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The board is a biennial agency that does not receive State General Fund and is financed entirely from licensing fees. Amanda said the FY25 revised request equaled the FY25 approved amount, with internal shifts (for example, cross‑training and a modest reallocation toward salaries and wages). The FY26 and FY27 projections reflected small increases relative to the FY25 approved amount — primarily a rent increase for a renewing five‑year lease in Jayhawk Tower and higher technology fees paid to the Office of Information Technology Services (OITS).

A 10‑year reference table and a special revenue fund overview were included in the packet; the budget packet shows the agency’s proposed FY27 ending balance would be about $123,000 under the agency request. Amanda said there were no substantive changes to program scope and that the LBC made no adjustments to the agency’s request for this board.

JD (executive secretary) was present for questions but did not offer additional substantive changes; committee members thanked the agency for the concise presentation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee on Social Services Budget 01/17/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The State Board of Mortuary Arts presented a primarily fee‑funded biennial budget with modest increases driven by a lease renewal and Office of Information Technology Services fees; no substantive program changes were proposed.","taxTitle","Committee on Social Services Budget, Standing, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Kansas","taxId",18818,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6380613,"Kansas Guardianship Program budget: volunteer base continues; stipend, equipment and staffing changes noted",884,3721000,4605000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa&start=3721&end=4605","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa/thumbnail_3721000.jpg","/articles/6380613/Kansas/Kansas-Guardianship-Program-budget-volunteer-base-continues-stipend-equipment-and-staffing-changes-noted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6380613-e1ab55f4aa34682a67609ae498992a6c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770906150&Signature=gBhApK4HpgreVPJOpPg6l8TJ4NDapKtvhhmIaibOq1ciJCx6UfxBQr8G5EwJPAs7Zk-GnEUlJI3aueC~WP2HFeOVemFVbyjUdemwVGKZlJgpH5uuvzP9EYcDCzlJ~GMdBqesskG3NsmAubE79QwmTg6Wpe0Zo6~WLFRmmbbX~ayM~NOftUnwY8gF7GpXmT5Bslax1--RQs9jnuims-FUWHX7Uhy9Q5qwDzPCQO~dTbQtAAR6CjYzMcEsTu6kzmx9Nhf~gk7ADFgbNf0hIs2v2BMXZaVoh5S8sVuRztZ2EPzmgJE4ianFM7KBR0dZBhc9FtkOsKwVHP1aNRz1lo0aNA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Julia Kofoid (Legislative Research) and Nancy Mayberry (interim director, Kansas Guardianship Program) presented the program’s budget. The program recruits and trains volunteer guardians for adults who lack family or financial resources; volunteers serve as court‑appointed guardians or conservators while the program acts as surety on volunteer bonds.

The agency requested just over $1.5 million for fiscal year 2025, the same as the approved amount; the agency carried forward almost $100,000 in reappropriations linked to leadership changes (including director position), but the Legislative Budget Committee removed those reappropriations from its recommendation. The governor’s recommendation included the funds. The program also included capital outlay requests (computer server replacement and related microcomputer equipment); Julia said capital increases reflected plans to replace aging servers and update software and monitors.

The presentation noted monthly volunteer stipends of $40 and said the program had around 717 guardians in the program at one point in the packet; interim director Nancy Mayberry told the committee the program served 1,183 cases and had 710 active volunteers as of June 30. The agency proposed a 5% pay raise request for employees in FY26; LBC removed the pay raise as part of a global recommendation but the governor included it in her budget.

