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Minutes for HB2004 - Committee on Children and Seniors
Short Title
Creating the right to appeal an involuntary discharge or transfer from an adult residential care facility.
Minutes Content for Thu, Jan 28, 2021
Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor, provided an overview. (Attachment 1)
The following people gave proponent testimony:
Representative Ron Highland (Attachment 2)
Rachel Imthurn, Private Citizen (Attachment 3)
Barbara Hickert, Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Attachment 4)
Dustin Baker, Private Citizen (Attachment 5)
Margaret Farley, Kansas Advocates for Better Care (Attachment 6)
Jamie Gideon, Kansas Alzheimer's Association (Attachment 7)
Mike Burgess, Disability Rights Center of Kansas (Attachment 8)
Written only proponent testimony was submitted by:
Kelly Sommers, Kansas State Nurses Association (Attachment 9)
Callie Denton, Kansas Trial Lawyers Asociation (Attachment 10)
The following people submitted opponent testimony:
Rachel Monger, LeadingAge Kansas (Attachment 11)
Linda MowBray, Kansas Health Care Association, Kansas Center for Assisted Living (Attachment 12) (Attachment 13)
Mark Schulte, Kansas Adult Care Executives (Attachment 14)
