CHAPTER 106
House Bill No. 2284*
An Act concerning the department of administration; relating to the procurement of managed care organizations for the Kansas program of medical assistance; requiring adoption of policies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The department of administration shall adopt written policies governing the negotiated procurement of state medicaid services to be provided by managed care organizations pursuant to a contract with the Kansas program of medical assistance governed by K.S.A. 75-37,102, and amendments thereto.
(b) Such policy shall include:
(1) A prohibition on destruction of records, including evaluation documents, that complies with the Kansas open records act;
(2) adoption of a tiebreak procedure if part of the evaluation process used to make award recommendations involves scoring by individuals or committees;
(3) a requirement to be transparent with the legislature during each step of the procurement process to the fullest extent permitted by state law; and
(4) an appeals process. Appeals shall be overseen and adjudicated by an appeals committee. Such committee shall be comprised of the president of the senate, the chairperson and ranking minority member of the senate standing committee on financial institutions and insurance, the chairperson and ranking minority member of the senate standing committee on public health and welfare, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairperson and ranking minority member of the house standing committee on insurance and the chairperson and ranking minority member of the house standing committee on health and human services. Such appeals committee shall oversee and adjudicate appeals pursuant to this section in accordance with policies adopted by the department of administration.
(c) Policies required by this section shall be adopted and implemented prior to July 1, 2026.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
Governor’s veto overridden.
(See Messages from the Governor)
CERTIFICATE
In accordance with K.S.A. 45-304, it is certified that HB 2284, was not approved by the Governor on April 3, 2025. The bill was approved on April 10, 2025 by two-thirds of the members elected to the House of Representatives notwithstanding the objections of the Governor; was reconsidered by the Senate and approved on April 10, 2025 by two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate notwithstanding the objections, and the bill did pass and shall become law.
This certificate is made this 10th day of April 2025, by the President of the Senate and Secretary of the Senate and the Speaker of the House and Chief Clerk of the House.
Ty Masterson
President of the Senate
Corey Carnahan
Secretary of the Senate
Daniel R. Hawkins
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Susan W. Kannarr
Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved Date.
Published in the Kansas Register Date.
