Working Groups of the Kansas Senior Care Task Force (2021-2022)
House Bill 2114 established the Senior Care Task Force, which will convene from August 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023, to study the following topics:
- The provision of care for seniors in the state of Kansas who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other age-related mental health conditions;
- The administration of antipsychotic medications to adult care home residents;
- The safeguards to prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation of seniors in Kansas;
- Adult care home surveys and fines;
- The funding and implementation of the Kansas senior care act, K.S.A. 75-5926 through 75-5936, and amendments thereto;
- Senior daycare resources in the state of Kansas; and
- Rebalancing of home and community based services.
The Task Force also identified the cross-cutting issue of workforce as an additional topic of study. The Task Force has convened two working groups and a workforce subgroup from December 2021 to January 2023 to develop recommendations related to topics directed to them by the Task Force. KHI was asked to facilitate the working groups and subgroup.
Working Groups
Quality of Care and Protective Services (WGA)
- Tuesday, June 14, 2022: 9:00 A.M.—11:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022: 9:00 A.M.—10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, May 10, 2022: 9:00 A.M.—10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, April 26, 2022: 9:00 A.M.—10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, April 12, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, March 22, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, March 8, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, February 22, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, February 8, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, January 25, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, January 11, 2022: 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
Access to Services (WGB)
- Friday, June 17, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, June 3, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, May 20, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, May 6, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, April 29, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, April 15, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, April 1, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, March 25, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, March 11, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, February 25, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, February 11, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, January 28, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, January 21, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Friday, December 17, 2021, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
Workforce Subgroup
- Thursday, July 14, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, June 9, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, May 12, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, May 5, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, April 21, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, March 17, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, January 20, 2022, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
- Thursday, December 16, 2021, 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. CST
Other Working Group Documents
- Calendar: Working Groups of the Kansas Senior Care Task Force
- Working Groups Report to the Senior Care Task Force
- Attachment to Working Groups Report: Evaluation of the Senior Care Act: Fiscal Year 1996 Final Report
Other Links
- Link to Task Force Webpage: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/committees/ctte_tf_ks_senior_care_1/
- Link to Kansas Legislature YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0NO-Pb96CFABvxDwXAq8A