Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2742: Enacting the family rights in medical investigations act to provide requirements for the reporting of suspicions of abuse or neglect of a child for medical professionals and require a medical professional to provide notice to a parent of a CARE exam and allow parents to request a second medical opinion.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 2742 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacting the family rights in medical investigations act to provide requirements for the reporting of suspicions of abuse or neglect of a child for medical professionals and require a medical professional to provide notice to a parent of a CARE exam and allow parents to request a second medical opinion. Primary sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.