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11 Session of 2025
22 HOUSE BILL No. 2193
33 By Committee on Health and Human Services
44 Requested by Representative Howell on behalf of Kansas Family Voice
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66 AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the every mom
77 matters act; establishing the every mom matters program in the
88 department of health and environment; requiring the state treasurer to
99 contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support
1010 services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption;
1111 establishing the every mom matters program fund.
1212 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
1313 Section 1. (a) Sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto, shall be
1414 known and may be cited as the every mom matters act.
1515 (b) The legislature declares that the purpose of the every mom
1616 matters act is to:
1717 (1) Give pregnant women and parents access to support services and
1818 resources to promote healthy pregnancies and childbirths, provide
1919 information on adoption and increase access to resources that promote
2020 family and child development.
2121 Sec. 2. As used in sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto:
2222 (a) "Abortion" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and
2323 amendments thereto;
2424 (b) "abortion provider" means an entity that:
2525 (1) Performs abortions;
2626 (2) receives moneys from the performance of abortions;
2727 (3) advertises, makes referrals for or otherwise arranges for the
2828 performance abortions; or
2929 (4) operates a facility where abortions are performed;
3030 (c) "department" means the department of health and environment;
3131 (d) "program" means the every mom matters program established in
3232 section 3, and amendments thereto; and
3333 (e) "secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
3434 Sec. 3. (a) There is established the every mom matters program to be
3535 administered by the secretary of health and environment.
3636 (b) The every mom matters program shall make the following support
3737 services available to participants in the program:
3838 (1) Assistance in assessing and evaluating the needs of the participant
3939 related to a pregnancy or parenting;
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7575 (2) providing medically accurate pregnancy-related information,
7676 including, but not limited to, educational materials on pregnancy health,
7777 obstetric care, what to expect in the birth process, how to communicate
7878 with medical providers and postpartum care;
7979 (3) assistance in obtaining medical coverage, obstetric care, primary
8080 healthcare, mental or behavioral health counseling, substance abuse
8181 treatment, postpartum care and pediatric care;
8282 (4) providing information on the adoption process in this state;
8383 (5) providing educational information on life skills, parenting skills,
8484 job skills, decision making, healthy relationships and the success
8585 sequence;
8686 (6) assistance in developing a care plan for support during pregnancy
8787 and post-childbirth parenting;
8888 (7) assistance in obtaining employment or entering into a job training
8989 program;
9090 (8) making referrals on behalf of participants to the appropriate local
9191 charitable organizations and to the appropriate agencies for federal and
9292 state benefits programs;
9393 (9) assistance in applying for federal and state benefits programs;
9494 (10) assistance in obtaining support and resources if the participant is
9595 a victim of abuse, assault, sexual assault, neglect, coercion or human
9696 trafficking; and
9797 (11) any other services available to participants that further the
9898 purposes of this act.
9999 (c) The state treasurer shall enter into agreements with one or more
100100 eligible contractors to provide the support services and resources required
101101 under the every mom matters program.
102102 (d) Each contractor shall be:
103103 (1) Registered to do business in this state and in good standing; and
104104 (2) a nonprofit organization.
105105 (e) No organization shall be eligible to be a contractor under the
106106 program if such organization is an abortion provider or an affiliate of an
107107 abortion provider.
108108 (f) Each contractor shall:
109109 (1) Make services available to participants through a telephonic
110110 system or other synchronous audio or video technology and may make
111111 services available through in-person contact with participants; and
112112 (2) develop and publish marketing materials designed to provide
113113 awareness of adoption and the adoption resources that are available in this
114114 state.
115115 Sec. 4. (a) To be eligible to be accepted in the every mom matters
116116 program, a person shall be:
117117 (1) A resident of this state; and
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161161 (2) (A) The biological parent of an unborn child;
162162 (B) an adoptive parent of a child under one year of age; or
163163 (C) a parent of a person who is under 18 years of age and the
164164 biological parent of an unborn child.
