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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 C. Proffitt, Director                                                                            Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                    February 1, 2024


          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 2565 by House Committee on Health and Human
                                  Services
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2565 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                   HB 2565 would require treating dentists to provide patients with certain basic information
          as specified in the bill about the dentist and the dental practice ownership upon request by a patient.
          If this information was not provided when requested, the dentist would be subject to disciplinary
          action by the Kansas Dental Board. The bill would remove the current requirement for dentists to
          be personally present in their office operating as a dentist or personally overseeing such operations
          that are performed in the office or each of the offices at least 20.0 percent of the time patients are
          being treated in the office or each of the offices. In addition, provisions allowing exceptions to
          this requirement would also be removed.
                  HB 2565 would also allow the Board to take disciplinary action against any applicant or
          licensee if they directed or pressured another dentist who is an employee, associate, or subordinate
          to perform dentistry that failed to adhere to the applicable standard of dental care or that violates
          the Act. The bill would prohibit dentists and contracts for dental services from requiring a patient
          to sign an agreement that attempts to limit the patient’s ability to file a complaint with the Board.
                  The Kansas Dental Board reports that enactment of HB 2565 would not have a fiscal effect
          on the agency.


                                                                 Sincerely,

                                                                 Adam C. Proffitt
                                                                 Director of the Budget
          cc: Charity Carlat, Kansas Dental Board
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 65-1430, 65-1435, 65-1467, 65-1436