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
February 5, 2024
The Honorable William Sutton, Chairperson
House Committee on Insurance
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 218-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Sutton:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2595 by Representative Butler, et al.
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2595 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2595 would require the State Employee Health Care Commission to provide coverage
for early egg and peanut allergen introductory dietary supplements. The bill would require the
Commission to submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives on or before March 1, 2026, containing the following information regarding
dietary supplements for the 2025 plan year: (1) the impact the mandated coverage has had on the
State Health Care Benefits Program, (2) data on the utilization of coverage and the costs of
providing such coverage, and (3) a recommendation whether the mandated coverage should
continue or if additional utilization and cost data is required.
Following receipt of the report, the bill would allow the Legislature to consider whether to
require the coverage in any individual or group health insurance policy, medical service plan,
contract, hospital service corporation contract, hospital and medical service corporation contract,
fraternal benefit society, or health maintenance organization that provides coverage for accident
and health services on or after January 1, 2027.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Expenditures
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- $73,574 $159,655
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Expenditures -- $73,574 $159,655
Revenues
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Revenues -- -- --
FTE Positions -- -- -- The Honorable William Sutton, Chairperson
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The Division of State Employee Health Benefits Programs in the Department of
Administration indicates enactment of the bill would require $73,574 in FY 2025 and $159,655 in
FY 2026 from agency funds. The Department estimates that approximately 647 children would
participate in the coverage. Annual treatment costs would total approximately $225.93 and
administrative costs would total $1.50 per child ($227.43 annual cost X 647 children =
$147,147.21). Because the first year of the program would begin on January 1, 2025, six months
of total estimated expenditures, or $73,573.61, would be required for FY 2025. For FY 2026, the
Department assumes prescription costs would increase approximately 8.5 percent, making the total
cost for FY 2026 totaling $159,655 ($147,147.21 X 1.085 = $159,655). The Department notes
that over-the-counter dietary supplements are not typically covered by health insurance in Kansas
and only participants of the State Employee Health Plan, including local governments participating
in the Plan, would be affected.
The Kansas Insurance Department, Department for Children and Families, and Department
of Health and Environment all indicate enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on the
agencies. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2595 is not reflected in The FY 2025 Governor’s
Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Amy Penrod, Department of Health & Environment
Bobbi Mariani, Insurance Department
Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families
Tamara Emery, Department of Administration