Kansas HB 2004: Clarifying and limiting discretion for expenditure of proceeds from civil forfeiture.

Bill Text

Session of 2026
Senate Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2004
By Committee on Government Efficiency
2-10
AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the secretary for children
and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a
memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument
upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or
the United States department of health and human services; requiring
such secretaries to comply with written data requests from such federal
agencies made pursuant to such memorandum of understanding or
written data-sharing instrument; amending K.S.A. 39-760 and repealing
the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 39-760 is hereby amended to read as follows: 39-
760. (a) The secretary of health and environment and the secretary for
children and families are hereby directed to establish a system for the
reporting of suspected abuse or fraud in connection with state welfare or
medical assistance programs, either by recipients or health care healthcare
providers. The system shall be designed to permit any person in the state at
any time to place a toll-free call into the system and report suspected cases
of welfare abuse or suspected cases of health care healthcare provider
fraud.
(b) The secretary of health and environment and the secretary for
children and families are further directed to publicize the system
throughout the state.
(c) Notice of the existence of the system established pursuant to this
section shall be displayed prominently in the office or facility of every
health care healthcare provider who provides services under the state
medical assistance program.
(d) The secretary of health and environment shall notify annually
each recipient of state medical assistance of the toll-free number of the
system established pursuant to this section and the purpose thereof. If
possible, such notice shall be printed on the medical cards issued to
recipients by the secretary.
(e) Upon receipt of a written request from the United States
department of agriculture, the secretary for children and families shall
respond fully and timely to such request by executing a memorandum of
understanding or any other written data-sharing instrument with the
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United States department of agriculture as necessary to obtain, exchange
or transmit any information required. Pursuant to such memorandum of
understanding or other written data-sharing instrument, the secretary for
children and families shall comply without conditions or limitations with
any written data request from the United States department of agriculture
and release such requested data to the United States department of
agriculture within 30 days of receipt of such written data request.
(f) Upon receipt of a written request from the United States
department of health and human services, the secretary of health and
environment shall respond fully and timely to such request by executing a
memorandum of understanding or any other written data-sharing
instrument with the United States department of health and human
services as necessary to obtain, exchange or transmit any information
required. Pursuant to such memorandum of understanding or other
written data-sharing instrument, the secretary of health and environment
shall comply without conditions or limitations with any written data
request from the United States department of health and human services
and release such requested data to the United States department of health
and human services within 30 days of receipt of such written data request.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 39-760 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
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