Kansas SB428: Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies

What the bill says

An act concerning public assistance; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services; requiring such secretaries to comply with written data requests from such federal agencies made pursuant to such memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or written datasharing instrument; amending K.S.A…

From the introduced text, January 29, 2026:

AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services; requiring such secretaries to comply with written data requests from such federal agencies made pursuant to such memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or written datasharing instrument; amending K.S.A. 39-760 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 39-760 is hereby amended to read as follows: 39760. (a) The secretary of health and environment and the secretary for children and families are hereby directed to establish a system for the reporting of suspected abuse or fraud in connection with state welfare or medical assistance programs, either by recipients or health care healthcare providers. The system shall be designed to permit any person in the state at any time to place a toll-free call into the system and report suspected cases of welfare abuse or suspected cases of health care healthcare provider fraud. (b) The secretary of health and environment and the secretary for children and families are further directed to publicize the system throughout the state. …