165165 (b) Participants accepted into the program are eligible to continue
166166 receiving support services and resources under the program for:
167167 (1) Two years if the pregnancy related to the participant's eligibility
168168 results in a live birth;
169169 (2) six months if the pregnancy related to the participant's eligibility
170170 results in a spontaneous miscarriage or stillbirth; or
171171 (3) 15 days if the pregnancy related to the participant's eligibility
172172 results in an induced termination of such pregnancy.
173173 Sec. 5. (a) Each contractor shall record the following information and
174174 prepare and submit a report each month to the department:
175175 (1) The number of participants who received any of the services
176176 under section 3, and amendments thereto, during that month;
177177 (2) the number and type of such services that were provided; and
178178 (3) the number and type of referrals made on behalf of participants to
179179 the appropriate local charitable organizations and to the appropriate
180180 agencies for federal and state benefits programs during that month.
181181 (b) Each contractor shall prepare and submit a report every six
182182 months to the department regarding specific services provided to
183183 individual participants. Such report shall include, if known;
184184 (1) The date a pregnant participant:
185185 (A) First obtained healthcare insurance coverage; and
186186 (B) first visited a physician to obtain obstetric care; and
187187 (2) whether the child of a pregnant participant was:
188188 (A) Stillborn;
189189 (B) born weighing less than 2,500 grams;
190190 (C) born before 37 weeks gestation; or
191191 (D) admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.
192192 (c) Information obtained by the secretary under this section shall be
193193 confidential and shall not be disclosed in a manner that would reveal the
194194 identity of any participant in the program. Information obtained by the
195195 secretary under this section may be used only for statistical purposes. The
196196 provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2030, unless the
197197 legislature reviews and reenacts such provisions in accordance with K.S.A.
198198 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2030.
199199 Sec. 6. (a) The state treasurer shall distribute moneys from the every
200200 mom matters program fund to contractors with whom the state treasurer
201201 has entered into an agreement with pursuant to section 3, and amendments
202202 thereto, for the provision of those support services and resources required
203203 to be provided by such contractor under such agreement. Such moneys
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247247 shall be distributed to each contractor based on the anticipated program
248248 expenses of such contractor for the immediately succeeding quarter. Each
249249 quarter the department shall reconcile the immediately preceding quarterly
250250 distribution to each contractor with such contractor's actual program
251251 expenses. The subsequent quarterly distribution to such contractor shall
252252 then be adjusted accordingly based on such reconciliation.
253253 (b) Each contractor shall only use moneys distributed pursuant to this
254254 section for the following:
255255 (1) Expenses necessary to provide the support services and resources
256256 required by the agreement with the state treasurer;
257257 (2) marketing expenses incurred by the contractor for marketing of
258258 the support services and resources the contractor may provide; and
259259 (3) administrative expenses and other indirect costs associated with
260260 the program.
261261 (c) There is created in the state treasury the every mom matters
262262 program fund to be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures
263263 from the every mom matters program fund shall be made only for the
264264 purposes of sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto, and shall be
265265 made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director
266266 of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state
267267 treasurer, or the state treasurer's designee.
268268 Sec. 7. (a) The state treasurer shall not condition participation by an
269269 eligible contractor in the every mom matters program on a requirement
270270 that such contractor, or any employee or agent thereof:
271271 (1) Forfeit or otherwise waive the right to freedom of religion,
272272 expression or association as guaranteed by the first amendment to the
273273 constitution of the United States; or
274274 (2) take any action to which such contractor, or employee or agent
275275 thereof, has a conscientious objection.
276276 (b) Nothing in sections 1 through 6, and amendments thereto, shall be
277277 construed to prohibit, restrict or otherwise limit any contractor from
278278 carrying out any other religious or sectarian services or programs that are
279279 funded by other sources of revenue.
280280 Sec. 8. Sections 1 through 7, and amendments thereto, are declared
281281 severable. If any provision of sections 1 through 7, and amendments
282282 thereto, or the application thereof to any person shall be held invalid, then
283283 such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of
284284 sections 1 through 7, and amendments thereto.
285285 Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
286286 publication in the statute book.
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