After two days of testimony, the special committee voted to recommend legislation similar to last year’s SB 284 with added transparency and reporting requirements and asked KLRD to prepare a study of other states’ approaches and options to require patient pass‑through of discounts.

Senate Bill 362 would require specified state officers to keep records of state-paid or state-reimbursed travel locations and expenses and make those records available to any member of the public after the travel occurs; supporters say it advances transparency, while some members raised security and enforcement questions.