Representative Ballard and others praised the volunteer model and noted the program’s long record of volunteer retention; Mayberry said volunteer stipends were economically modest and that volunteers’ work produces large cost savings compared with paid guardian models in other states.","The Kansas Guardianship Program presented a budget that relies on State General Fund support for staffing and server replacements, reported about 710 active volunteers and roughly 1,183 cases (June 30), and said monthly volunteer stipends are $40.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6380618,"Office of the Child Advocate seeks two investigators; LBC did not recommend enhancement",625,3043000,3668000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa&start=3043&end=3668","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa/thumbnail_3043000.jpg","/articles/6380618/Kansas/Office-of-the-Child-Advocate-seeks-two-investigators-LBC-did-not-recommend-enhancement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6380618-805d8aec1c150542df0ff47eaeb9d852/orig.mp4?Expires=1770906150&Signature=lGY9GEjkN4YIXlwU1gbZnZobB59vP2X0bvEoAZ5eW8CCBnXLmybI-vlzLLKezCjpkHJbO1KOd4HWFGPvJqWo8ORQHS-SRVLtM5LzQu-XyR-bhJ4mFcpKeRWnel7P68ptzPJ6uwmftnIOXCCTP0lQ9fNmNWbmgHun3lTrRPfiEST-KC-a3Lq1HE2ICzl0Wr1lS5PRUvZ-VWYOwN5uf35isAE3qTwE5Eo6EdGWPWtLggNgEGf5jNRzS-H~yh9SLKSsuBlXs7dvzDcImstLkbVWETcaKc~Yrqaau4wLO3ixW-gFVUMPsqHpvbpYkFLV9ARNhJO6m0S0Tmlia-3LVgBDWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Amanda (Legislative Research) and Carrie Leonard, acting Child Advocate, told the Committee on Social Services Budget that the Office of the Child Advocate is now an independent state agency, funded with State General Fund dollars after Senate Bill 115 established the office by statute and expanded its jurisdiction to include children who received services from the Department of Corrections within the last five years.

Leonard said the office carried forward approximately $130,000 from its prior division within the Department of Administration; those carryforward funds were intended to help fund one additional investigator in fiscal year 2025. The office requested two additional full‑time investigators (an enhancement) to reduce high caseloads and improve timeliness; Amanda said the LBC did not recommend that enhancement, while the governor’s recommendation did include the positions.

Leonard told members the office currently operates with five staff and argued the caseload and the recent statutory expansion make the additional positions necessary; she said the office cannot reliably estimate the number of new cases tied to the corrections expansion until more reports arrive. The LBC’s deletion of the enhancement means the committee would need to formally restore those positions if it chooses to do so during appropriation hearings.

Leonard also described a contingency scenario requested by Appropriations leadership: if required to find a 7.5% reduction to the agency’s budget, the office would likely have to eliminate a position rather than produce operational savings because most of the budget is salaries and operating costs are limited.

Committee members asked procedural questions about the LBC’s role and about the source and timing of the carryforward funds. Amanda and Leonard said the LBC’s interim recommendations were intended as a starting point for committees and that reconciliation with the governor’s recommendation will occur during the appropriation process next week.","The newly independent Office of the Child Advocate requested two additional investigator positions to handle an expanded caseload created by Senate Bill 115; the Legislative Budget Committee did not include those positions in its recommendation, though the governor’s proposal did.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6380623,"Board of Pharmacy budget: K‑TRACS grants offset fee‑funded operations; no immediate fee increases planned",2002,431000,2433000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa&start=431&end=2433","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa/thumbnail_431000.jpg","/articles/6380623/Kansas/Board-of-Pharmacy-budget-KTRACS-grants-offset-feefunded-operations-no-immediate-fee-increases-planned","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6380623-1f85ed3756fa5e1c312b14b6d08e6cb1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770906150&Signature=mQFCEuTNdDTKxO5uSUJS7TuqbtV3HGoT3dl84HuikeYEbMXZZ4f74CLWJcRqB4KVk6Nbyrez3ITVMImu-HlkbcSlvyw8xM~vjf5Ed84EAucKOeuYdvS33nBpdLmrxVirLyUv0IFWDqLHR7OzO7ymbTbbDxkET3RxvkZ30i--r1Tp5V4VASYHtKfP8R7-eTMEef7UDesCQfQEQW8reiV7WJnAWCLs-4oTLzGlNrIJ-fdxGz96y~c5~qJvO0QY8GLKZxJ5o41JqcFas~uvkMSHijQ~fLySQtIDT9tc3lLBLypRGecCR5gVyly~FbzAFfgjURoqaQEwWT3hcc8XntzdSA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Megan, a Legislative Research analyst, and Alexandra (Alex) Blasey, executive secretary of the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy, presented the board’s budget to the Committee on Social Services Budget, describing a fee‑funded agency that licenses pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and facilities and that operates the state’s prescription monitoring system known in testimony as K TRAC/K‑TRACS.

Blasey said the board enforces the Pharmacy Act and the Controlled Substances Act and registers “about 8,400 pharmacists, 7,500 technicians, and 65,100 pharmacies or facilities,” and that the board inspects retail pharmacies roughly annually and certain manufacturers and distributors roughly every three years. She described K‑TRACS as the board’s costly, vendor‑hosted monitoring platform (the vendor also hosts systems for roughly 40 other states) and said the board has supplemented its expenditures by applying for and receiving federal grants for K‑TRACS projects since 2008.

