republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies, clarifying that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional, permitting certain ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and requiring entities that control automated external defibrillators to register the device with the emergency medical services board."
description: "Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies, clarifying that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional, permitting certain ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and requiring entities that control automated external defibrillators to register the device with the emergency medical services board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2039"
citation: "Kansas HB 2039 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HB 2280", "HB 2335"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2e42f8-334a-4fe2-b4a6-0581422b9699"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2039/"
source_hash: "8eb0d2b2c17fa01d8c5a7b156915ab4ce5da228ab71a135500a93907ccbfdd30"
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 2039 (2025-2026) — Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies, clarifying that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional, permitting certain ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and requiring entities that control automated external defibrillators to register the device with the emergency medical services board.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2039/hb2039_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2039/hb2039_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2039/hb2039_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Engrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 125, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e2e42f8-334a-4fe2-b4a6-0581422b9699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).