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Kansas CARE Network reports 5,137 referrals and adds trained child‑abuse medical providers
Summary
KDHE and KU Center partners told the committee the CARE Network has processed more than 5,100 written referrals for suspected child abuse since 2023, recommended several hundred medical exams and established a network of trained physicians and advanced practitioners across the state to provide or advise on forensic and diagnostic evaluations.
The Kansas CARE Network — created by the 2023 Legislature to improve access to medical evaluations for children suspected of abuse — has handled thousands of referrals and expanded its cadre of trained child‑abuse medical providers, the Department of Health reported to the Joint Committee.
Dr. Emily Killough, speaking for KDHE and the medical resource center that supports the CARE Network, told lawmakers that from April 1, 2023, through February 28, 2025, DCF submitted 5,137 written referrals to the network for children with concerns of possible physical abuse. Of those referrals, the medical…
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