---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 287 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Prohibiting a healthcare provider from administering medication, diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to a minor in a school facility without parental consent, enacting the no patient left alone act to require medical care facilities to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances, expanding licensure of rural emergency hospitals that meet criteria between January 2015 and December 2020 and authorizing emergency medical responders to distribute non prescription over-the-counter medications."
description: "House Substitute for SB 287 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Prohibiting a healthcare provider from administering medication, diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to a minor in a school facility without parental consent, enacting the no patient left alone act to require medical care facilities to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances, expanding licensure of rural emergency hospitals that meet criteria between January 2015 and December 2020 and authorizing emergency medical responders to distribute non prescription over-the-counter medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Kansas SB 287 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2024-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550037fc-8525-4781-88a3-96c992d3849a"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb287/"
source_hash: "56d3d120bd6a313ea5dda819bfa4b659a0009adc1773e6f5634f8a473f130e65"
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 287 (2023-2024) — House Substitute for SB 287 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Prohibiting a healthcare provider from administering medication, diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to a minor in a school facility without parental consent, enacting the no patient left alone act to require medical care facilities to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances, expanding licensure of rural emergency hospitals that meet criteria between January 2015 and December 2020 and authorizing emergency medical responders to distribute non prescription over-the-counter medications.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb287_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb287_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Version 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb287_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb287_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb287_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
- Committee on Health and Human Services — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Hearing: Monday, March 20, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Bryce `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Bryce was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 85 Nay: 37 `passage, substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 109 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Erickson and Senator Pettey appointed as second conferees
- **2024-04-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as second conferees
- **2024-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 111 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2024-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 26 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 10, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/550037fc-8525-4781-88a3-96c992d3849a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).