(Mar. 6, 2024) – Today, the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Sen. Beverly Gossage (R-Eudora), held a hearing on House Bill 2536. The legislation establishes the SOUL family legal permanency option for children 16 years of age or older.
The committee meets tomorrow to hold a hearing on House Bill 2629. House Bill 2629 requires the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to provide a death certificate for a child to the state Child Death Review Board, increases the number of board members, allows for compensation and provides for the disclosure of certain records to certain persons for securing grants.