KS SB430 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 11, 2024
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 11, 2024
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Providing workers compensation act coverage for the Kansas national guard, limiting benefit reductions for retirement benefits, increasing dependents death benefits, reducing certain functional impairment requirements, increasing compensation for certain disability categories and for treatment without authorization, raising the evidentiary standard for future medical treatment, limiting certain procedures for post-award medical benefit claims, allowing benefit payment by funds transfer or payment cards, establishing procedures for neutral healthcare examinations, exchanges and admission of medical reports, extending employee injury notification deadlines, eliminating the deadline for motions to avoid dismissal for lack of prosecution, providing for expedited settlement and digital recording of hearings and other changes to the workers compensation act.
Title
Providing workers compensation act coverage for the Kansas national guard, limiting benefit reductions for retirement benefits, increasing dependents death benefits, reducing certain functional impairment requirements, increasing compensation for certain disability categories and for treatment without authorization, raising the evidentiary standard for future medical treatment, limiting certain procedures for post-award medical benefit claims, allowing benefit payment by funds transfer or payment cards, establishing procedures for neutral healthcare examinations, exchanges and admission of medical reports, extending employee injury notification deadlines, eliminating the deadline for motions to avoid dismissal for lack of prosecution, providing for expedited settlement and digital recording of hearings and other changes to the workers compensation act.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-27 - House - House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 122 Nay: 0 (Y: 122 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-25 | Senate | Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
| 2024-04-05 | Senate | Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 5, 2024 |
| 2024-03-27 | House | House Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 |
| 2024-03-27 | House | House Committee of the Whole - Be passed |
| 2024-03-05 | House | House Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by |
| 2024-02-21 | House | House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development |
| 2024-02-21 | House | House Received and Introduced |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 |
| 2024-02-20 | Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Senate Referred to Committee on Commerce |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Senate Introduced |
