Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.

HB 2245 transfers the administration of Kansas' state employee health benefits program from the Department of Administration to the Insurance Department, effective July 1, 2025. It makes the Insurance Commissioner the chair of the state employees' health care commission and gives them full authority over the commission's management. The bill also eliminates a pilot program that allowed certain employers to contribute to health coverage for children. This change directly affects state employees receiving health benefits and reorganizes how the state manages its health care program.