obstetrics and gynecology, general psychiatry or child
795		-	psychiatry that are operated by or affiliated with the university of
796		-	Kansas school of medicine or other such primary care or mental health
797		-	care medical residency training program that is operated in Kansas and
798		-	approved by the state board of healing arts; and a person under
799		-	subsection (i) to
800		-	(B) locate their medical practice in rural Kansas communities
801		-	upon completion of such residency training.
802		-	(2) The Kansas medical residency bridging program shall be
803		-	administered by the institute for rural health care of the university of
804		-	Kansas school of medicine.
805		-	(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the university
806		-	of Kansas school of medicine may enter into residency bridging loan
807		-	agreements, in accordance with the provisions of this section: (A) with
808		-	any person who has completed the first year of a primary care or
809		-	mental health care medical residency training program in general
810		-	pediatrics, general internal medicine, family medicine, family practice,
811		-	obstetrics and gynecology, general psychiatry or child psychiatry that is
812		-	operated by or affiliated with the university of Kansas school of
813		-	medicine or other such primary care or mental health care medical
814		-	residency training program that is operated in Kansas and approved by
815		-	the state board of healing arts; and (B) with a person under subsection
816		-	(i).
817		-	(c) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, each person
818		-	entering into a residency bridging loan agreement under this section
819		-	shall receive a payment of $5,000 each year of primary care or mental
820		-	health care medical residency training, or any part of a year of such
821		-	training, after the date that the residency bridging loan agreement is
822		-	entered into by the resident and the university of Kansas school of
823		-	medicine and, upon completion of the primary care or mental health
824		-	care medical residency training program, a payment of $6,000.
825		-	(d) Each residency bridging loan agreement shall require that the
826		-	person receiving the loan:
827		-	(1) Complete the primary care or mental health care medical
828		-	residency training program;
829		-	(2) engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in any
830		-	county in Kansas other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or
831		-	Wyandotte for three years under a practice commitment agreement;
832		-	(3) commence such full-time practice of medicine and surgery
833		-	within 90 days after completing the primary care or mental health care
834		-	medical residency training program; and
835		-	(4) upon failure to satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 14
836		-	practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with the provisions of
837		-	the residency bridging loan agreement and this section, the person
838		-	receiving the loan under this section shall repay to the university of
839		-	Kansas school of medicine, within 90 days of such failure, the amount
840		-	equal to the amount of money moneys received by such person from the
841		-	university of Kansas school of medicine, less credits earned, under such
842		-	agreement plus interest at the annual rate of 15% from the date such
843		-	money was moneys were received. Any person who fails to satisfy the
844		-	obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery
845		-	in accordance with this section due to active military service of such
846		-	person or such person's spouse shall not be required to pay the 15%
847		-	annual interest rate on any moneys received under such agreement.
848		-	(e) An obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and
849		-	surgery in accordance with the provisions of a residency bridging loan
850		-	agreement and this section shall be postponed during: (1) Any period of
851		-	temporary medical disability during which the person obligated is
852		-	unable to practice medicine and surgery because of such medical
853		-	disability; (2) any period of not more than one year during which the
854		-	person participates in a healthcare-related fellowship program; (3) any
855		-	required period of active military service of the person obligated or
856		-	such person's spouse; or (2) (4) any other period of postponement
857		-	agreed to or determined in accordance with criteria agreed to in the
858		-	practice commitment agreement.
859		-	(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), an obligation to
860		-	engage in the practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with the
861		-	provisions of a residency bridging loan agreement and this section shall
862		-	be satisfied: (1) If the obligation to engage in the practice of medicine
863		-	and surgery in accordance with such agreement has been completed;
864		-	(2) if the person obligated dies; or (3) if, because of permanent physical
865		-	disability, the person obligated is unable to practice medicine and
866		-	surgery.
