Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2735

Introduced
2/5/26  

Caption

Enacting the patient's right to save act to establish shared savings programs and providing for the duties and requirements of such programs.

Impact

The proposed legislation is significant as it introduces new frameworks within state laws concerning how patients interact with healthcare costs. By facilitating mechanisms for shared savings, HB2735 could potentially reduce out-of-pocket expenses for patients, providing them with greater financial sustainability. While the bill is framed as a patient-friendly initiative, its implications on existing healthcare reimbursement models and provider incentives could prompt changes in how care is delivered and compensated in the state.

Summary

House Bill 2735, known as the Patient's Right to Save Act, aims to establish shared savings programs that allow patients to benefit from cost savings associated with their healthcare services. The bill outlines specific duties and requirements for healthcare providers involved in these programs, which are designed to incentivize cost-effective medical decisions by giving patients a share of the savings generated by such decisions. This approach reflects a growing trend in healthcare policy that seeks to engage patients more directly in their care choices and encourage affordability in healthcare delivery.

Contention

Despite its intended benefits, discussions surrounding HB2735 reveal points of contention. Some legislators worry that the bill's implementation could complicate existing reimbursement systems, thereby creating unintended consequences for both patients and providers. Critics argue that while the idea of shared savings is appealing, without proper regulatory oversight, the execution of such programs could lead to inequities in care and hinder access to necessary services for some patient populations. Proponents of the bill counter that the focus on patient savings and engagement will ultimately enhance healthcare outcomes and contribute to lowering overall costs in the long run.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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