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 25, 2021

The Honorable Richard Hilderbrand, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Statehouse, Room 445A-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Hilderbrand:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 298 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 298 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 298 would amend the Uniform Controlled Substances Act for substances included in
schedules I, II, IV, and V to be consistent with federal schedules.
The Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Examiners in Optometry, the Dental Board, the
Board of Healing Arts, the Kansas Bureau of Investigations, the Department of Corrections, and
the Kansas Department of Health and Environment indicate that SB 298 would have no fiscal
effect on the agencies. The Office of Judicial Administration indicates that the bill would not have
a significant fiscal effect on the courts. The Board of Nursing indicates that the bill would increase
expenditures for communication costs by approximately $2,000 from the Board of Nursing Fee
Fund for FY 2022. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 298 is not reflected in The FY 2022
Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Susan Gile, Board of Healing Arts
Jan Murray, Optometry
Jill Simons, Board of Nursing
Alexandra Blasi, Board of Pharmacy
Dan Thimmesch, Health & Environment
Charity Carlat, Dental Board


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 65-4105, 65-4107, 65-4111, 65-4113