Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


March 22, 2023


The Honorable Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson
House Committee on Health and Human Services
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 112-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Landwehr:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2467 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2467 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2467 would amend the definition of “abortion” within KSA 65-6701 and statutory
references to “abortion” and “medical emergency” within KSA 40-2,190, 65-4a01, 65-6723, and
65-6742 would be updated to reference KSA 65-6701. “Abortion” would be updated to mean the
use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other means to terminate the
pregnancy of a woman knowing that such termination will, with reasonable likelihood, result in
the death of the unborn child. The bill would also include exceptions for the use of certain
prescriptions and would specify the definition did not include the prescription, dispensing,
administration, sale, or use of any method of contraception.
The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts states that enactment of HB 2467 could result in
actionable complaints, but the fiscal effect cannot be estimated. The agency anticipates that it
would handle any additional workload within existing resources. The Office of Judicial
Administration reports that enactment of the bill would have a negligible effect on expenditures
and revenues for the Judicial Branch. The Office of the Attorney General states that like any law,
the measure could be challenged in state or federal court, and such challenges could span several
levels of appeal over the course of multiple fiscal years. The agency is unable to estimate a fiscal
effect as there is no way to determine if there would be challenges to the law, or the success or
failure of efforts to defend the law.
According to the Kansas Board of Nursing, the Kansas Insurance Department, the Kansas
Department of Health and Environment, and the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board,
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enactment of HB 2467 would not result in a fiscal effect on the operations of any of the respective
agencies. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2467 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s
Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Amy Penrod, Department of Health & Environment
Susan Gile, Board of Healing Arts
John Milburn, Office of the Attorney General
Bobbi Mariani, Insurance Department
Jill Simons, Board of Nursing
David Fye, Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 40-2, 65-4a01, 65-6701, 65-6723, 65-6742