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Minutes for HB2262 - Committee on Health and Human Services
Short Title
Allowing six months of an embalmer apprenticeship to be completed prior to an individual attending mortuary science school
Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 6, 2023
Scott Abbott, Revisor of Statutes, provided an overview of HB2262.
Pam Scott, Executive Director, Kansas Funeral Directors Association, provided testimony regarding HB2262 (Attachment 1). Current law states that to obtain licensure as an embalmer in Kansas an applicant must serve a 12 month apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed embalmer after completing mortuary science school and passing a national board examination (NBE). HB2262 would provide an applicant the option to serve a split apprenticeship. The first six months could be served prior to attending mortuary science school with the remaining six months served after graduation and passage of the NBE. The bill would require the first six months of apprenticeship be served under direct personal supervision of a licensed embalmer. The second six months would be served under the personal supervision of a licensed embalmer. The bill would allow an individual to have the opportunity to work in and around dead bodies. This could eliminate some potential students. It can also speed up a students path to licensure. Kansas City Kansas Community College is the one school in Kansas with a mortuary science degree.
The hearing for HB2262 was closed.
Without objection, the committee worked HB2262.
Representative Eplee motioned and Representative Ruiz seconded a motion to pass out HB2262 favorably. Motion carried.
