2021 Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and Kancare Oversight

Agenda/Minutes  • Report (PDF)

Senate	House
Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, Chair Sen. Renee Erickson Sen. Beverly Gossage Sen. Pat Pettey Sen. Mark Steffen	Rep. Brenda Landwehr, Vice Chair Rep. Barbara Ballard Rep. Will Carpenter Rep. Susan Concannon Rep. Megan Lynn Rep. Susan Ruiz
Kansas Legislative Research Dept.	Office of Revisor of Statutes
Megan Leopold Iraida Orr	Scott Abbott Eileen Ma Jessie Pringle
Committee Assistant

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