republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2208.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	HB 2208	Kansas HB 2208 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	24	4	2021-02-03	2021-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/dd3c032c-aa9c-477e-8bc3-41766d52b02d	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2208	0ff58d67d5182841cb988f8cd3a7cebb633d56925ad7b0e863674e5c172a5971	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective May 6, 2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. S Sub (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/dd3c032c-aa9c-477e-8bc3-41766d52b02d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).