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State BillApr 9, 2026AN ACT concerning child care facilities; relating to licensure of family foster homes; requiring the secretary for children and families to allow maintenance of licensure of family foster homes when certain persons with convictions or adjudications reside in such homes; permitting the secretary, when not required, to license or allow maintenance of licensure when certain persons reside in such homes; creating an appeal process for family foster homes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-516 and repealing the existing section.“State agency administering child abuse registries and foster care placements”State BillApr 9, 2026AN ACT concerning education; authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities for such nonpublic schools; authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the host family's resident school district without being subject to the open-seat lottery process; adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher; authorizing special education state aid reimbursement for certain teachers who provide services pursuant to a contract; providing for the administration and proctoring of statewide assessments to a virtual school student by such student's virtual school; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123, 72-3404, 72-3422 and 72-3717 and repealing the existing sections.State BillFeb 20, 2025AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section.State BillApr 9, 2026AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child abuse or neglect and reports thereof; establishing a child abuse and neglect registry to be maintained by the secretary for children and families; requiring administrative hearings and an opportunity for appeal before placing an individual on the registry; allowing for expungement from the registry; limiting use of information on the registry; permitting the secretary to maintain other registries or records to meet federal requirements; voiding existing rules and regulations; requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding child custody disputes and that the secretary report to the legislature on such information; amending K.S.A. 59-2132 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223, 38-2272a, 65-516 and 75-7719 and repealing the existing sections.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance; removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services for eligibility; extending the lifetime limitation of temporary assistance for needy families to 60 months; providing for hardship extensions to be granted by the secretary for children and families; exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age from work participation activities; eliminating restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies from receiving food assistance; permitting the secretary to grant categorical eligibility standards; eliminating photograph requirements on benefits cards; eliminating requirements for employment and training programs for certain individuals to be eligible for food assistance; eliminating legislative action to be required for expansion of the medical assistance program; amending K.S.A. 39-702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment; directing the secretaries to enter into agreements with commercial entities and state agencies for the continuous review and comparison of data for public assistance eligibility; requiring the secretary for children and families to review federal sources to verify such eligibility.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning child care; relating to licensure of day care facilities, child care homes and child care centers; reducing license fees and training requirements; creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability and capacity; establishing the Kansas office of early childhood; transferring administration of day care licensing, parent education programs and the child care subsidy program to the Kansas office of early childhood; creating the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund and the day care criminal background and fingerprinting fund; defining youth development programs; amending section 1, as enacted by this act, section 3, as enacted by this act, section 5, as enacted by this act, section 7, as enacted by this act, section 9, as enacted by this act, section 11, as enacted by this act, section 13, as enacted by this act, section 15, as enacted by this act, K.S.A. 38-1901, 38-2103, 65-504, 65-505, 65-508, 65-508, as amended by section 54 of this act, 65-512, 65-527, 65-531, 72-4161, 72-4162, 72-4163, 72-4164 and 72-4166 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-3406, 65-503, 65-503, as amended by section 50 of this act, and 65-516 and repealing the existing sections.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; enacting the applied behavior analysis services in school act; authorizing medically necessary behavioral health services in schools to students with autism and third-party payment for such services; requiring private providers of such services to submit to a criminal history record check; requiring school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section.State BillApr 10, 2026AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance; directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services; prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval; prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs; requiring redeterminations of eligibility for the caretaker medical assistance population every six months; limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program; requiring immediate termination of eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee; increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents; prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section.

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  1. Apr 9, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning child care facilities; relating to licensure of family foster homes; requiring the secretary for children and families to allow maintenance of licensure of family foster homes when certain persons with convictions or adjudications reside in such homes; permitting the secretary, when not required, to license or allow maintenance of licensure when certain persons reside in such homes; creating an appeal process for family foster homes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-516 and repealing the existing section.
  2. Apr 9, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning education; authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities for such nonpublic schools; authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the host family's resident school district without being subject to the open-seat lottery process; adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher; authorizing special education state aid reimbursement for certain teachers who provide services pursuant to a contract; providing for the administration and proctoring of statewide assessments to a virtual school student by such student's virtual school; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123, 72-3404, 72-3422 and 72-3717 and repealing the existing sections.
  3. Feb 20, 2025State BillAN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section.
  4. Apr 9, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child abuse or neglect and reports thereof; establishing a child abuse and neglect registry to be maintained by the secretary for children and families; requiring administrative hearings and an opportunity for appeal before placing an individual on the registry; allowing for expungement from the registry; limiting use of information on the registry; permitting the secretary to maintain other registries or records to meet federal requirements; voiding existing rules and regulations; requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding child custody disputes and that the secretary report to the legislature on such information; amending K.S.A. 59-2132 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223, 38-2272a, 65-516 and 75-7719 and repealing the existing sections.
  5. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance; removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services for eligibility; extending the lifetime limitation of temporary assistance for needy families to 60 months; providing for hardship extensions to be granted by the secretary for children and families; exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age from work participation activities; eliminating restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies from receiving food assistance; permitting the secretary to grant categorical eligibility standards; eliminating photograph requirements on benefits cards; eliminating requirements for employment and training programs for certain individuals to be eligible for food assistance; eliminating legislative action to be required for expansion of the medical assistance program; amending K.S.A. 39-702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections.
  6. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment; directing the secretaries to enter into agreements with commercial entities and state agencies for the continuous review and comparison of data for public assistance eligibility; requiring the secretary for children and families to review federal sources to verify such eligibility.
  7. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections.
  8. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning child care; relating to licensure of day care facilities, child care homes and child care centers; reducing license fees and training requirements; creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability and capacity; establishing the Kansas office of early childhood; transferring administration of day care licensing, parent education programs and the child care subsidy program to the Kansas office of early childhood; creating the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund and the day care criminal background and fingerprinting fund; defining youth development programs; amending section 1, as enacted by this act, section 3, as enacted by this act, section 5, as enacted by this act, section 7, as enacted by this act, section 9, as enacted by this act, section 11, as enacted by this act, section 13, as enacted by this act, section 15, as enacted by this act, K.S.A. 38-1901, 38-2103, 65-504, 65-505, 65-508, 65-508, as amended by section 54 of this act, 65-512, 65-527, 65-531, 72-4161, 72-4162, 72-4163, 72-4164 and 72-4166 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-3406, 65-503, 65-503, as amended by section 50 of this act, and 65-516 and repealing the existing sections.
  9. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; enacting the applied behavior analysis services in school act; authorizing medically necessary behavioral health services in schools to students with autism and third-party payment for such services; requiring private providers of such services to submit to a criminal history record check; requiring school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section.
  10. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance; directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services; prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval; prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs; requiring redeterminations of eligibility for the caretaker medical assistance population every six months; limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program; requiring immediate termination of eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee; increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents; prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section.
  11. Mar 21, 2025State BillAN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections.
  12. Apr 10, 2026State BillAN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations, and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 74-50,107, 74-8711, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-3425i, 79-4801, 79-4804 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections.

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