Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2702

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Engrossed
2/25/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
Enrolled
3/24/26  

Caption

Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances.

Impact

The introduction of HB2702 signifies a potential shift in the regulatory landscape governing medical assistants within the state. By requiring a criminal record check, the bill seeks to improve the overall quality and safety of healthcare services. This change may lead to a higher standard for applicants, directly impacting the criteria for entry into this professional field. As a result, the implementation of this bill may also affect the existing pool of licensed assistants who may need to comply with the new regulations to maintain their licenses.

Summary

House Bill 2702 aims to enhance the oversight and regulation of physician assistants by mandating that applicants for a physician assistant license undergo a criminal record check. This inclusion is designed to ensure that individuals entering the healthcare workforce meet certain ethical and legal standards. This requirement has been introduced in response to growing concerns regarding public safety and the quality of care provided by licensed medical professionals. The bill also emphasizes collaboration between physicians and physician assistants, reinforcing the team-based approach in healthcare delivery.

Contention

Despite the intent to improve healthcare practices, there may be points of contention surrounding HB2702. Advocates of the bill argue that the criminal background check is a necessary step to protect patients and ensure that healthcare providers are trustworthy. However, opponents may raise concerns over the potential for discrimination against applicants with past convictions that are not related to their professional capabilities. Additionally, the requirement for collaboration could be perceived as an infringement of professional autonomy for physician assistants, sparking debates about their roles and responsibilities within the healthcare system.

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 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 SB6

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

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 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 SB8

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

KS HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS SR1701

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

Similar Bills

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