Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies by the secretary for aging and disability services.
Impact
The bill presents a significant shift in how supplemental nursing services are monitored and managed in Kansas. By enforcing strict registration requirements, including proof of compliance with existing legal standards for personnel and insurance coverages, HB2265 aims to enhance the quality of healthcare staffing. Additionally, a reporting system will establish accountability among agencies regarding their operations and the services provided to healthcare facilities. The implementation of this bill may lead to improved standards across the industry, potentially raising the quality of care in healthcare facilities that rely on temporary staffing solutions.
Summary
House Bill 2265 seeks to establish regulatory oversight for supplemental nursing services agencies in Kansas. These agencies are defined as entities that provide temporary staffing, primarily for nurses and nurse aides, to healthcare facilities. The legislation requires these agencies to register annually with the secretary for aging and disability services, ensuring compliance with state laws and standards. Central to this bill is the creation of the supplemental nursing services agency regulation fund, intended to support the financial aspects of regulating these agencies. The bill mandates that funds collected from fees associated with agency registration be deposited into this fund, allowing for better resource allocation in oversight efforts.
Contention
There may be contentions surrounding the operational burdens this bill places on supplemental nursing services agencies. Some stakeholders may argue that the registration and compliance requirements could stifle smaller agencies that are unable to meet stringent financial and operational standards. Additionally, concerns might be raised regarding the potential for increased service costs being passed on to healthcare facilities, which could ultimately impact patient care. Furthermore, enforcing a standardized compliance framework may lead to calls for uniformity in practice, which might not consider the unique demands of different community healthcare settings.
Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.
Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.
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.
Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care and establishing the south central regional mental health hospital.
Directing the secretary for aging and disability services to expand and establish peer support specialist certifications and the secretary for health and environment to pursue a medicaid code for telehealth services provided by peer support specialists.
Enacting the career advancement, resources, employment and supports for the disability workforce act, providing for career education programs for students and career enhancement programs for professionals, requiring performance-based contracting for disability services providers, facilitating choice in services by individuals with disabilities, mandating rate parity across all state waiver programs, providing for an online data portal system for waitlist management and services-related communications, requiring the secretary of labor to publish information regarding the disability service provider workforce and providing that direct support workers may be covered by the state health plan.
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.
Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care.
Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.
Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.
Condemns U.S. House of Representatives for passage of budget resolution cutting $1.5 trillion from federal budget and urges U.S. Senate to reject House resolution.