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KS HB2076
Bill
Status
1/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Child Welfare and Foster Care
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AI Summary
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Reduces the maximum time a court can authorize placing a child in a secure facility from 60 days to 45 days, inclusive of weekends and legal holidays, for authorizations granted after July 1, 2025
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Eliminates the court's ability to grant extensions of secure facility placement, which previously allowed two additional 60-day extension periods
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Applies to children adjudicated as "in need of care" who have violated a valid court order to remain in placement and are unlikely to be available for future court proceedings
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Amends K.S.A. 38-2260 of the Revised Kansas Code for Care of Children
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Takes effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
Reducing the authorized amount of days that a child may be placed in a secure facility and eliminating the court's option to extend such authorization.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
1/23/2025