Kansas Statutes Chapter 75. State Departments; Public Officers and Employees § 75-5744. State enforcement of federal occupational safety and health standards, study of; report to legislature

(1) Make a study and recommendations concerning whether the state should submit to the federal government a plan for state enforcement of occupational safety and health standards that provides for safe and healthful employment by the adoption of standards and means for enforcement of the standards that are at least as effective as those standards and means for enforcement of the standards as are provided by the federal occupational safety and health act of 1970, compiled in 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678;

(2) identify agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of such plan;

(3) review funding arrangements necessary for the state to finance a plan for state enforcement of such standards;

(4) review statutory and rule and regulation changes necessary to carry out such a plan;

(5) estimate additional staff and positions required to implement such a plan;

(6) identify steps needed for interaction with the federal government in ways that are reasonably designed to carry out the purposes of this subsection; and

(7) review such other matters as may be necessary in making the study.