EMS scope bill moves forward with big changes
0 | Mar. 11, 2010 |
After making substantial changes, a House committee on Thursday approved a bill that assigns new duties and in some cases titles for the different levels of Emergency Medical Services workers.
Ways and Means Committee agrees to cuts in social services
0 | Mar. 11, 2010 |
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday upheld proposed cuts in the budgets of the Kansas Health Policy Authority and the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
Ways and Means subcommittee finishes KHPA and SRS budgets
0 | Mar. 11, 2010 |
Some of the Legislature's strongest supporters of early childhood development programs signed off on sharp cuts in children's programs, re-emphasizing the signal from Senate GOP leaders that tax increases will be necessary.
Advocate: Quality assurances missing from nursing home bill
0 | Mar. 10, 2010 |
“There’s nothing in here that puts a focus on quality of care. It's a sieve,” said Mitzi McFatrich of Kansas Advocates for Better Care.
Senate panel unsatisfied with cuts proposed by KHPA
0 | Mar. 09, 2010 |
Members of the Senate budget committee that oversees spending by the Kansas Health Policy Authority made clear today they were unhappy with proposed budget cuts offered by the agency. In the course of three meetings Tuesday, members twice told the agency's chief to go back and try again
Teens describe the foster care experience
0 | Mar. 09, 2010 |
“My mother had a habit of leaving me – when I was 10 years old -- with my four brothers and sisters while my dad was in rehab for a week or two at a time,” Rachel Perkins, 19, said Monday during testimony before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee.
Foster care system criticized, defended
0 | Mar. 05, 2010 |
“I’m concerned when I hear we’re in this for money," said The Very Reverend Edward Fellhauer, who runs St. Francis Community Services. "That is just not accurate."
Judges tie prevention to foster care reform
0 | Mar. 04, 2010 |
The surest way to improve the state’s foster care system is to solve the problems that force children into it, a pair of juvenile court judges said Wednesday.
State's foster care system better than most
0 | Mar. 03, 2010 |
A national expert says Kansas’ foster care system appears to be as good or better than most.
Advocate: State is 'dangerously close' to being sued
0 | Feb. 26, 2010 |
Legislators are likely to find themselves in federal court if cuts to home and community based services are not restored, advocates for people with disabilities said.
Committee begins review of SRS budget
0 | Feb. 24, 2010 |
"This has been an extremely challenging time," SRS Secretary Don Jordan told members of the House Social Services Budget Committee.
Attorney proposes adoption law clarification
0 | Feb. 23, 2010 |
One of the state’s top adoption attorneys on Tuesday asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to strike a balance between protecting a non-custodial parent’s rights and doing what’s best for a child.
Child welfare hearings rescheduled
0 | Feb. 18, 2010 |
NCSL experts to meet with House Federal and State Affairs Committee.
Committee recommends ending Kansas Mentors funding
0 | Feb. 17, 2010 |
“This is a year in which we’re having to set priorities, we’re having to choose between wants and needs,” said House Social Services Budget Committee Chairwoman Peggy Mast, R-Emporia.
Malpractice case has doctors worried
0 | Feb. 16, 2010 |
If the Kansas Supreme Court reverses a decades-old law capping damages in medical liability cases, Kansas doctors will be ready with a proposed constitutional amendment.
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