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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
January 29, 2024
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 2547 by House Committee on Health and Human
Services
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2547 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2547 would allow certain school personnel to administer albuterol or epinephrine to
students who are displaying respiratory distress anaphylaxis. The bill would allow pharmacists to
distribute a stock supply of these medicines to a school upon a prescription from a physician or
mid-level practitioner. The bill would also provide a level immunity from liability for a
pharmacist, physician, or a mid-level practitioner who would prescribe the medicines for the
school, as well as the school personnel who would administer the drugs under specific
circumstances.
The Department of Education indicates that the enactment of the bill would have no fiscal
effect on state aid to school districts. The Kansas Association of School Boards and the
Department notes that the cost of any emergency medications would be borne by local school
districts; however, the Department notes that a school would be able to accept monetary gifts,
grants, and donations to implement provisions of the bill, as well as being able to accept medication
gifts from a manufacturer or wholesaler. The Board of Healing Arts indicates that any resulting
actionable complaints could be managed with its existing budget authority. The Board of Nursing
indicates that the agency would communicate information to its licensees if the bill becomes law;
however, the enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect for the agency outside of normal The Honorable Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson
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administrative functions. The Board of Pharmacy indicates the enactment of the bill would have
no fiscal effect for the agency.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Susan Gile, Board of Healing Arts
Jill Simons, Board of Nursing
Gabrielle Hull, Department of Education
Angie Stallbaumer, Kansas Association of School Boards
Alexandra Blasi, Board of Pharmacy