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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing reimbursement for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services; increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund."
+description: "Providing reimbursement for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services; increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2079"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2079 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-18"
+last_action: "2017-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af94e7a-c31e-40fe-960d-e1cdc22860df"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2079"
+source_hash: "5bdbedd6dc2e4221b413c7880240aef10596ff2b3c89ff6b8702a7bef93ca27b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
+---
+
+# Kansas HB 2079 (2017-2018) — Providing reimbursement for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services; increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2079_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2079_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2079_enrolled.pdf)
+4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2079_02_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **125–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **32–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **101–18** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Water and Environment — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on Water and Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing: Thursday, January 26, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
+- **2017-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Water and Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2017-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Engrossed on Monday, February 20, 2017
+- **2017-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-07** Hearing: Thursday, March 09, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
+- **2017-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Kerschen `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Kerschen was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2017-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Estes and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
+- **2017-05-09** Representative Waymaster, Representative Davis, and Representative Wolfe Moore are appointed to replace Representative Sloan, Representative Rahjes, and Representative Victors on the Conference Committee
+- **2017-05-17** Senator McGinn, Senator Billinger, and Senator Kelly are appointed to replace Senator Kerschen, Senator Estes, and Senator Francisco on the Conference Committee
+- **2017-06-03** Conference committee report now available
+- **2017-06-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
+- **2017-06-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 32 Nay: 5 `passage`
+- **2017-06-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
+- **2017-06-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 101 Nay: 18 `passage`
+- **2017-06-04** Reengrossed on Sunday, June 4, 2017
+- **2017-06-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, June 09, 2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, June 15, 2017 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af94e7a-c31e-40fe-960d-e1cdc22860df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+