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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FISCAL NOTE STATEMENT
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION
2024 REGULAR SESSION
MEASURE
2024 BR NUMBER 171 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 105
TITLE AN ACT relating to families and children and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSOR Representative Deanna Frazier Gordon
FISCAL SUMMARY
STATE FISCAL IMPACT: YES NO UNCERTAIN
OTHER FISCAL STATEMENT (S) THAT MAY APPLY: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS
LOCAL MANDATE CORRECTIONS IMPACT HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE
APPROPRIATION UNIT(S) IMPACTED: Department for Community Based Services; Department for
Income Support
FUND(S) IMPACTED: GENERAL ROAD FEDERAL RESTRICTED
FISCAL
ESTIMATES
2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 ANNUAL IMPACT
AT FULL
IMPLEMENTATION
REVENUES
EXPENDITURES $6.2 million to $13.3
million
$5.5 million to $12.6
million
$5 million to $12.1
million
NET EFFECT ($6.2 million to $13.3
million)
($5.5 million to $12.6
million)
($5 million to $12.1
million)
( ) indicates a decrease/negative
PURPOSE OF MEASURE: The purpose of this measure is to establish a monthly subsidy for
students participating in the foster and adopted child public postsecondary tuition waiver
program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS); to establish the Mentor for
At-Risk Male Students Grant Program; to establish the promotion of father engagement activities
as part of the Health Access Nurturing Development Services Program; to establish the
Responsible Fatherhood Initiative Grant Program; and to appropriate $500,000 in fiscal year
2025 and fiscal year 2026 to support the two grant programs.
In addition, this measure requires the Department for Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and CHFS to work
collaboratively to identify children that are dually involved in both systems of care and to
provide a report of actions taken to the General Assembly annually.
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FISCAL EXPLANATION : This legislation includes a $500,000 appropriation in fiscal years
2025 and 2026 specifically to support, the Mentor for At-Risk Male Students Grant Program and
the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative Grant Program within the Department for Community
Based Services (DCBS).
Section 1 of this legislation requires any student meeting the specified eligibility requirements
shall receive a $1,727 monthly stipend from DCBS for the time he or she is eligible for the
tuition waiver. In 2023, DCBS processed 684 eligible tuition waivers, of those 411 youth were
determined to be eligible due to adoption and 273 youth were determined to be eligible due to
being in the custody of the Cabinet. If payments were provided to every youth eligible for the
tuition waiver, the Cabinet would be responsible for paying $11.8 million in General Fund
annually, which is 684 youths x $1,727 per month x 10 months = $11,812,680. If the intent of
this legislation is to only provide the stipend to youth in custody of the Cabinet, the payment
would be $4.7 million in General Fund annually, which is 273 youths x $1,727 per month x 10
months = $4,714,710.
Section 6 of the legislation requires enhancements to data systems to capture data on dually
committed children and the services provided. The data enhancements are estimated to cost
approximately $500,000 in one-time General Fund dollars for DCBS.
In addition, DCBS will need at least 2 Social Service Workers to support the administrative
oversight of this legislation. This cost is estimated to be $260,000 for salary and fringe annually.
The Department for Income Support estimates a cost of $190,000 to develop a batch interface
and reporting system for the requirements in Sections 4 and 5 of this legislation. This would be
one-time General Fund dollars.
The total cost to the Cabinet is estimated to be $6.2 million to $13.3 million in General Fund in
fiscal year 2025, $5.5 million to $12.6 million in General Fund in fiscal year 2026, and $5
million to $12.1 million in General Fund at full implementation.
DATA SOURCE(S): Cabinet for Health and Family Services; LRC Staff
PREPARER: Kevin Newton; Zach Ireland; Ethan Williams NOTE NUMBER: 75 REVIEW: JB
DATE: 2/26/2024