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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 Proffitt, Director                                                                             Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                  February 24, 2021


        The Honorable Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson
        House Committee on Health and Human Services
        Statehouse, Room 352C-S
        Topeka, Kansas 66612
        Dear Representative Landwehr:
                  SUBJECT:        Fiscal Note for HB 2207 by House Committee on Health and Human Services
                In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2207 is
        respectfully submitted to your committee.
                HB 2207 would prohibit individuals licensed by the Board of Healing Arts, the Board of
        Nursing, and the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board from performing “conversion therapy” on
        any person under 18 years of age. If any licensee were to perform conversion therapy on a person
        under 18 years of age, the act would constitute unprofessional conduct and would be subject to
        discipline by the licensee’s regulatory board. The new restrictions would not apply to religious
        leaders or an official of any religious denomination if the therapy is part of the leader’s or official’s
        religious duties and is not performed under a license issued by any of the above licensing entities.
               The Board of Nursing indicates that enactment of HB 2207 would require revision of the
        Board’s regulations, which would need to be published in the Kansas Register at a cost of less than
        $2,000 from the Nursing Fee Fund in FY 2021.
                The Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board indicates that the bill would have a negligible
        fiscal effect on expenditures that would be absorbed within the Board’s existing budget. The Office
        of Judicial Administration and the Board of Healing Arts indicate that HB 2207 would have no fiscal
        effect on agency operations. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2207 is not reflected in The FY
        2022 Governor’s Budget Report.

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Adam Proffitt
                                                              Director of the Budget
        cc: David Fye, Behavioral Sciences
            Jill Simons, Board of Nursing
            Susan Gile, Board of Healing Arts
            Debbie Thomas, Judiciary
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 65-1120, 65-2837, 74-7507, 40-2