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Minutes for HB2277 - Committee on Appropriations
Short Title
Concerning state agencies; relating to the employee award and recognition program; authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses; increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000; eliminating the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations; and requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 14, 2023
Chairperson Waymaster opened the hearing on HB2277.
Revisor Jill Wolters provided information about HB2277. This bill authorizes the monetary award to go up to $10,000 from $3,500, and makes no modification to the employee suggestion program. The bill expands the award program to authorize an appointing authority to grant a hiring, recruitment, or retention bonus. The bill repeals the authority for the Department of Administration to adopt rules or regulations and clarifies the Secretary of Administration has oversight of the executive branch, agency or appointed councils or commissions only. The two references to the IRS code are stricken from the bill, because those procedures in federal code would not allow for the new bill provisions going forward. (Attachment 1)
Revisor Wolters stood for questions.
Proponent testimony in person:
Samir Arif, Director of Public Affairs, Department of Administration (Attachment 2)
Jeff Zmuda, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) (Attachment 3)
Scott Brunner, Deputy Secretary for Hospitals and Facilities, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) (Attachment 4)
Proponent testimony in written only:
Amber Shultz, Secretary of Labor, Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) (Attachment 5)
Laura Howard, Secretary, Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) (Attachment 6)
Calvin Reed, Acting Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) (Attachment 7)
There was no opponent testimony.
Neutral testimony in written only:
- Jeff Maxon, Interim Executive Branch Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) (Attachment 8)
- Susan Gile, Executive Director, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Attachment 9)
Chairperson Waymaster closed the public hearing on HB2277.
