Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB284

Introduced
3/3/25  
Refer
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Refer
1/28/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/13/26  

Caption

Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.

Impact

The bill grants the Kansas Attorney General significant authority to investigate and penalize violations relating to the distribution of 340B drugs. This includes the ability to impose civil penalties of up to $50,000 for each violation, and the establishment of a Defense of Drug Delivery Fund to manage the fees collected from these penalties. The implications of this legislation may lead to increased oversight regarding how manufacturers interact with covered entities, thereby enhancing access to essential medications for those entities.

Summary

Senate Bill 284 establishes the Defense of Drug Delivery Act in Kansas, aimed at prohibiting manufacturer interference in the distribution of 340B drugs. The bill is particularly focused on protecting covered entities that participate in the federal 340B drug pricing program, which allows these entities to purchase medications at reduced prices. It outlines that manufacturers, wholesalers, and other related entities cannot deny or restrict the acquisition of these drugs by covered entities unless such actions are aligned with federal or state law.

Contention

Proponents of SB284 argue that the bill is essential for safeguarding access to affordable medications for vulnerable populations served by covered entities. They emphasize that without such protections, manufacturers could unfairly restrict access to necessary drugs, thereby undermining the intent of the 340B program. However, opponents express concerns about potential overreach and the implications of increased regulatory oversight on pharmaceutical companies, which could complicate the drug distribution process. As such, the bill highlights a broader debate about balancing corporate interests with public health objectives.

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 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 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 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 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 SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.