Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2184

Introduced
1/31/25  

Caption

Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.

Impact

By instituting these regulatory measures, HB 2184 seeks to protect both healthcare facilities and the patients they serve. It requires that all healthcare personnel supplied by these agencies must fulfill minimum requirements for licensing, training, and continuing education. Additionally, agencies must carry appropriate insurance, including medical malpractice and workers' compensation insurance, ensuring that both the agencies and their healthcare workers are adequately protected against legal claims and employment-related issues.

Summary

House Bill 2184 focuses on establishing regulations for supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare worker platforms in Kansas. The bill mandates that these agencies and platforms register annually with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. The legislation aims to ensure that healthcare personnel meet specific licensing and training requirements, thereby raising the standards of care provided by temporary staffing agencies in the healthcare sector.

Contention

Some points of contention may arise around the financial burden these regulations place on smaller supplemental nursing services agencies, particularly the substantial registration fee of $2,035. This fee could deter new or smaller entities from entering the market, potentially leading to workforce shortages in certain areas of the healthcare system. Conversely, proponents argue that these regulations will ultimately benefit the healthcare system by enhancing the quality of care and accountability among staffing agencies.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB277

Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies by the secretary for aging and disability services.

KS HB2265

Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies by the secretary for aging and disability services.

KS HB2784

Prohibiting the state fire marshal from wearing or operating a body camera during an on-site inspection at a licensed facility, transferring authority for certification of continuing care retirement communities to the Kansas department for aging and disability services, authorizing the secretary of aging and disability services to grant certain regulation waivers to providers of disability services, adding a definition of day service provider and providing for expanded certification of certified community behavioral health clinics after February 1, 2027.

KS HB2751

Authorizing the Kansas department for aging and disability services to condition or restrict a disability service provider license, granting the secretary authority to grant regulation waivers unrelated to health and safety and authorizing correction orders and civil fines to be appealed to the secretary.

KS SB101

Providing a sales tax exemption for area agencies on aging.

KS HB2760

Prescribing documentation requirements to determine eligibility for any benefit derived from a service-connected disability, requiring that federal disability determinations for veterans be probative, establishing the Kansas office of veterans services, updating references and corresponding changes relating to the transfer of powers and duties from the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office to the Kansas office of veterans services, updating the veterans claims assistance program to include references to veterans affairs medical centers and cross-accreditation requirements, modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran, clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans and updating the definition of armed forces to include the space force.

KS SB233

House Substitute for SB 233 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Enacting the forbidding abuse child transitions act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from treating children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians and nurses.

KS HB2478

Adding "maternity center" to the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.

KS HB2188

Regulating the sale and distribution of kratom products, requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations and requiring licensure of kratom product dealers.

KS HB2325

Amending the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act to include maternity centers and not include facilities where elective abortions are performed.

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