867		-	(g) For any person who completed a medical residency training
868		-	program in obstetrics and gynecology pursuant to this section, such
869		-	person's obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery
870		-	in accordance with the provisions of a residency bridging loan
871		-	agreement and this section shall be deemed to not be satisfied if such
872		-	person is employed by, provides services at or establishes any clinic or
873		-	facility as such terms are defined in K.S.A. 65-4a01, and amendments
874		-	thereto, or performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, an
875		-	abortion, except in the case of a medical emergency as defined in
876		-	K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto, or in the case of a pregnancy
877		-	resulting from rape or incest, at any time in which such person is
878		-	obligated to satisfy the provisions of such person's loan agreement
879		-	made pursuant to this section.
880		-	(h) The university of Kansas school of medicine may adopt
881		-	additional provisions, requirements or conditions for participation in
882		-	the Kansas medical residency bridging program as are practicable and
883		-	appropriate to accomplish the purposes of the program or as may be
884		-	required for the implementation or administration of the program and,
885		-	in any case, as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or
886		-	the provisions of appropriation acts.
887		-	(h)(i) As used in this section, "practice commitment agreement"
888		-	means an agreement to commence the full-time practice of medicine
889		-	and surgery in a city located in any county in Kansas other than
890		-	Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte county, that:
891		-	(1) Was entered into: (A) by a person in a primary care or mental
892		-	health care medical residency training program in general pediatrics,
893		-	general internal medicine, family medicine, family practice, obstetrics
894		-	and gynecology, general psychiatry or child psychiatry, that is operated
895		-	by or affiliated with the university of Kansas school of medicine or
896		-	other such primary care or mental health care medical residency
897		-	training program that is operated in Kansas and approved by the state
898		-	board of healing arts; or (B) by a person under subsection (i), with the
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900		-	other than the university of Kansas school of medicine that is
901		-	representative of the interests of such city; and
902		-	(2) provides benefits to such person that have an aggregate
903		-	monetary value equal to or greater than the aggregate amount of
904		-	payments to such person from the university of Kansas school of
905		-	medicine under a residency bridging loan agreement under this section.
906		-	(i) A person who graduated from the university of Kansas school
907		-	of medicine prior to July 1, 1992, who has completed the first year of a
908		-	primary care residency training program in family practice which is
909		-	operated outside the state of Kansas and who has entered into a practice
910		-	commitment agreement with the north central Kansas health care
911		-	foundation is eligible to enter into a residency bridging loan agreement
912		-	under this section.
913		-	(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
914		-	moneys appropriated for the Kansas medical residency bridging
915		-	program at the university of Kansas school of medicine, except moneys
916		-	appropriated to the OBGYN medical residency bridging fund or the
917		-	rural health bridging psychiatry fund, shall be expended for residency
918		-	bridging loan agreements for medical residents training in obstetrics
919		-	and gynecology, general psychiatry or child psychiatry.
920		-	(k) Subject to appropriations, the university of Kansas school of
921		-	medicine shall enter into residency bridging loan agreements with three
922		-	medical residents training in general psychiatry or child psychiatry.
923		-	(l) There is hereby established in the state treasury the rural health
924		-	bridging psychiatry fund. All moneys credited to the rural health
925		-	bridging psychiatry fund shall be used only for purposes related to
926		-	residency bridging loan agreements for medical residents training in
927		-	general psychiatry or child psychiatry pursuant to K.S.A. 76-387, and
928		-	amendments thereto this section. All expenditures from the rural health
929		-	bridging psychiatry fund shall be made in accordance with
930		-	appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
931		-	issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the chancellor of the
932		-	university of Kansas or the chancellor's designee.
933		-	(m) There is hereby established in the state treasury the OBGYN
934		-	medical residency bridging fund. All moneys credited to the OBGYN
935		-	medical residency bridging fund shall be used only for purposes related
936		-	to residency bridging loan agreements for medical residents training in
937		-	obstetrics and gynecology pursuant to this section. All expenditures
938		-	from the OBGYN medical residency bridging fund shall be made in
939		-	accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of
940		-	accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the
941		-	chancellor of the university of Kansas or the chancellor's designee.
942		-	(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
943		-	moneys shall be transferred from the comprehensive grant program
944		-	account of the state board of regents to the rural health bridging
945		-	psychiatry fund or the OBGYN medical residency bridging fund or
946		-	expended for any purposes related to the Kansas medical residency
947		-	bridging program.
