Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2770

Introduced
2/10/26  

Caption

Permitting the director of investments of the health care stabilization fund to invest funds as authorized for insurance companies.

Impact

The modifications introduced by HB2770 include amendments to K.S.A. 40-3406, which pertains to the regulations surrounding investments by the Health Care Stabilization Fund. By enabling the director to invest in a wider array of financial instruments, the bill aims to ensure the fund can achieve better returns. This would not only benefit the fund itself but also enhance the funding security for various health care providers dependent upon its economical viability. Such changes can improve resources available to health care entities, potentially affecting care quality and accessibility across the state.

Summary

House Bill 2770 pertains specifically to the Health Care Stabilization Fund in Kansas. This bill aims to revise the investment permissions for the director of investments of the fund, allowing for a broader range of investment opportunities that are typically authorized for insurance companies. The intent of this legislation is to create a more robust financial foundation for the fund by diversifying its investment portfolio, which could lead to improved financial outcomes for health care providers relying on the stability of this fund.

Contention

Discussions surrounding HB2770 have highlighted concerns regarding the risk associated with increased investment freedoms. Stakeholders may fear that the diversification of investments could lead to exposure to greater risks, particularly if the new asset classes are not managed prudently. The effectiveness of the bill in stabilizing health care finances could come into question if these investments do not yield the expected results. There is potential for debate among legislators and interest groups on whether the benefits outweigh the risks inherent in extending investment capabilities for the fund.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.