Governor Kelly signed Senate Bill 131, bipartisan legislation expanding the state’s healthcare workforce in order to improve access to care for Kansas residents.
The bill intends to streamline the process for therapists, psychologists, social workers, and others to obtain and maintain licenses from the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. It also aims to expand who can administer influenza and other vaccines to Kansans over a certain age.
The bill also allows the State Board of Healing Arts to set up a process by which sports medicine professionals licensed outside of Kansas can practice in the state during certain sporting events.
