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Minutes for HB2754 - Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Short Title
Authorizing counties to use home rule powers to exempt from conducting school sanitary inspections.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 19, 2024
Chairperson Gossage opened the hearing on HB2754.
Jenna Moyer, Staff Revisor gave an overview of the bill. (Attachment 1) There were no questions.
Randy Bowman testified as a proponent of HB2754. He stated that this bill would amend K.S.A. 19-101a to authorize counties to use home rule powers to exempt from conducting school sanitary inspections. (Attachment 2) This bill would restore the ability of Boards of County Commissioners to work with stakeholders in their community to determine whether such inspections are done by the local health officer or by others.
He took questions from committee members.
Written only, proponent testimony was submitted by:
Charlie Hunt, Director, Johnson County Department of Health & Environment (Attachment 3)
Denise James, Administrator, Grand County Health Department (Attachment 4)
Jamie Downs, Administrator, Butler County Health Department (Attachment 5)
Jay Hall, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Kansas Association of Counties (Attachment 6)
Ryan Baty, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Sedgwick County (Attachment 7)
Jennifer Stewart, Environmental Health Manager, Wyandotte County (Attachment 8)
Vicki Lindsey, RN, Administrator-Nurse, Greenwood County Health Department (Attachment 9)
Chairperson Gossage closed the hearing on HB2754