Megan and Blasey told members the board’s spending projections fluctuate because federal grant awards can reduce the board’s need to spend fee revenue in a particular year; Blasey noted the board has not been denied a federal grant application to date. The presentation noted the board plans a vehicle replacement (a 2014 Impala) in fiscal year 2027 to support inspectors who are assigned agency vehicles because they work from remote offices. Blasey said vehicles are assigned and replaced based on age, mileage and repair history to limit replacement spikes.

On fees, Blasey said the board does not anticipate seeking fee increases this cycle; she reminded the committee that fee changes are limited by statutory caps and that any change within caps would require administrative rulemaking and oversight by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations. Representative King asked how FTE counts appear in the budget tables; Megan explained the overview tables and where FTE changes would be shown. Representative Ballard praised the K‑TRACS program and emphasized the board’s long record of grant capture and stewardship.

Blasey also highlighted staff retention gains from recent cost‑of‑living and market‑rate adjustments and said the board is in a stable cash position, though projected balances depend on future, uncertain grant awards.","Kansas State Board of Pharmacy staff presented a fee‑funded budget that expects federal grants to offset major software costs for the K‑TRACS prescription monitoring system, plans a vehicle replacement in 2027, and does not anticipate fee increases this cycle.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6380628,"Budget basics and process reviewed for incoming committee members",0,3414000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa&start=3414&end=3414","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2131016-fb73dba12871ed2928a71699199fa7aa/thumbnail_3414000.jpg","/articles/6380628/Kansas/Budget-basics-and-process-reviewed-for-incoming-committee-members","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6380628-c47e2cfdd13538b0c734295fe4acd2f0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770906150&Signature=QYhtWO4P3U0O-QzXyqAUZ1A~FYdn2-9iScdZi8iXgl3M2JISEhkaKrCDzJ2zQdZf4ICdVXgAvM8~4aPdp8V7FJvmvywX49aaMKJ6iQsQbxkWU55t6QTku97B5jDahoSRPy9~IdYF5cgzzcsG-soTzPv4GifgHRmRH~kSLUIh4OhU20JiVDwbVAGisQWHxXM~MpFu~ckPYiUMCmXfyw~W30n9sFAx5h4L5ia-ABZ9shORyNrLnbr1in9teNwkW2mKJcIRBbRR-yAAQu-OhmQbwkzn7oN94HsgZPG-AsRzirzMfVGico1a4KjMXV1j1YqTbKBJq-fD62ozYxB-A-snYA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dayton, a Legislative Research analyst, told the Committee on Social Services Budget that the state budget is built from three primary revenue sources — the state general fund, state special revenue funds and federal funds — and that state expenditures are grouped into categories such as salaries and wages, contractual services, commodities, aid to local governments, other assistance (including Medicaid) and capital improvements.

The memo Dayton referenced walks new committee members through how agency requests, legislative budget recommendations and approved appropriations line up: agencies submit requests for the coming budget year (and, for some biennial agencies, a second out-year); the Legislative Budget Committee (LBC) reviews requests during the interim and issues recommendations; the committee’s recommendations feed into House Appropriations and later into a House–Senate conference that produces final budget bills.

Dayton emphasized performance-based budgeting as an additional lens committees will see in budget summaries. He told members the summaries they will hear are prepared to compare the agency request to the LBC recommendation and to the most recent legislative appropriation so the committee can see where changes were proposed during the interim.

Members asked procedural questions about the new LBC column in the budget summaries and how it differs from prior practice when committees compared agency requests to the governor’s recommendation. Representative Ballard said the two-step comparison (agency and LBC) is an unfamiliar rhythm to some long-serving members and that committees should expect additional reconciliation work as appropriations move forward.

Dayton said committees will begin formal appropriation deliberations next week, using the LBC recommendations as a starting point but with the option to restore or alter enhancements when making their own committee recommendations.","Legislative Research analyst Dayton explained state funding categories, expenditure classifications and the timeline that shapes agency budgets ahead of the committee's appropriation work next week.","actionData","errors"]

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Board of Mortuary Arts budget shows small increases for rent and IT; remains fee‑funded

Kansas Guardianship Program budget: volunteer base continues; stipend, equipment and staffing changes noted

Office of the Child Advocate seeks two investigators; LBC did not recommend enhancement

Board of Pharmacy budget: K‑TRACS grants offset fee‑funded operations; no immediate fee increases planned

Budget basics and process reviewed for incoming committee members