Two new hearings were scheduled for this week. One new bill was introduced House Federal and State Affairs Committee, HB 2399 Related to Newborn Screening and adding screening for physical disability and additional funding for Kansas newborn screening fund. This bill is exempt from time deadlines. 

Tuesday, March 4
1:30 House Committee on Health and Human Services Hearing on *HB 2236* Establishing the mental helath intervention team program in the Knsas Department or aging and disability services in state statute, Room 112-N, David Long 785-296-7660

Wednesday, March 5

1:30 pm House Committee on Health and Human Services, Hearing on *HB 2399* Related to Newborn Screening and adding screening for physical disability and additional funding for Kansas newborn screening fund, Room 112-N, David Long 785-296-7660.

*Reminder* - Thursday March 6, 8:30 am Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee hearing on *HB 2307* Transferring the power to authorize and oversee certain activities regarding prenatal and postnatal diagnossed conditions awareness programs form the Department of Health and Environment tot he Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities, *AND *hearing on *SB 276*, removing the State Fire Marshall from the licensure of intellectual/Develomental Disabilitiy (IDD) group homes in Room 142-S, Suzanne Nelson 785-296-5123

You can watch these hearings by going to the Kansas legislature website [ [link removed] ], put your curser on the "Audio/Video" link at the top right hand corner of that website, move down to "Statehouse Live & Archive".  You'll need to scroll down to the committee link and click on it.  

Martha

*Martha K. Gabehart* | "Executive Director
"Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
*Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
*900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)

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