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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas expands inspector general powers to audit cash, food, and health assistance programs
Last action · April 11, 2025: Law effective July 1, 2025
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What This Bill Does
HB 2217 expands the investigative authority of the Office of the Inspector General to audit all state cash, food, and health assistance programs, granting subpoena power, the ability to administer oaths, and the authority to execute search warrants. The law also bars contractors who cost the state over $1 million in Medicaid penalties from receiving future state Medicaid contracts.
The measure changes oversight protocols for state welfare and health programs by empowering a single unclassified official to compel testimony, subpoena records, and execute search warrants across multiple agencies and contractor files.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Assistance Contractors and Vendors
Contractors and vendors are subject to increased audits, reviews of their files to verify invoice accuracy, and potential contract bans if convicted of fraud or waste exceeding $1,000,000.
Healthcare Providers
Healthcare providers participating in state health assistance programs are subject to audits, record reviews, and mandatory sanction reporting to licensing agencies.
Assistance Program Clients and Recipients
Clients and recipients are subject to investigations and audits regarding eligibility, claims, and the provision of cash, food, and health assistance benefits.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law over the governor's veto.
Procedural history
33 actions- Apr 11, 2025HouseLaw effective July 1, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025HouseVetoed by Governor; Returned to on Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025HouseFloorMotion to override veto prevailed
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorMotion to override veto prevailed
- Mar 25, 2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Mar 20, 2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Mar 20, 2025SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
- Mar 20, 2025Senatefa_fabc_912
- Mar 20, 2025SenateFloorEmergency Final Action - Passed
- Mar 18, 2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S
- Mar 18, 2025SenateFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by
- Mar 17, 2025HouseEngrossed on Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Mar 13, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 12, 2025HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Mar 12, 2025SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Mar 11, 2025HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected
- Mar 11, 2025HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 5, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 27, 2025HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 18, 2025HouseWithdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 17, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 10, 2025HouseHearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 3, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
Version history
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Expansion of Oversight Beyond Medicaid
The legislation shifts the inspector general's mandate from being primarily focused on Medicaid to encompassing all state cash, food, and health assistance programs.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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