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Recent Legislative Testimony - by Subject
(All Testimony is in PDF format, unless otherwise noted)

Subject
Date
Presented To:
Presented By:
HB 2030 - Educational Program for Reporters of Child Abuse February 6, 2003 House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary, Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2067 - Establishment of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas March 24, 2003 Social Services Budget Committee Margaret Zillinger,
Acting Director of Community Supports&Services
       
HB 2095 - Concerning children in need of care; records and reports February 6, 2003 House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee

Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2095 - Concerning children in need of care; records and reports February 18, 2003 House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2116 - create a commission on health in Kansas February 11, 2003 House Health and Human Services Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
HB 2125 - Rights of Foster Parents February 12, 2003 House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2125 - Rights of Foster Parents March 12, 2003 Senate Judiciary Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2186 - Concerning public utilities March 13, 2003 Senate Utilities Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2254 - Dependent Persons February 19,2003 House Health & Human Services Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2254 - Dependent Persons March 24, 2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee John Badger, Chief Counsel for SRS
       
HB 2300 - Concerning children in need of care March 12, 2003 House Federal and State Affairs Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
HB 2331 - Child support & dormancy February 19,2003 House Judiciary Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
HB 2354 - Children in Need of Care, family preservation, legislator access to CINC records and child abuse and neglect records March 12, 2003 House Federal and State Affairs Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 27 - Education Requirements for DUI Offenders February 3,2003 Senate Judiciary Committee Donna Doolin, Acting Director, Addiction & Prevention Services
       
SB 56 - Putative Father Registry February 6, 2003 Senate Judiciary Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 67 - Open records in the event of a child fatality February 6, 2003 Senate Judiciary Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
SB 67 - Open records in the event of a child fatality March 17, 2003 House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 70 - Repeal of child support pass through requirement February 10, 2003 Senate Judiciary Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
SB 70 - Permanent moratorium on the child support pass through requirement March 12, 2003 House Judiciary Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
SB 71 - Repealing the Kansas Payment Center sunset provision February 11, 2003 Senate Judiciary Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
SB 71 - Repealing the Kansas Payment Center sunset provision March 12, 2003 House Judiciary Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 213 - Prearranged agreements for burial plots February 20, 2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 242 - Amendments to Developmental Disability Reform Act February 24 ,2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
       
SB 244 - Concerning district coroners March 6, 2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee Dennis Priest, Program Administrator, Integrated Service Delivery
       
SB 272 - Concerning repayment of medical assistance March 28, 2003 Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
 
Adult Enrollment in HealthWave December 1, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues Becky Ross, an administrator, Medicaid/Medical Policy
 
Agents Compensation Payroll Review for Home and Community Based Waiver Programs August 26, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means / Appropriations Margaret Zillinger, Director of Community Supports and Services, HCP
Agency Overview February 4, 2003 Senate Public Health & Welfare Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Schedule 1     Schedule 2
Agency Overview January 31, 2003 Senate Ways & Means Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Agency Overview of 2003 January 16, 2003 House Health & Human Services Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Answers to Questions asked by Committee Members January 21, 2003 House Health & Human Services Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Briefing on Child in Need of Care January 30, 2003 Corrections & Juvenile Justice Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
 October 30, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues Sandra Hazlett Director of Children and Family Policy
 
Child Welfare Contract Extensions
 October 30, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues Sandra Hazlett Director of Children and Family Policy
Child Support Enforcement Update August 20, 2003 Joint Committee on Children's Issues Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Child Support Enforcement Legislative Proposals January 27, 2003 Senate Judiciary Committee John Badger, Chief Legal Counsel
Consumer Education for Medicaid Beneficiaries August 29,2003 Health Insurance Issues Working Group Monica Mayer, and an Administrator for SRS Medicaid
Continued Use of Monthly Eligibility Cards
 October 30, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues Amanda Reichard Health Care Policy/ Medical Policy
Direct Services Workforce Grant Application September 29, 2003 Long Term Care Services Task Force Margaret Zillinger, Director of Community Supports and Services with SRS
Estate Recovery
 		September 29, 2003 Long Term Care Services Task Force Brian Vazquez,
a program administrator with SRS
Food Stamp Program Error Rate August 20, 2003 Legislative Budget Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
FY 2004 Federal Block Grants March 5, 2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
 
