Abolishing the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund, creating the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund and transferring the moneys and liabilities from such abolished fund to the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund.
Impact
In essence, HB 2221 is set to abolish the existing Department of Corrections Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Fund. The funds from this abolished department will be transferred entirely to the newly established fund under the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. This move is anticipated to streamline funding processes, making it more efficient to allocate resources where they are needed most in the realm of addiction treatment and recovery services.
Summary
House Bill 2221 focuses on addressing the management of funds related to alcohol and drug abuse treatment within the Kansas legislative framework. The bill proposes the creation of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Fund, which aims to provide a dedicated source of finances for programs assisting individuals struggling with substance use disorders. This is part of a broader initiative to consolidate resources and improve the efficiency of treatment funding in Kansas.
Contention
While supporters of HB 2221 argue that this legislative change will lead to improved access to treatment options and better funding mechanisms for addiction services, critics have voiced concerns regarding the potential implications of transferring these responsibilities. There is a fear that merging these funds might dilute the focus on specific treatment needs, particularly those related to the corrections system. Discussions in legislative circles have highlighted the need for proper oversight and accountability in the management of these funds to ensure that they effectively address the needs of all affected individuals.
Concerning the lottery operating fund, increasing transfers to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
Repealing the prohibition on transportation of alcoholic beverages in opened containers and on drinking or consuming alcoholic liquor inside vehicles while on the public streets, alleys, roads or highways.
Creating the statewide drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program educator position, establishing the drug abuse resistance education fund and providing funding for such fund by annual transfer of state moneys.
Authorizing the Kansas department for aging and disability services to condition or restrict a disability service provider license, granting the secretary authority to grant regulation waivers unrelated to health and safety and authorizing correction orders and civil fines to be appealed to the secretary.
Prohibiting the state fire marshal from wearing or operating a body camera during an on-site inspection at a licensed facility, transferring authority for certification of continuing care retirement communities to the Kansas department for aging and disability services, authorizing the secretary of aging and disability services to grant certain regulation waivers to providers of disability services, adding a definition of day service provider and providing for expanded certification of certified community behavioral health clinics after February 1, 2027.
Requiring certain persons on a third or subsequent conviction of driving under the influence to participate in a multidisciplinary model of services for substance use disorders.
Authorizing the secretary of administration on behalf of the Kansas department for aging and disability services to convey lands in Shawnee county to the Kansas commission on veterans affairs.
Requiring certain persons on a third or subsequent conviction of driving under the influence to participate in a multidisciplinary model of services for substance use disorders.
Requiring certain persons on a third or subsequent conviction of driving under the influence to participate in a multidisciplinary model of services for substance use disorders, removing the requirement that municipal courts collect fingerprints from persons convicted of violating certain municipal ordinance provisions, amending the crime of aggravated endangering a child to increase the criminal penalties when bodily harm to the child results and when a child is in certain environments associated with fentanyl-related controlled substances, increasing the criminal penalties for unlawful distribution of fentanyl-related controlled substances, eliminating the element of concealment from the crime of breach of privacy related to installing or using a device to photograph or record another identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person or another identifiable person who is nude or in a state of undress, excluding certain types of incarceration time from being included in the allowance for time spent incarcerated when calculating a criminal defendant's sentence and updating the general terms of supervision for offenders on probation and postrelease supervision.
Child sexual exploitation; modifying certain life without parole sentencing; requiring certain punishments; requiring certain advisement; defining term; modifying certain confinement criteria. Effective date.
Child sexual exploitation; modifying certain life without parole sentencing; requiring certain punishments; requiring certain advisement; defining term; modifying certain confinement criteria. Effective date.