Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2391

Introduced
2/26/25  

Caption

Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.

Impact

If passed, HB 2391 would have a significant impact on existing state healthcare laws, primarily concerning insurance regulations and patient protections. The bill would amend current legislation to ensure that patients have more meaningful choices and protections within their healthcare plans. There is particular emphasis on requiring insurance companies to cover essential health benefits and eliminate hidden fees that often lead to unexpected medical bills for patients. This approach is designed to foster greater competition among insurers, ultimately lowering costs as they focus on maintaining transparent practices.

Summary

House Bill 2391 aims to expand access to healthcare services and improve insurance coverage for residents within the state. The bill introduces provisions that enhance patient rights, address affordability concerns, and promote transparency in healthcare pricing. Proponents argue that these measures are essential for ensuring more individuals can receive the medical attention they need without facing prohibitive costs. Among its key features, the bill mandates that healthcare providers and insurers clearly communicate costs to patients before treatment, helping consumers make informed decisions regarding their care.

Conclusion

In conclusion, House Bill 2391 seeks to address the pressing concerns of healthcare access and affordability by strengthening patient rights and enhancing transparency within the insurance market. Its passage could signal a shift towards more consumer-oriented legislation that prioritizes the needs of patients in the state's healthcare system, although it remains to be seen how the legislation will balance the needs of patients, healthcare providers, and insurers.

Contention

While supporters of HB 2391 hail it as a necessary reform to fix systemic issues within the current healthcare framework, critics caution that the bill may lead to unintended consequences, such as increased premiums for certain insurance policies. Some lawmakers worry that while the intent is to better protect consumers, the regulatory burden placed on insurers might result in higher costs being passed to consumers in the form of elevated premiums. Additionally, debates have surfaced surrounding the financial viability of requiring insurers to free up costs associated with billing transparency and mandated coverage.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SR1701

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

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