SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2221
As Amended by House Committee on
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Brief*
HB 2221, as amended, would create a new fund within
the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
(KDADS) for alcohol and drug abuse treatment, transfer
funds and liabilities to the fund, and abolish a corresponding
Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) fund.
Under current law, a portion of certain fines related to
the crime of driving under the influence are paid to the KDOC
Fund.
The bill would create the Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Treatment Fund (Fund) within KDADS and direct that on July
1, 2025, all moneys in the KDOC Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Treatment Fund be transferred to the KDADS Fund and all
liabilities of the KDOC fund be assumed by the KDADS Fund.
The bill would make technical amendments by replacing
statutory references to the KDOC Fund with the KDADS Fund
to carry out the provisions of the bill.
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Corrections and Juvenile Justice a representative of KDOC.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
In the House Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by representatives of KDADS and KDOC who
indicated the KDOC Fund was originally created when some
KDOC offenders were participants in a program for persons
who had been convicted of a third DUI offense. Now
offenders under KDOC supervision are no longer part of the
program, so moving the Fund to KDADS would streamline the
funding of related programs.
No other testimony was provided.
The House Committee adopted a technical amendment
to the bill to correct a word in the title and update a reference
to a renumbered paragraph.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, KDADS and KDOC
indicate enactment of the bill would have a fiscal effect on the
agencies. KDOC indicates its revenues and expenditures
would decrease. KDADS estimates its revenue and
expenditures would increase, with an estimated total of $1.1
million in court fees under the bill. Any fiscal effect associated
with the bill is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s
Budget Report.
Kansas Department of Corrections; Kansas Department for Aging and Disability
Services; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Fund
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