Susan Kay Mosier (born July 10, 1959) is an American physician who is the former Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
November 13, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2015. On November 13, 2014,

Kansas Governor The governor of Kansas is the head of state of KansasKS Const. art. I, § 3. and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kan ...

Sam Brownback Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the List of governors of Kansas, 46th governor of K ...

named Dr. Mosier as the Interim Secretary, replacing Dr. Robert Moser, who stepped down at the end of November. Mosier was a Republican member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

, representing the 67th district. Her term began in 2011 and she resigned her seat, effective February 1, 2012, to accept the position director of

Medicaid Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by U.S. state, state governments, which also h ...

in the

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

Department of Health and Environment. Mosier is an

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a ...

and former owner of Mosier Eye Care in

Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County, Kansas, Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big ...

; she closed her practice when appointed Medicaid director for Kansas. She is board certified and has specialties in two areas: eye surgery and refractive surgical procedures.

Record

Mosier sponsored four bills and eleven resolutions in the 2011 session. She sponsored two resolutions in the 2012 session before resigning.

Same-Sex marriage

Once Mosier assumed the office of Secretary of KDHE, her name was substituted for Dr. Moser's in the Marie v. Moser case.

Committee membership

Mosier served on four legislative committees in 2011: *Insurance *Joint Committee on Heath Policy Oversight *Health and Human Services *Financial Institutions In 2011, she was assigned to the Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Campaign donors

Mosier's 2010 campaign was 73% donor-funded and 27% self-funded.Campaign Finance
Retrieved July 5, 2012.

References

External links

Kansas Legislature - Susan MosierProject Vote Smart profile
*Campaign contribution
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosier, Susan Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Living people Women state legislators in Kansas Politicians from Manhattan, Kansas Kansas State University alumni McCombs School of Business alumni University of Kansas alumni University of Iowa alumni American ophthalmologists 1959 births American women ophthalmologists 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature