Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2664 Compare Versions

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1	1	Session of 2024
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2664
3	3	By Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
4	4	Requested by Representative Johnson
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6	6	AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending
7	7	June 30, 2025, for the Kansas state university extension systems and
8	8	agriculture research programs for a program to increase the supply of
9	9	child care providers; establishing a program to award funds to child
10	10	care service providers who provide services to home-based child care
11	11	providers.
12	12	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13	13	Section 1.
14	14	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SYSTEMS
15	15	AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH PROGRAMS
16	16	(a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the state general
17	17	fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the following:
18	18	Cooperative extension service (including
19	19	official hospitality) (369-00-1000-1020)..............................$15,000,000
20	20	Provided, That expenditures shall be made from the cooperative extension
21	21	service (including official hospitality) account in an amount not to exceed
22	22	$10,000,000 to administer a program intended for the recruitment and
23	23	retention of home-based child care providers pursuant to section 2, and
24	24	amendments thereto.
25	25	Sec. 2. (a) Subject to appropriations, KSU 105 project shall
26	26	administer and provide oversight for a program that awards funding to a
27	27	child care service provider to increase the supply of child care family
28	28	homes, group homes and centers by recruiting and coaching prospective
29	29	child care providers through the initial business planning and
30	30	implementation process and develop and execute a mentorship program
31	31	for new child care family homes, group homes and centers.
32	32	(b) To be eligible for funding under such a program, a child care
33	33	service provider shall:
34	34	(1) Not be a state entity;
35	35	(2) provide similar services in three states;
36	36	(3) partner with KSU 105 project to plan, staff and execute in-person
37	37	and virtual recruitment events for new home-based child care providers in
38	38	areas of need and develop informational materials that assist home-based
39	39	child care providers with marketing, advertising and parental outreach;
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75	75	(4) execute a two-year mentorship program for new home-based child
76	76	care providers to coach prospective home-based child care providers
77	77	through the initial business planning and implementation process;
78	78	(5) provide a software platform, including customizable dashboards,
79	79	to assist home-based child care providers with marketing, enrollment,
80	80	family communication, billing and expense reporting; and
81	81	(6) offer home-based child care providers coaching and training,
82	82	including in-person group training sessions, on-site coaching visits,
83	83	community forums and events.
84	84	(c) Prior to recipient's receipt of funds, Kansas state university and
85	85	the recipient shall enter into an agreement that includes:
86	86	(1) All necessary identifying information of the recipient, including
87	87	any tax and financial information for the program to administer funds
88	88	under this section; and
89	89	(2) a description of the project for which the funds shall be expended,
90	90	including tentative timelines and an estimated budget.
91	91	(d) The recipients shall report to KSU 105 project the following:
92	92	(1) Number of home-based child care providers enrolled in the
93	93	recipient's program;
94	94	(2) number of child care spots created;
95	95	(3) number of home-based child care providers on the waitlist; and
96	96	(4) potential long-term economic impact of the awarded funds.
97	97	(e) If KSU 105 project reasonably determine funds to any recipient
98	98	are misused or the grant's use was misrepresented by the recipient, KSU
99	99	105 project shall not award funds to such recipient and may revoke any
100	100	agreement executed. Upon such determination, KSU 105 project may
101	101	subject the recipient to internal audit protocols.
102	102	(f) KSU 105 project shall be subject to procurement and bidding
103	103	processes in Kansas law.
104	104	(g) Recipients shall respond to requests for information from the
105	105	legislature or state agencies.
106	106	(h) As used in this section:
107	107	(1) "Child care service providers" means an entity that provides
108	108	services for child care providers and child care facilities, including, but not
109	109	limited to, peer mentoring, compliant and regulatory assistance.
110	110	(2) "Home-based child care providers" means an individual who has
111	111	control or custody of one or more children under 16 years of age,
112	112	unattended by parent or guardian, for the purpose of providing food or
113	113	lodging, or both. "Home-based child care providers" shall not include
114	114	individuals who provide such care to children in the custody of the
115	115	secretary for children and families who are placed with a prospective
116	116	adoptive family pursuant to the provisions of an adoptive placement
117	117	agreement or who are related to the person by blood, marriage or legal
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162	162	(3) "KSU 105 project" means an education program at Kansas state
163	163	university that provides outreach to 105 counties in Kansas.
164	164	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
165	165	publication in the statute book.
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