948		-	Sec. 12. K.S.A. 8-272 is hereby repealed.
949		-	Sec. 13. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 74-3265, 74-3268, 74-
950		-	32,434, 76-381, 76-382, 76-383, 76-385, 76-386, 76-386a and 76-387
951		-	and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-32,267 are hereby repealed. Senate Substitue for HOUSE BILL No. 2060—page 16
952		-	Sec. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
	9	+	Section 1. (a) There is hereby established the special education and
	10	+	related services funding task force. The task force shall be composed of 10
	11	+	members, as follows:
	12	+	(1) Two members appointed by the speaker of the house of
	13	+	representatives;
	14	+	(2) two members appointed by the president of the senate;
	15	+	(3) one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of
	16	+	representatives;
	17	+	(4) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
	18	+	(5) one member appointed by the state board of education;
	19	+	(6) two members appointed by the state department of education who
	20	+	are professionals in the field of special education and related services; and
	21	+	(7) one member who shall be a parent of a student who receives
	22	+	special education services. In calendar year 2023, and every second
	23	+	succeeding calendar year thereafter, such member shall be appointed by
	24	+	the speaker of the house of representatives. In calendar year 2024, and
	25	+	every second succeeding calendar year thereafter, such member shall be
	26	+	appointed by the president of the senate.
	27	+	(b) Members shall be appointed to the task force on or before July 1,
	28	+	2023. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one
	29	+	member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives to call
	30	+	the first meeting of the task force. Any vacancy in the membership of the
	31	+	task force shall be filled by appointment in the same manner prescribed by
	32	+	this section for the original appointment.
	33	+	(c) (1) If approved by the legislative coordinating council, members
	34	+	of the task force attending meetings authorized by the task force shall be
	35	+	paid amounts for expenses, mileage and subsistence as provided in K.S.A.
	36	+	75-3223(e), and amendments thereto.
	37	+	(2) The members of the task force shall select a chairperson and vice
	38	+	chairperson from the membership of the task force.
	39	+	(3) The task force may meet at any time and at any place within the
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	76	+	state on the call of the chairperson. A quorum of the task force shall be six
	77	+	members. All actions of the task force shall be by motion adopted by a
	78	+	majority of those voting members present when there is a quorum.
	79	+	(4) In accordance with K.S.A. 46-1204, and amendments thereto, the
	80	+	legislative coordinating council may provide for such professional services
	81	+	as may be requested by the task force.
	82	+	(5) The staff of the office of revisor of statutes, the legislative
	83	+	research department and the division of legislative administrative services
	84	+	shall provide such assistance as may be requested by the task force. The
	85	+	state board of education shall provide consultants and assistance when
	86	+	requested by the task force. The state board of education and school
	87	+	districts shall provide any information or documentation requested by the
	88	+	task force.
	89	+	(d) The special education and related services funding task force
	90	+	shall:
	91	+	(1) Study and make recommendations for changes in the existing
	92	+	formula for funding of special education and related services;
	93	+	(2) conduct hearings and receive and consider suggestions from
	94	+	teachers, parents, the department of education, the state board of
	95	+	education, other governmental officers and agencies and the general public
	96	+	concerning funding for special education and related services; and
	97	+	(3) make and submit reports to the legislature on the work of the task
	98	+	force concerning recommendations of the task force. Such reports shall
	99	+	include recommendations for legislative changes and be submitted to the
	100	+	legislature on or before January 14 of each year.
	101	+	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-3441 is hereby repealed.
	102	+	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
953	103		publication in the Kansas register.
954		-	I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and was
955		-	adopted by that body
956		-
957		-	HOUSE adopted
958		-	Conference Committee Report
959		-
960		-	Speaker of the House.
961		-
962		-	Chief Clerk of the House.
963		-	Passed the SENATE
964		-	as amended
965		-	SENATE adopted
966		-	Conference Committee Report
967		-
968		-	President of the Senate.
969		-
970		-	Secretary of the Senate.
971		-	APPROVED
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974		-	Governor.
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