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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto."
+description: "Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 238"
+citation: "Kansas SB 238 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-02-12"
+last_action: "2021-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa171688-3ca6-4412-8a96-abe5acdd23c7"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb238"
+source_hash: "f9f4dfd30f1a9958c698ad27f463a3acc3b3776ee388df8276f6fcb223ac2473"
+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 SB 238 (2021-2022) — Substitute for SB 238 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Requiring emergency medical services operators be overseen by medical directors or physicians; clarifying duties and functions of the state board of pharmacy; providing for confidentiality of investigations, inspections and audits; establishing fees on out-of-state facilities; defining telepharmacy and requiring the adoption of rules and regulations related thereto.
+
+## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb238_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb238_03_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled - Law effective June 3, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb238_enrolled.pdf)
+4. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb238_01_0000.pdf)
+5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb238_02_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected — **12–23** (fail) · upper
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–1** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–4** (pass) · upper
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **116–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-15** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
+- **2021-03-01** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Hilderbrand `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Hilderbrand was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected Yea: 12 Nay: 23 `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
+- **2021-03-03** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage, substitution`
+- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2021-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Parker appointed as conferees
+- **2021-04-09** Conference committee report now available
+- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 7 `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
+- **2021-05-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 4 `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 14, 2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa171688-3ca6-4412-8a96-abe5acdd23c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+