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Minutes for SB277 - Committee on Education
Short Title
Clarifying the authority of healing arts school clinics to provide healing arts services.
Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 3, 2020
Chairperson Baumgardner opened the hearing on SB277.
Proponent Carl Cleveland III, Doctor of Chiropractic and President of Cleveland University-Kansas City (CUKC) told how Cleveland University was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1922 and since 2008 has provided instruction at its newly renovated campus in Overland Park, Kansas. SB277 would eliminate the conflict between K.S.A. 74-32,164 that exempts CUKC from coverage under the Kansas Private and Out-of-State Post-secondary Education Institution Act and K.S.A. 65-2877a that enables the university to operate an educational clinic but requires Kansas Board of Regents approval. It would also clarify CUKC’s authority for expanding clinical teaching opportunities to include community clinics. The administration’s short-range and long-range plans include creating educational opportunities for enhancing the student intern education and patient care experience caring for diverse populations within Johnson and Wyandotte Counties. (Attachment 4)
Travis R. Oller, Doctor of Chiropractic and Executive Director, Kansas Chiropractic Association, provided testimony in support of the bill, as it would allow Cleveland University to establish or partner with other healthcare facilities such as community clinics, multi-disciplinary health centers and other specialty clinics. This would provide student interns the opportunity to learn with a more diverse patient population. (Attachment 5)
Written proponent testimony was submitted by Matt Lindsey, President, Kansas Independent College Association, which explains in more detail the problems CUKC has had in dealing with the conflicts in the two statutes and how in 2017 the Kansas Legislature explicitly exempted CUKC from the Private and Out-of-State Post-secondary Educational Institutions Act. This removed regulatory approval by the Kansas Board of Regents but had unintentional consequences of putting CUKC in conflict with the Board of Healing Arts statutes regulating operation of educational clinics in the state. Section 1 of SB277 seeks to reconcile this conflict. Section 2 provides clarity to current law regarding off-campus clinical sites.(Attachment 6)
Tucker L. Poling, Interim Executive Director/General Counsel, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, provided neutral testimony describing how current law generally requires that only professional business entities (professional corporation, etc.) may engage in the practice of healing arts. This bill updates K.S.A. 65-2877a to maintain the status quo with respect to the existing clinical activity of Cleveland University and extends the statute to allow for offsite clinics owned and operated by the school in partnership with other providers. The Board does not believe the bill will significantly impact the duties and functions of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.(Attachment 7)
Chairperson Baumgardner closed the hearing on SB277.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:52 PM.
The next scheduled meeting is February 4, 2020.
