Kansas House Bill 2287

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - House Referred to Committee on Welfare Reform
Pending: House Welfare Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance, including removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services, restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies, requirements for employment and training programs, photograph requirements for benefits cards and legislative action required for expansion of medical assistance, permitting the secretary from granting categorical eligibility standards, extending the lifetime limitation on benefits, providing for hardship extensions and exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age.

Eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance, including removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services, restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies, requirements for employment and training programs, photograph requirements for benefits cards and legislative action required for expansion of medical assistance, permitting the secretary from granting categorical eligibility standards, extending the lifetime limitation on benefits, providing for hardship extensions and exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age.

House Welfare Reform Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	House	House Referred to Committee on Welfare Reform
2025-02-05	House	House Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2287/
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2287_00_0000.pdf