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Sentencing Commission presses for SB 123 funding after LBC trims reappropriation and deletes enhancements
Summary
The Kansas Sentencing Commission told lawmakers it needs reappropriated SGF and a $2.4 million FY26 enhancement to raise provider rates for the SB 123 treatment program; the Legislative Budget Committee moved to delete $2.5 million in reappropriated SGF and to delete all enhancements.
Nicole Rencher, fiscal analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, told the subcommittee the Sentencing Commission requested $14,900,000 for fiscal year 2025 and carried over $3,700,000 in unspent State General Fund (SGF) reappropriation from FY24. Rencher reported a Legislative Budget Committee (LBC) motion to delete $2,500,000 of that reappropriation.
Rencher said the LBC "only approved the 1.21,300,000 re appropriation," and that the committee had a global motion to delete enhancement requests for FY26. She also summarized a $39,000 federal grant the agency later received to support a felony data enhancement in the Kansas Sentencing Application.
Scott Schultz, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, told the committee the agency administers the SB 123 program, which pays for court-ordered substance-abuse treatment for certain felony offenders,…
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