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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill requires medication guides, parental consent, and an adverse drug reaction reporting system for children prescribed psychotropic medications
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in CommitteeSponsor: Steve Howe
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What This Bill Proposed
Prescribers in Kansas must provide FDA s and obtain signed written informed consent from parents before administering to children receiving medical assistance. The measure also directs the secretary of health and environment to establish a secure online system for reporting adverse drug reactions and to submit regular summary reports to legislative committees beginning in 2027.
Parents and guardians must receive written risk disclosures and sign consent forms before children on medical assistance can be prescribed psychotropic medications, while state health officials must build a new confidential tracking database for adverse drug reactions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Children receiving medical assistance
Psychotropic drugs cannot be prescribed or administered to them without prior distribution of FDA medication guides and signed parental consent, and their adverse reactions are tracked in a state reporting system.
Parents and guardians
They must receive written FDA medication guides, review risks with prescribers, sign written informed consent forms, and gain access to a secure online system to report adverse drug reactions.
Prescribers
They are required to provide medication guides, review risks, obtain and file signed written informed consent before prescribing psychotropic medications to children on medical assistance.
Secretary of Health and Environment
The secretary is tasked with developing and maintaining a secure online adverse reaction reporting system, allocating funds, keeping records confidential, and submitting quarterly and annual reports to legislative committees.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What must a prescriber do before giving a psychotropic drug to a child on medical assistance?
Who can report adverse drug reactions using the online reporting system?
Are reports submitted to the online database available to the public under open records laws?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Apr 9, 2026HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Insurance; Rereferred to House Committee on Insurance
- Mar 17, 2026HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 13, 2026HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Insurance; Referred to House Committee on Insurance
- Mar 5, 2026HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Health and Human Services; Rereferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 4, 2026HouseWithdrawn from House Committee on Insurance; Referred to House Committee on Insurance
Show 2 earlier actions
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
Version history
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy55Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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