Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 3, 2023
The Honorable Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson
House Committee on Health and Human Services
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 112-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Landwehr:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2262 by House Committee on Health and Human
Services
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2262 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Under current law and with certain exceptions, applicants for a license to practice
embalming from the Board of Mortuary Arts are required to pass a written examination
administered by the Board and serve a full-time apprenticeship under the supervision of a Kansas
licensed embalmer or a Board-approved embalmer. HB 2262 would allow applicants to compete
a consecutive 12-month apprenticeship after graduation from a school of mortuary science, or split
the apprenticeship into two continuous six-month periods. The first six-month period would have
to be completed within the 12 months prior to enrollment in a school of mortuary science. The
remaining six-month period would have to be completed after graduation of a school of mortuary
science. In addition, the bill would clarify that under a split apprenticeship, the apprentice
embalmer would be under the direct personal supervision of a licensed embalmer in the first six-
month period.
According to the Board of Mortuary Arts, the agency would incur additional staff time if
the enactment of the bill would cause changes in the agency’s current Administrative Rules and
Regulations. However, any fiscal effect would be negligible.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: JW Carey, Mortuary Arts