Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2532

Introduced
1/23/26  

Caption

Establishing an impaired provider program, expanding the grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee and providing for the reinstatement of a revoked license under the Kansas nurse practice act.

Impact

The bill significantly alters the disciplinary framework within which the Kansas State Board of Nursing operates. By introducing the impaired provider program, the state recognizes that health professionals may face challenges that impact their ability to provide care. The amendment to disciplinary criteria allows for more nuance in handling cases involving substance use or mental health issues, thus providing a potential pathway for rehabilitation rather than immediate punitive action. The ability for licensees to participate in this program without facing the full brunt of disciplinary actions can lead to better outcomes for both healthcare providers and their patients.

Summary

House Bill 2532 establishes an impaired provider program aimed at supporting nurses who may be struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues. The bill outlines the powers and duties of the Kansas State Board of Nursing regarding the initiation of the program, which includes identification, intervention, and treatment options for impaired licensees. It also allows for deferred disciplinary action as a means of addressing potential impairments while still maintaining public safety within the nursing profession. This program is intended to promote rehabilitation without necessarily resorting to revocation of a nursing license for those who demonstrate a willingness to seek help.

Contention

Critics of HB 2532 may argue that while the intention is to support impaired providers, there are concerns regarding public safety. Potential contention lies in how the Board assesses the adequacy of rehabilitation and the criteria for reinstatement of a revoked license. Questions may arise about the balance between protecting the public and enabling an impaired nurse to return to practice. Moreover, the financial implications of administering the impaired provider program, including funding and the potential for increased fees for licensees, may be points of contention within legislative discussions.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

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

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 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 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 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 SB6

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

KS SB8

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

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

Similar Bills

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