Your state's pack. New issue every Monday. Bookmark it. I built this for the Kansas T&E solo who knows the Probate Code cold but still loses an afternoon a week tracking the moving KanCare pieces.
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Three developments I think actually matter to a Kansas T&E solo. Each has a read that lands on your practice specifically — and each comes with a reachable citation so you can verify it yourself before you use it with a client.
For assistance after June 30, 2004, K.S.A. 39-709 reaches any interest owned at death, including joint tenancy, TOD deeds, POD contracts, life estates, trusts, and annuities (K.A.R. 129-6-150).
Kansas’s own TOD-deed statute (K.S.A. 59-3501 et seq.) avoids probate but not estate recovery. The recovery shield and the probate-avoidance tool are two different problems here.
K.S.A. 39-709; K.A.R. 129-6-150 · law.cornell.edu; ksrevisor.gov
Kansas re-procured its Medicaid managed-care contracts: Sunflower Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare, and new entrant Healthy Blue serve KanCare for 2025–2027.
For the solo handling LTC clients, the operative MCO and its care-coordination contacts changed. Confirm the client’s current plan before relying on prior-plan contacts.
KDHE KanCare MCO contracts (Jan. 1, 2025) · kdhe.ks.gov / kancare.ks.gov
Maximum CSRA is $162,660 (minimum $32,532); the special income standard is $2,982/mo. Kansas applies the federal $752,000 home-equity floor.
Two places this lands: community-spouse protection math and the income cap for institutional eligibility. Flag the 2028 OBBBA $1,000,000 home-equity cap now.
42 U.S.C. § 1396p · CMS 2026 Standards (medicaid.gov)
This week in Kansas for the T&E solo with Medicaid-planning clients: what the Kansas Bar Association, the district probate courts, and KDHE put in front of you.
The KBA CLE calendar, the Real Estate, Probate & Trust Section, and the KDHE/KanCare updates all publish on different schedules. This is that sift, already done, with the link on each item.