Kansas HB 2383: Allowing certain persons to take the examination to be certified by the supreme court as qualified to be a district magistrate judge.

Bill Text

Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2383
By Committee on Appropriations
Requested by Representative Turk on behalf of Senator Titus
2-13
AN ACT concerning child care; relating to the department of
administration, the Kansas children's cabinet and the department of
health and environment; establishing a pilot program to provide health
services to child care providers; making telehealth consultation services
available to eligible child care providers; providing up to $100 per
month in reimbursements for prescription medication costs to child care
providers accepted into the health services program; prohibiting cities,
counties or other political subdivisions from regulating licensed child
care providers more strictly than state law; requiring the department of
health and environment to provide a list of licensed child care providers
to any city, county or other political subdivision upon request;
providing any licensed in-home or group-home child care providers
that receive a lower tier of reimbursement under the child and adult
care food program to be matched with the top tier of funding that is
otherwise made available to other providers under the program;
developing and providing free orientation and training programs and
training materials to child care providers and licensees; allowing
orientation and training to count as continuing education hours;
requiring the department and the Kansas children's cabinet to develop a
training reimbursement program; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) The department of administration shall coordinate
with the Kansas children's cabinet and the department of health and
environment to establish a pilot program to provide health services to child
care providers working in entities licensed by the department of health and
environment.
(b) (1) The department of administration shall contract for the
provision of telehealth consultation services for child care providers that
are:
(A) A child care provider or licensee for a family child care home,
day care home or group day care home or any type of teacher or program
director in a child care facility;
(B) actively providing child care services in a licensed facility;
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(C) an individual with family income equal to or less than 150% of
the most recent federal poverty guidelines; and
(D) not receiving employer-based insurance at the time that such
child care provider applies for the health services program.
(2) (A) The department's provision of telehealth consultation services
pursuant to this subsection shall only be provided to child care providers
or licensees for a family child care home, day care home or group day care
home for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2026.
(B) For the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2027, such services shall be
expanded to include child care center employees.
(C) For the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2028, such services shall be
expanded to include all child care providers that meet the criteria of
paragraph (1).
(c) Any child care provider that is accepted into the health services
program shall also be provided up to $100 per month in reimbursements
for prescription medication costs. Any such reimbursements may be used
for the child care provider or any dependents thereof.
(d) The department of administration may determine the best method
to limit the number of applicants for purposes of the pilot program.
(e) The department of administration shall coordinate with the Kansas
department of health and environment to verify that applicants for the
program meet the eligibility requirements of subsections (b)(1)(A) and
(B).
(f) Subject to appropriations, for two calendar years, health services
shall be provided for in this section beginning with the services in 2026,
except that the Kansas children's cabinet is directed to seek grant funding
from federal, nonprofit or any other source that may be used to offset the
costs of the program.
New Sec. 2. (a) The legislature finds that, as a matter of public policy
and fact, it is necessary to provide statewide uniform standards for
licensed child care and occupy the field of regulation of licensed child care
to ensure that no person is subjectively or arbitrarily denied the ability to
give or receive such care.
(b) No city, county or other political subdivision of this state, or any
contractor thereof, shall regulate or restrict any child care provider
licensed by the department of health and environment from providing
child care in any matter that is stricter than what is required by state law or
rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
(c) Any existing or future law, ordinance, rule, regulation or
resolution prohibited by subsection (b) shall be null and void.
(d) Upon request of a city, county or other political subdivision of this
state, the departme