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Minutes for HB2248 - Committee on Ways and Means
Short Title
Increasing state financial assistance to local health departments under specified circumstances.
Minutes Content for Wed, Mar 24, 2021
Chairperson Billinger opened the hearing on HB 2248. Megan Leopold, Legislative Research Department, provided an oral overview of the bill.
Dennis Kriesel, Executive Director, Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, spoke in support of the bill. It will benefit all health departments and not just the ones in urban counties. It also removes the need for an annual proviso and has no fiscal impact on the state as this just prepares the system in an increase is included in KDHE's budget. (Attachment 24)
Written testimony in support of the bill was submitted by:
Cristi Cain, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Attachment 25)
Brandon Skidmore, Kansas Public Health Association (Attachment 26)
Toni Irvin, Grant County Health Department (Attachment 27)
Diana Parke, Trego County Health Department (Attachment 28)
Lynette Redington, Harvey County Health Department (Attachment 29)
Renee Hively, Flint Hills Community Health Center (Attachment 30)
Kerri Ulrich, Kiowa County Health Department (Attachment 31)
Jennifer Cure, Sherman County Health Department (Attachment 32)
Shalei Shea, McPherson County Health Department (Attachment 33)
Aften Gardner, Wallace County Health Department (Attachment 34)
Tisha Coleman, Linn County Health Department (Attachment 35)
There being no further conferees, Chairperson Billinger closed the hearing on HB 2248.
Chairperson Billinger adjourned the meeting at 12:27 pm. The next meeting will be March 25, 2021.
