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KS SB149
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Federal and State Affairs
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AI Summary
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Requires the Kansas Department for Children and Families to develop training and resources on culturally competent haircare for foster parents and kinship caregivers by July 1, 2026
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Mandates that every child in state custody have a haircare plan included as part of their case plan, addressing cultural and religious connections, emergency/health-related haircare needs, and the child's personal preferences
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Gives children who are age and developmentally appropriate the right to provide input on their haircare plan, along with parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, or case managers
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Adds "haircare" as a defined term in the Kansas code for care of children, covering daily maintenance, washing, cutting, styling, and dyeing of hair
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Amends the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights to include the right to a haircare plan for foster youth and the right to haircare training for foster parents
Legislative Description
Requiring that a haircare plan is part of the case plan for a child in custody of the secretary for children and family services and requiring the secretary to offer training on culturally competent haircare to caregivers.
Last Action
Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2/4/2025