Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	Session of 2024
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2748
3	3	By Committee on Health and Human Services
4	4	Requested by Representative McDonald
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6	6	AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to certain personal hygiene
7	7	products; establishing the personal hygiene fund and program within
8	8	the Kansas department for children and families; prescribing eligibility
9	9	requirements for such program; authorizing the secretary for children
10	10	and families to adopt rules and regulations to administer such program;
11	11	providing an individual income tax credit for taxpayer contributions to
12	12	the personal hygiene fund.
13	13	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14	14	Section 1. (a) For purposes of this section:
15	15	(1) "Diapers" means absorbent garments worn by infants or toddlers
16	16	who are not toilet-trained or by individuals who are incapable of
17	17	controlling their bladder or bowel movements.
18	18	(2) "Incontinence products" means products designed specifically for
19	19	hygiene matters related to urinary incontinence, including, but not limited
20	20	to, adult diapers.
21	21	(3) "Period products" means tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups,
22	22	sanitary napkins and other similar tangible personal property designed for
23	23	period hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle.
24	24	(4) "Personal hygiene products" means diapers, incontinence products
25	25	and period products.
26	26	(b) Subject to appropriations, the secretary for children and families
27	27	shall establish a program for the purpose of providing individuals with
28	28	monthly financial assistance for the purchase of personal hygiene
29	29	products. To qualify for such program, an individual shall be eligible for or
30	30	receiving:
31	31	(1) Food assistance pursuant to K.S.A. 39-709, and amendments
32	32	thereto; or
33	33	(2) assistance pursuant to the federal special supplemental food
34	34	program for women, infants and children.
35	35	(c) The secretary for children and families shall adopt rules and
36	36	regulations to implement and administer the program established by this
37	37	section.
38	38	(d) There is hereby established in the state treasury the personal
39	39	hygiene fund. The personal hygiene fund shall be administered by the
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75	75	secretary for children and families. All expenditures from such fund shall
76	76	be for the purpose of providing individuals with monthly financial
77	77	assistance for the purchase of personal hygiene products pursuant to the
78	78	program established in subsection (b) and rules and regulations adopted by
79	79	the secretary for children and families pursuant to subsection (c). All
80	80	expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with
81	81	appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
82	82	issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for children and
83	83	families or the secretary's designee. The secretary for children and families
84	84	may accept donations, grants, gifts and bequests to the fund. The secretary
85	85	for children and families shall remit all moneys received under this section
86	86	to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215,
87	87	and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state
88	88	treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit
89	89	of the personal hygiene fund.
90	90	Sec. 2. (a) For tax year 2025, and all tax years thereafter, there shall
91	91	be a credit against the tax liability of a taxpayer imposed under the Kansas
92	92	income tax act in an amount equal to 50% of the total amount contributed
93	93	during the taxable year by a taxpayer to the secretary for children and
94	94	families on behalf of the personal hygiene fund established by section 1,
95	95	and amendments thereto.
96	96	(b) The credit allowed by this section shall be deducted from the
97	97	taxpayer's income tax liability for the taxable year in which the
98	98	contributions are made by the taxpayer. If the amount of such tax credit
99	99	exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability, the taxpayer shall be allowed to
100	100	carry over any amount of such unused credit exceeding the taxpayer's
101	101	income tax liability for up to three taxable years immediately following the
102	102	taxable year for which the credits were allowed. The credit shall not be
103	103	refundable.
104	104	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
105	105	publication in the statute book.
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