SB 363 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) to seek federal approval for continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, directing state agencies to report to certain legislative committees on Kansans losing public assistance program eligibility, requiring the Kansas department for children and families and KDHE to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, requiring quarterly eligibility redeterminations for medical assistance and providing exceptions for certain individuals, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.

SB 363 requires Kansas health and children's agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance using mandatory data-sharing agreements with state agencies (e.g., vital records for death confirmation, labor data for employment changes). It prohibits self-attestation for eligibility, mandates quarterly medical assistance eligibility reviews, and requires immediate termination upon death confirmation. The bill also increases the age limit for able-bodied adults without dependents in medical assistance, restricts work requirement exemptions, and limits retroactive enrollment. These changes directly affect Kansas residents applying for or receiving food or medical assistance programs administered by the state.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} As Amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform · 4 edits
MODERATE
The House Committee amended the bill to shift the focus from establishing continuous Medicaid eligibility protections to requiring the state to negotiate with federal officials for such protections. The changes add a requirement for the department to work with federal agencies to determine waiver options and report on the results, while modifying the language regarding eligibility redeterminations to include discussions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Scope change
The bill's scope shifted from mandating specific eligibility protections to mandating a process of seeking federal approval and reporting on the outcomes of those negotiations.
ELIGIBILITY

The specific mandate to establish continuous Medicaid eligibility was removed and replaced with language requiring the department to work with federal agencies to determine if a waiver allowing continuous eligibility can be obtained.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added for the department to maintain records of all correspondence with federal agencies and make these records available for public inspection.

The requirement to limit eligibility redeterminations was modified to explicitly require discussion with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services before implementation.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and numbering errors in the legislative text were corrected, and page headers were updated to reflect the House Committee amendment.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 25, Nay 12, Absent 2
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Renee Erickson was adopted
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Renee Erickson
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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