Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HCR5013

Introduced
3/12/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  

Caption

Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.

Impact

If HCR5013 is enacted, it could lead to significant changes in how Medicare Advantage plans are regulated within Kansas and potentially influence similar legislative changes in other states. The resolution aims to enhance state authorities in overseeing marketing and consumer disclosures related to Medicare Advantage. This could result in stronger protections for vulnerable populations, notably seniors, against misleading promotional tactics used by private insurers. Consequently, this might foster a more transparent health insurance marketplace.

Summary

HCR5013 is a Concurrent Resolution introduced in the Kansas Legislature that urges Congress to grant state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans. The resolution argues that the current federal framework limits the ability of states to regulate these plans effectively, leaving consumers vulnerable to aggressive and potentially deceptive marketing practices that have been reported across the country. The resolution emphasizes that a lack of state oversight has resulted in various complaints regarding the misrepresentation of information related to provider networks and the actual benefits of Medicare Advantage plans.

Contention

The resolution is rooted in ongoing concerns about consumer protection within the Medicare Advantage sector. It raises points of contention surrounding the adequacy of federal oversight by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which, according to the resolution, has failed to address misleading marketing practices effectively. Proponents of HCR5013 advocate for state-based regulation, arguing that it would better serve the interests of Kansas residents. However, critics may contend that shifting regulatory power to states could create inconsistencies and a patchwork of regulations, potentially complicating the national standards that currently exist.

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 HB2002

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

KS SCR1602

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

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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 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 SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.