State Representative Bill Sutton

10/07/2026

Day two of the KanCare oversight committee. Hearing an update from the new COO of Healthy Blue, Michelle Cowen, a fine resident of Gardner!

10/06/2026

First day of a two-day Bob Bethell KanCare Oversight Committee meeting. I’m getting a whole bunch of information and updates from KDHE, KDADS, providers and patients. One of the takeaways is a good news/bad news scenario.

Kansas received a top-tier status in combating healthcare waste, fraud and abuse. That’s the good news.

ABA therapy claims have increased 231% and costs 309% in the last four years. That’s put us on the radar for CMS. We’re going to have to confirm that these increases are warranted or risk having to repay federal funding.

09/29/2026

Pleased and honored to have received the endorsement of KC BizPAC, the political action committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City.

09/04/2026

Yesterday’s House Select Committee on Government Oversight meeting made me feel really good about the passage of HB 2045, which consolidated 20 programs and services from KDHE, Children & Families and Education. The Kansas Office of Early Childhood officially started on July 1. This meeting illustrated very clearly the reason this consolidation was necessary as well as the challenges the new agency faces.

We heard disturbing testimony about punitive inspections and bureaucratic frustrations, with measurable impacts on licensing and insurance coverage.

After meeting Director Christi Smith and Deputy Director Jarvis Doleman, I feel confident that we have the right people in place to move childcare in Kansas in the right direction.

08/20/2026

https://sentinelksmo.org/kdads-diverts-24-million-from-idd-waitlist/

This has me absolutely livid. The info started coming out in the KanCare Oversight Committee. We fought forever to get more money appropriated to reduce the IDD wait list. What happens! The agency gets the money and decide they’d rather spend it elsewhere.

A new administration can’t come fast enough.

KDADS has not produced evidence that it had legislative permission to spend the money as it did.

08/17/2026

Honored and pleased to receive the endorsement of the Sheet Metal, Air, Railroad and Transportation Legislative Board. Growing the Kansas economy is key to meeting our financial needs. What does growing the economy look like? Putting good people to work in good paying jobs to build in our state!

07/24/2026

This was a bill I fought all session long. It’s tough to prevail with only 17 people withstanding the lobbying pressure. Sometimes this job can be frustrating.

06/25/2026

We did some good work in the last couple of sessions dealing with a significant housing shortage in Kansas. It’s hard to grow the economy without housing!

06/18/2026

Today is the two-year anniversary of our historic tax cuts. Revenue continues to rise, which means our state economy is growing. Making progress.