---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the rate and expanding the base of the hospital provider assessment and extending the quality care assessment imposed on skilled nursing care facilities."
description: "Increasing the rate and expanding the base of the hospital provider assessment and extending the quality care assessment imposed on skilled nursing care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2168"
citation: "Kansas HB 2168 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece518a3-133e-4f57-8857-e35e329b8b87"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2168"
source_hash: "e1afb08e80a1aec7908367967820e2e8a4022d6c9fd3bd1991537d983f4ee3ed"
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 2168 (2019-2020) — Increasing the rate and expanding the base of the hospital provider assessment and extending the quality care assessment imposed on skilled nursing care facilities.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2168_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2168_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2168_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 9, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2168_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **91–24** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **33–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education Budget — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Introduced
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Monday, February 18, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing: Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Alley and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees
- **2020-03-17** Senator McGinn, Senator Billinger, and Senator Hawk are appointed to replace Senator Baumgardner, Senator Alley, and Senator Sykes on the Conference Committee
- **2020-03-19** Conference committee report now available
- **2020-03-19** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 33 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2020-03-19** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 91 Nay: 24 `passage`
- **2020-04-27** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-27** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 2, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece518a3-133e-4f57-8857-e35e329b8b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).