2020 Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and Kancare Oversight

Agenda/Minutes  • Report

Senate	House
Senator Gene Suellentrop, Vice-chairperson Senator Ed Berger Senator Bud Estes Senator Richard Hilderbrand Senator Pat Pettey	Representative Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson Representative Barbara Ballard Representative John Barker Representative Will Carpenter Representative Susan Concannon Representative Monica Murnan
Kansas Legislative Research Dept.	Office of Revisor of Statutes
Iraida Orr Marisa Bayless Megan Leopold	Eileen Ma Scott Abbott Kyle Hamilton
Committee Assistant
David Long

Charge

Oversee Long-term Care Services and KanCare

KSA 2019 Supp. 39-7,160 directs the Committee to oversee long-term care services, including home and community based services (HCBS). The Committee is to oversee the savings resulting from the transfer of individuals from state or private institutions to HCBS and to ensure that any proceeds resulting from the successful transfer be applied to the system for the provision of services for long-term care system. Further, the Committee is to oversee the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and the state Medicaid program (KanCare), and monitor and study the implementation and operations of these programs including, but not limited to, access to and quality of services provided and any financial information and budgetary issues.

Approved Meeting Days: 4 days