2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 75 STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Article 74 KANSAS HEALTH POLICY AUTHORITY
75-7401. Kansas health policy authority; membership; qualifications; appointment; confirmation; terms of office; annual organization; meetings; quorum; expense allowance; abolition.

75-7401

Chapter 75.--STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Article 74.--KANSAS HEALTH POLICY AUTHORITY

      75-7401.   Kansas health policy authority; membership; qualifications; appointment; confirmation; terms of office; annual organization; meetings; quorum; expense allowance; abolition. (a) On July 1, 2005, the Kansas health policy authority is hereby established as a state agency within the executive branch of state government.

      (b)   The Kansas health policy authority shall be composed of nine voting members and eight nonvoting, ex officio members. The nine voting members shall be appointed as follows:

      (1)   Three members shall be appointed by the governor;

      (2)   two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

      (3)   one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;

      (4)   two members shall be appointed by the president of the senate; and

      (5)   one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

      (c)   The eight nonvoting, ex officio members of the Kansas health policy authority are the director of health of the department of health and environment, secretary of health and environment, secretary of social and rehabilitation services, commissioner of insurance, secretary of administration, secretary of aging, commissioner of education and the executive director of the authority appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 75-7402, and amendments thereto. The eight nonvoting, ex officio members of the Kansas health policy authority shall act as a resource and support for the voting members of the authority and shall not be entitled to vote or to make or second motions in any meeting of the authority.

      (d)   The appointment of each voting member of the Kansas health policy authority shall be subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person appointed as a voting member of the Kansas health policy authority shall exercise any power, duty or function as a member of the authority until confirmed by the senate. Each member shall hold office for a term of four years, except as provided in subsection (f) for the first members appointed to the Kansas health policy authority, and until a successor is appointed and confirmed. Terms of voting members of the Kansas health policy authority shall expire on March 15.

      (e)   Voting members of the Kansas health policy authority shall be members of the general public who have knowledge and demonstrated leadership in fields including, but not limited to, health care delivery, health promotion, public health improvement, evidence-based medicine, insurance, information systems, data analysis, health care finance, economics, government, and business. A majority of the voting members of the Kansas health policy authority shall be Kansas residents. No member of the legislature shall be appointed as a voting member of the Kansas health policy authority.

      (f)   The first voting members of the Kansas health policy authority established by this section shall be appointed on or before August 1, 2005. The terms of office of such members shall be as follows:

      (1)   The governor shall appoint one member for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2007, and two members for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2009;

      (2)   the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two members for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2008;

      (3)   the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint one member for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2007;

      (4)   the president of the senate shall appoint two members for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2008; and

      (5)   the minority leader of the senate shall appoint one member for a term which shall expire on March 15, 2007.

      In addition to such terms, each of the first members appointed shall serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed.

      (g)   The members of the Kansas health policy authority shall meet and organize annually by electing a voting member as chairperson, except that the governor shall designate the first chairperson of the Kansas health policy authority from among the first voting members appointed. A majority of all voting members shall constitute a quorum for meetings. All actions of the Kansas health policy authority shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of voting members at any meeting at which a quorum is present. The Kansas health policy authority shall meet at least monthly during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and thereafter not less than once per calendar quarter.

      (h)   Members of the Kansas health policy authority attending meetings of the authority, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the Kansas health policy authority, shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212, and amendments thereto, for members of the legislature. Members on the Kansas health policy authority shall not receive compensation for their service on the authority.

      (i)   On July 1, 2013, the Kansas health policy authority is hereby abolished.

      History:   L. 2005, ch. 187, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 164, § 12; July 1.