Joe Sopcich, President of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and Dr. Jim Hinson, Superintendent of Shawnee Mission School District gave positive testimony on the Go Pro Now pilot program. As a result of their testimony the Senate Ways and Means Committee appropriated $2 million to the pilot program. The Go Pro Now program will work with employers, the area high schools, JCCC, and the four year institutions to develop the Go Pro Now Program. The goal of the Go Pro Now Program is to develop a program that directly benefits students and Kansas employers. The big picture is to help students attain their educational goals and employers meet their workforce needs.

The development and implementation of the Go Now Pro program seeks to provide high school students with an opportunity to receive a high school diploma, and associate degree from JCCC in a relevant field that addresses an employer's need.

A compromise agreement was reached between medical providers and the insurance industry to provide a technology solution in estimating patient's out of pocket health care costs. Beginning in 2017 insurance companies will provide an estimate of patient out of pocket medical costs on non emergency services. The estimate will be sent in electronic mode back to the inquiring doctor's office. This will help patients understand their full out of pocket health care costs before consuming non emergency services. Patients, doctors, and the insurance industry understand this is necessary with the high deductible and high co insurance plans being sold in the private market place.

The manual process will be replaced with an automated process beginning in 2017.