TOPEKA (AP) – Critics of Governor Sam Brownback’s plan to overhaul the Medicaid program in Kansas aren’t giving up on derailing a significant piece of it, even if they appear to be running out of time.

The conservative Republican governor’s administration is considering bids from private insurance companies to manage the entire $2.9 billion-a-year program.

Brownback will reorganize three major state departments providing social services in July under an executive order that went unchallenged by legislators. When the Legislature returns
April 25th from its spring break, it will be in the 74th day of its annual session, out of 90 scheduled.

Yet concerns about the overhaul haven’t faded. Many advocates are determined to carve out services for the developmentally disabled and are drawing bipartisan support.