---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2208 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing certification and funding for certified community behavioral health clinics, enacting the rural emergency hospital act to provide for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals, authorizing telemedicine waivers for out-of-state healthcare providers, reducing certain requirements for licensure by the behavioral sciences regulatory board and expanding out-of-state temporary permits to practice behavioral sciences professions."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2208 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing certification and funding for certified community behavioral health clinics, enacting the rural emergency hospital act to provide for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals, authorizing telemedicine waivers for out-of-state healthcare providers, reducing certain requirements for licensure by the behavioral sciences regulatory board and expanding out-of-state temporary permits to practice behavioral sciences professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2208"
citation: "Kansas HB 2208 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd3c032c-aa9c-477e-8bc3-41766d52b02d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2208"
source_hash: "0ff58d67d5182841cb988f8cd3a7cebb633d56925ad7b0e863674e5c172a5971"
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 2208 (2021-2022) — Senate Substitute for HB 2208 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Establishing certification and funding for certified community behavioral health clinics, enacting the rural emergency hospital act to provide for the licensure of rural emergency hospitals, authorizing telemedicine waivers for out-of-state healthcare providers, reducing certain requirements for licensure by the behavioral sciences regulatory board and expanding out-of-state temporary permits to practice behavioral sciences professions.

## 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/hb2208_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2208_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective May 6, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2208_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2208_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 11, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Engrossed on Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Friday, March 19, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-03-31** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-04-06** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-07** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Hilderbrand, Senator Gossage and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-09** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 22, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd3c032c-aa9c-477e-8bc3-41766d52b02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).