Funding for After School Child CAre Programs October 30, 2003 Children’s Issues Committee
 Bobbi Mariani, Director of Economic and Employment Support
HCBS Waiver Trends February 14, 2003 House Appropriations Committee Rick Shults, Director of Management Operations (HCP)
HealthWave August 20, 2003 Joint Committee on Children's Issues Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
State Children’s Health Insurance Program September22, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues
 Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
 
Kansas Medicaid:
Focus on Long Term Care & Prescription Drugs
Februay 13,2003 President's Task Force on Medicaid Reform Robert Day, Director, Medical Policy
Presentation  |  Poverty guidelines  |  Population & Acronyms Definitions
 
KNI and Community Placement
 September 22, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means/ Appropriations Leon Owens, Superintendent of the Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI)
Long Term Care Issues February 17, 2003 President's Task Force on Medicaid Reform Robert Day, Director, Medical Policy
Medicaid Fraud    February 4, 2003 Senate Financial Institutions & Insurance Committee Robert Day, Director, Medical Policy
Medicaid Funding for the School for the Blind and School for the Deaf March 13, 2003 Appropriations Subcommittee on Medicaid Funding for the School
for the Blind and School for the Deaf		 Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
Medicaid Resource Spend down and Long Term Care Insurance Credit October 23, 2003 Long Term Care Services Task Force Jeanine Schieferecke, Medicaid Eligibility Manager
Medical Transportation September 23, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means/ Appropriations Nialson Lee an Administrator for Health Care Policy /Medical Policy
Mental Health Services for Children December 1, 2003 Joint Committee on Children’s Issues Sue McKenna, Assistant Director, Children and Family Policy
Methamphetamine Use and Abuse in Kansas
 August 12, 2003 Joint Committee on Corrections and
Juvenile Justice Oversight		 Lori Alvarado prevention team leader at SRS
Pharmaceuticals from other Countries October 23, 2003 Long Term Care Services Task Force Karen Braman
Policy Options Discussion Guide March 5, 2003 President's Task Force on Medicaid Reform Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Policy Options Discussion Guide February 12, 2003 Senate Ways and Means Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
Real Choices Systems Change Grant October 23, 2003 Long Term Care Services Task Force Brent Widick, a grant manager for Real Choices Systems Change Grant.
Service Delivery Redesign Update November 18, 2003 Legislative Budget Committee Candy Shively, Deputy Secretary,
Integrated Service Delivery
 
SRS Capital Improvement Plan November 6, 2003 Joint Committee on State Building Construction Gary LaShell, Architect for SRS
SRS Assessment of Community Developmental Disabilities Organization Redesign Proposal
 August 20, 2003 Legislative Budget Committee Janet Schalansky, Secretary
SRS Information Technology Update August 21, 2003 Joint Committee on Information Technology Steve Patterson, Chief Information Officer/Director
IT Services
SRS Response to CDDO Audit December 16, 2003 Special Committee on Appropriations/ Ways and Means Margaret Zillinger, Director of Community Supports and Services with SRS
SRS Response to CDDO Audit November 18, 2003 Legislative Budget Committee Margaret Zillinger, Director of Community Supports and Services with SRS
State Mental Health Hospitals September 22, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means/ Appropriations Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
State Hospitals for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
September 22, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means/ Appropriations Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
State Hospitals Presentation February 11, 2003 House Social Services Budget Committee Laura Howard, Deputy Secretary, Division of Health Care Policy
Average length of stay at State Hospitals
Telemedicine August 26, 2003 Long-Term Care Services Task Force Nialson Lee an Administrator for Health Care Policy /Medical Policy
United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in Fisher v. Oklahoma August 26, 2003 Special Committee on Ways and Means / Appropriations Margaret Zillinger, Director of Community Supports and Services, HCP
 
Update on State-Tribal Relations November 5, 2003 Joint Committee on State -Tribal Relations Brent Widick, Tribal Liaison (SRS)

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