Changing the criteria used to refer and admit juveniles to a juvenile crisis intervention center.
Impact
The bill's implementation will directly influence state laws regarding juvenile justice and mental health. By prioritizing evidence-based community programs and practices for youth, it emphasizes a shift away from incarceration and towards more supportive, rehabilitative measures. The funding mechanisms described in the bill will allocate resources for the development of juvenile crisis intervention services, aiming to reduce repeat offenses and provide better outcomes for young individuals in crisis, potentially transforming the approach to juvenile justice in the state.
Summary
House Bill 2033 focuses on reforming the criteria for referring and admitting juveniles to juvenile crisis intervention centers in Kansas. This legislation aims to address the needs of children experiencing behavioral health crises by ensuring they receive appropriate interventions and support. By modifying the definitions and processes surrounding what constitutes a behavioral health crisis, the bill seeks to create a better framework for handling juvenile cases in crisis situations. It establishes a clearer path for law enforcement and court services officers to intervene when a juvenile is at risk of harming themselves or others due to their mental health issues.
Contention
Despite its intended benefits, there are likely points of contention surrounding House Bill 2033, particularly regarding the adequacy of funding and resources necessary to implement the proposed community programs effectively. Critics may raise concerns about whether the bill's provisions will truly equate to improved care for juveniles or if it simply restructures existing frameworks without addressing deeper systemic issues. There may also be discussions around the balance between intervention and potential overreach by state authorities in managing juvenile situations.
Requiring the secretary for children and families to assess certain children and the secretary of corrections to provide certain services to juveniles in detention, changing the criteria used to refer and admit juveniles to a juvenile crisis intervention center, allowing evidence-based program account money to be used on certain children, requiring the department of corrections to build data systems and allowing for overall case length limit extensions for certain juvenile offenders.
Requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations.
Substitute for HB2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Modifying the definition of neglect in the revised Kansas code for care of children, prohibiting the removal of a child from such child's home due solely to a lack of financial resources, requiring that facts of serious harm demonstrate more than one fact of certain listed facts, determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody and requiring the secretary for children and families to provide means for a law enforcement officer to refer potential cases of abuse or neglect and provide a response to such referrals.
Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
Directing the department of corrections to establish a correctional center nursery for incarcerated expectant mothers and their child to allow certain expectant mothers to care and bond with their child for up to 36 months while incarcerated.
Directing the department of corrections to establish a correctional center nursery for incarcerated expectant mothers and their child to allow certain expectant mothers to care and bond with their child for up to 36 months while incarcerated.
Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of children.
Requiring the secretary for children and families to assess certain children and the secretary of corrections to provide certain services to juveniles in detention, changing the criteria used to refer and admit juveniles to a juvenile crisis intervention center, allowing evidence-based program account money to be used on certain children, requiring the department of corrections to build data systems and allowing for overall case length limit extensions for certain juvenile offenders.
Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.