Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 3, 2023
The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 152-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Concannon:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2189 by Representative Thomas
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2189 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2189 would add the definition of non-minor dependent to the Kansas Code for Care of
Children, which would be an individual who is at least 18 years old but less than 21 years old, and
except for the age requirement, meets the definition of a child in need of care. Upon a written
request by a child to a court, the bill would prohibit the court from issuing an order terminating
jurisdiction over the child before June 1 of the school year in which the child turns 18 years old if
the child is in an out-of-home placement, is still attending high school, and has not completed a
high school education, or who is a non-minor dependent in the custody of the Secretary of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) when in out-of-home placement and is transitioning
to adulthood.
The bill would require that a non-minor dependent participate in case planning, attend
school or work, make efforts to independence as determined by the Secretary, and receive
independent living services from the Independent Living Program administered by the Secretary.
If the non-minor dependent does not comply with these requirements, the Secretary could petition
the court to terminate jurisdiction. The court would not have jurisdiction over a non-minor
dependent after the non-minor dependent has been absent from placement for 30 calendar days or
attains 21 years of age.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023
SGF
FY 2023
All Funds
FY 2024
SGF
FY 2024
All Funds
Revenue -- -- $7.5 million $7.5 million
Expenditure -- -- -- --
FTE Pos. -- -- -- 16.00 The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
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There are approximately 2,843 non-minor dependents ages 18 to less than 21 years of age
who meet the qualifications of HB 2189 to request re-entry into custody of DCF. DCF assumes
that 10.0 percent of these adult children would apply to re-enter custody of DCF. The assumed
costs are as follows:
FY 2024 FY 2025
Estimated Number of Re-Entry’s 284 284
Additional Case Managers (@30 Cases per Month) 9.00 9.00
Additional Supervisors 6.00 6.00
Additional Administrator 1.00 1.00
Total Additional Staff 16.00 16.00
Salary + Fringe and OOE $1,234,555 $1,234,901
Non-Minor Dependent Placement Cost
Avg 1,800 monthly Annualized $6,140,880 $6,140,880
Contract for Case Management System
License Fees 800 per yr. for 40 staff 32,000 32,000
IT Adaption Estimate
$100 per hour for 500-hour project 50,000 --
Estimated Cost $7,457,435 $7,407,781
A re-entry program would require 1.00 FTE position in DCF administration to oversee the
program, 1.00 FTE supervisor position for each of the six DCF regions and 9.00 FTE positions
distributed statewide according to caseload to handle anticipated re-entry cases. The supervisors
would also supervise any existing regional Independent Living (IL) staff and support staff who
would be dedicated to the re-entry program.
Non-Minor dependent placement costs would consist of room and board, food, utilities, and any
other miscellaneous placement costs. DCF would need to make a one-time update to the Case
Management Placement System to record and track placements for re-entry cases. Along with the
system update DCF would need to purchase 40 additional licenses for the 16.00 FTE positions
requested and existing positions that would be working with the re-entry program.
If HB 2189 is intended to implement the federally recognized extended foster program,
expenditures would increase in the IL program. This change would extend IL ages served from
age 14 up to 21, to age 23, which would increase caseloads. The fiscal effect on expenditures of
this change has not been determined. Federal Title IV-E Foster Care funds would not be available
for this program until it was part of the Kansas IV-E State Plan. If Kansas amended the State Plan
to show that Kansas has an “extended foster care” program, federal funds of less than 10.0 percent
may be available if approved.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates that HB 2189 could have a fiscal effect on
expenditures of the Judicial Branch. The bill would allow extensions of current Child in Need of
Care (CINC) cases or possibly create new CINC cases. Nevertheless, until the courts have had an The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
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opportunity to operate under the provisions of the bill, an accurate estimate of the fiscal effect on
expenditures by the Judicial Branch cannot be given. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2189
is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families
Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary