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KS SB29
Bill
Status
4/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Public Health and Welfare
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AI Summary
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Removes the authority of county and joint boards of health and local health officers to prohibit public gatherings for controlling infectious or contagious diseases, changing their power from mandatory prohibition to only recommending against such gatherings
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Eliminates the authority of local health officers and the secretary of health to order law enforcement to assist in executing or enforcing isolation and quarantine orders
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Removes references to "isolation" and "quarantine" from the list of provisions that county or joint boards of health must enforce during disease outbreaks, leaving only "restriction of communication" and "disinfection"
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Removes the state secretary's authority to take action to "prevent the spread" of infectious or contagious disease within the state, retaining only authority to prevent introduction of disease into the state
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Amends K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119, and 65-129b, taking effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
Substitute for SB 29 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious disease.
Last Action
House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 86 Nay: 38
4/10/2025