Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts

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October 15, 2009 KSBMA Rule Book (244 kb pdf)

A copy of the current KSBMA rule book that also contains some selected laws governed by other state agencies. This edition of the rule book was last updated on October 15, 2009. Some of the above files are pdf documents. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader already installed on your computer, please visit their site to download it.

The 2009-2010 Kansas Legislature Updated 5-17-2010

The 2009-2010 Kansas Legislature recessed on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 and will return for Sine Die on Friday, May 28, 2010 when both the Senate and House will reconvene at 10:00 a.m.

House Substitute for Senate Bill 75 This bill now deals with cemetery corporation accounting, cemetery permanent maintenance fund and the cemetery merchandise trust fund by authorizing the Attorney General to initiate action at the request of the Secretary of State when deemed necessary. The substitute bill passed the House, 118-1, and Senate, 40-0, was approved by the Governor, and became law on April 15, 2010 when the bill was published in the Kansas Register.

Senate Bill 87 A bill makes changes to the Kansas Administrative Procedure Act (KAPA) involving disclosure of certain records, administrative procedure and judicial review. How licensure agencies, such as the KSBMA, prosecute cases. The bill was amended and passed the Senate, 39-1. The House Judiciary Committee amended the bill, and it passed the House as amended, 125-0. On 3/25/09 the bill went to conference committee. 4/1/09 the House adopted the Conference Committee Report, 124-0. 4/2/09 The Senate adopted the conference committee report, 39-0. The bill was approved by Governor Sebelius on April 20, 2009 and became law on July 1, 2009.

Substitute for Senate Bill 475 A bill introduced at the request of the Kansas Funeral Directors Association (KFDA) defining funeral services, for the purpose of regulating funeral directors. The bill would amend KSA 2009 Supp. 65-1713 and would repeal the existing section. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee amended some of the bill's language, including allowing an exemption for funeral director applicants relating to apprenticeship and amending further the definition of a funeral director relating to funeral services. It passed the Senate, 40-0 as amended, and was referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee who held a hearing and recommended the bill be passed as amended. The bill passed the House as amended, 118-4 with the Senate concurring with the House amendments, 40-0. It was enrolled by the Senate, signed by Governor Parkinson, and will become law upon publication in the Statute Book: July 1, 2010.

House Bill 2201 A bill concerning conditions on professional licenses if delinquent in child support. The bill was amended and passed the House, 114-5, and passed the Senate, 40-0 and was approved by the Governor on 4/6/09 and became law on July 1, 2009.

Senate Substitute for House Bill 2310 The Substitute Bill passed the Senate, 37-3 but the House nonconcurred. A Conference Committee was appointed with House Committee Members: Bethel, Hill and Williams, and Senate Committee Members: Barnett, V. Schmidt and Kelly. The bill passed out of Conference Committee and was concurred by the House, 99-24. The House enrolled the bill and presented it to Governor Parkinson for his consideration on 5/7/2010.

On Thursday, May 13, 2010, Governor Mark Parkinson announced the signing of several bills, including:

Relating to crematory operations--

Senate Substitute for House Bill 2310 enacts new law creating licensure requirements for crematory operators, increases the statutory maximum for certain fees charged by the Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts and makes several amendments to laws governing the cremation process. Among the new requirements, the bill will:

· Require that every cremation conducted in Kansas be under the supervision of a licensed crematory operator;

Make it unlawful for any person to engage in the business of crematory operator without a license;

· Require that every person desiring to enter the practice of crematory operator apply to the Board of Mortuary Arts and meet the requirements of the Board concerning age and training; and

· Establishes a renewal fee for licensure.

In addition, the bill establishes a new definition of cremation and requires the consent of the next of kin when a crematory intends to recycle anything remaining after cremation. The bill takes effect upon its publication in the Kansas Statute Book with the actual laws effective July 1, 2011.

House BIll 2454 Involves the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)/Office of Vital Statistics (OVS). Items covered, involve statistics to be used for medical research; the use of birth, death and still birth certificates for identification purposes; voluntary interview notification requirements, fingerprinting and criminal history record checks as a part of the application process for potential employees within the OVS . . . Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register.

House BIll 2486 Amends two sections of the Anatomical Gift Act of 2007. The billl amends the requirements of the statewide organ and tissue donor registry by including language that an individual, who agrees to have the individual’s name in the registry, has given full legal consent to the donation of any of the individual’s organs or tissues upon the individual’s death recorded in the registry. Amendments will also permit a donor to amend or revoke an anatomical gift by directly accessing the registry website or notifying the Kansas federally designated organ procurement organization to request the amendment or revocation. In addition, the withdrawal of the individual’s consent to be listed in the registry does not constitute a refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or parts. The bill will take on July 1, 2010 upon publication in the Statute Book.

House Bill 2588 A bill introduced at the request of the KFDA that would increase the maximum limitation on irrevocable prefinanced funeral agreement funds from $5,000 to $7,000. HB 2588 Supplemental Note The bill would amend KSA 16-303 and repeal the existing section. The bill passed the House, 122-0, and also passed the Senate, 40-0. The bill was signed by Governor Parkinson and will become law July 1, 2010.

House Bill 2589 A bill introduced at the request of the KFDA that add disclosures on prefinanced funeral agreements. The bill was amended eliminating the requirement of notification by financial institutions and passed the House as amended, 122-0, and also passed the Senate, 40-0. The bill was signed by Governor Parkinson and will become law July 1, 2010.

The SRS Funeral Assistance Program--Due to budget cuts within the State of Kansas, this program was not budgeted as of July 1, 2010.

The 2010 State of the State Address given by Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 11, 2010.

Some of the above files are pdf documents. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader already installed on your computer, please visit their site to download it. To see the full text of the bills, simply click on the bill numbers provided above. To view the legislative history of any bill, please select Kansas Legislature and go down to the bottom right side of the Legislative web site and enter the bill number under Track a Bill.

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