Susan Mosier Explained

Susan Mosier
Office:Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment
Governor:Sam Brownback
Term Start:December 1, 2014
Predecessor:Robert Moser
Successor:Jeff Andersen
State House1:Kansas
State1:Kansas
District1:67th
Term Start1:January 1, 2011
Term End1:February 1, 2012
Preceded1:Tom Hawk
Succeeded1:Tom Phillips
Party:Republican
Birth Date:10 July 1959
Birth Place:Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Alma Mater:Kansas State University (B.A.)
University of Texas at Austin (M.B.A.)
University of Kansas (M.D.)
Residence:Manhattan, Kansas

Susan Kay Mosier (born July 10, 1959)[1] is an American physician who is the former Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.[2] [3] On November 13, 2014, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback 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, 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 in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.[4]

Mosier is an ophthalmologist and former owner of Mosier Eye Care in Manhattan, Kansas; 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.[5]

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:

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.[6]

References

  1. U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. http://www.kdheks.gov/news/web_archives/2014/11132014.htm=Dr. Susan Mosier named interim secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
  3. http://cjonline.com/news/2014-12-20/gov-brownback-appoints-susan-mosier-lead-kdhe=Gov. Brownback appoints Susan Mosier to lead KDHE.
  4. http://1350kman.com/?p=7308 Riley County GOP to fill House vacancy.
  5. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/members/rep_mosier_susan_1/ Representative Susan Mosier legislative record, Kansas House of Representatives
  6. http://www.kansas.gov/ethics/Campaign_Finance/index.html Campaign Finance

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