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KS HB2075
Bill
Status
Passed
4/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Child Welfare and Foster Care
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AI Summary
- Law enforcement officers must take children under 18 into custody when they reasonably believe the child will be harmed if not immediately removed, is experiencing a behavioral health crisis likely to cause harm, is a runaway/missing person, or is a victim of human trafficking
- The Secretary for Children and Families must provide an electronic referral system for law enforcement to report potential abuse or neglect cases, initiate investigations within 24 hours, and respond to the referring agency with investigation status within 24 hours of contacting subjects
- Courts must review with all parties at each permanency hearing whether they participated in the permanency plan, received a copy of it, and made reasonable efforts to achieve the permanency goal; if a party did not receive the plan, the secretary must provide it within 2 business days
- Permanency hearings must now be held within 9 months of a child's removal from home (reduced from 12 months) and every 6 months thereafter (reduced from 12 months)
- If the court finds requirements for party participation, plan distribution, or reasonable efforts have not been met, a subsequent permanency hearing must be held within 60 days
Legislative Description
Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody and requiring that the secretary provide support to such law enforcement officers, the court review involvement in permanency planning and a permanency hearing for a child in custody of the secretary be held within nine months from such child's removal from the and every subsequent hearing 6 months thereafter.
Last Action
House Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
4/10/2025
Committee Referrals
Public Health and Welfare2/20/2025
Child Welfare and Foster Care1/23/2025
Full Bill Text
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