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Minutes for HB2206 - Committee on Health and Human Services

Short Title

Relating to telemedicine.

Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 16, 2017

The Chairperson opened the hearing on HB2206.

Eileen Ma, Assistant Revisor of Statutes, Office of the Revisor of Statutes gave the bill brief on HB2206.

The following proponents, opponents, and neutral parties appeared before the committee and written testimony in support of the bill was also submitted to the committee.

Proponents:

Representative Jim Kelly, 11th District, Kansas House of Representatives (Attachment 8);

Kyle Kessler, Executive Director, Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas (Attachment 9);

Nathan Fawson, Executive Director, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (Attachment 10;

Bruce Witt, President, Kansas Metro Business and Healthcare Coalition (Attachment 11);

Carie Brown, Director, Behavioral Health, Hear of Kansas Family Health Care (Attachment 12);

Staci Clarkson, Associate Executive Director, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center (Attachment 13);

Julie Bruington, Director, Tri-County Interlocal (Attachment 14);

Shawna Wright, Licensed Pathologist, Wright Pathological Services (Attachment 15);

 Jennifer Findley, Kansas Hospital Association (Attachment 16);

Yi Liao, Product Manager, Genoa Telepsychiatry (Attachment 17);

Terry Collins, Legislative Chair, Kansas Association of Special Education Administrators (Attachment 18);

Susan Mosier, M.D., Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Attachment 19).

Written proponents:

Les Sperling, CEO, Central Kansas Foundation (Attachment 20);

Janine Gracy, Project Director, Heartland Telehealth Resource Center (Attachment 21);

Monte Coffman, Executive Director, Health Management of Kansas, Windsor Place (Attachment 22);

Sandy Kuhlman, Executive Director, Hospice Services and Palliative Care of Northwest Kansas (Attachment 23);

Denise Cyzman, Executive Director, Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (Attachment 24);

Marvin Miller, Chair, Kansas Special Education Advisory Council (Attachment 25);

Kim Moore, President, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund  (Attachment 26);

Jason Wesco, Executive Vice President, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (Attachment 27);

Debra Burnett, President, Kansas Speech, Language and Hearing Association (Attachment 28);

Michael Lowers, Executive Director, Central Kansas Cooperative in Education (Attachment 29);

Jennifer Westerberg, Legislative Chair, Kansas Therapy Association (Attachment 30);

Elisha Yaghmai, M.D., President, Vigilias Telehealth (Attachment 31);

Margaret Grismer, CEO, Kiowa District Healthcare (Attachment 32);

Opponents:

Sunee Mickle, Director, Government Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. (Attachment 33);

Mike Atwood, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. (Attachment 34);

Melissa Panettiere, Director, Government Affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Attachment 35);

Neutral:

Rachelle Colombo, Director, Government Affairs, Kansas Medical Society (Attachment 36);

Alexandra Blasi, Executive Director, Kansas Board of Pharmacy (Attachment 37);

Eve-Lynn Nelson, Director, Kansas University Center for Telemedicine (Attachment 38).

After all the committee members' questions were answered, the Chairperson closed the hearing on HB2206.