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Committee approves KU Health Care Authority nominations and advances permanency-hearing schedule bill
Summary
The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee voted to consent to nominations to the KU Health Care Authority and voted favorably as amended on House Bill 2075, which shortens the initial permanency hearing timeframe for children in need of care and makes several technical changes.
The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee took final action on two nominations to the KU Health Care Authority and advanced House Bill 2075 with an amendment.
Nominations: The committee voted to approve and consent to the nomination of Maureen Mahoney to the KU Health Care Authority. The committee then voted to approve and consent to the reappointment of Don Hall to the same authority. The actions were taken by voice vote after a motion and a second; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the provided transcript and both nominations were reported favorably to the full Senate.
House Bill 2075: The committee also took final action on House Bill 2075, a bill to move the schedule of permanency hearings for children in need of care. Jenna, the reviser's staff, explained the bill would move the first permanency hearing from 12 months to nine months and set subsequent permanency hearings every six months thereafter. The committee considered and approved a technical amendment explained by Jenna that corrected wording throughout the bill (for example, changing plural "children" to singular "child" where appropriate), reordered placement options to read consistently ("fit and willing relative, a legal custodian or guardian, or be placed for adoption"), fixed an extra conjunction, changed the statutory phrase "best interest of the child" to the term of art "best interests of the child," and clarified an antecedent to read "such civil case." Senator Hoelscher moved to pass the bill favorably as amended and Senator Clifford seconded; the motion passed on a voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally.
Other business: At the end of the meeting, committee staff announced Senate Bill 276 had been withdrawn by proponents and would not be considered that day.
Votes at a glance - Maureen Mahoney — Nomination to KU Health Care Authority: approved/consented by committee (voice vote; mover recorded in transcript). - Don Hall — Reappointment to KU Health Care Authority: approved/consented by committee (voice vote; motion and second recorded). - House Bill 2075 — Permanency hearings: approved favorably as amended; final action in committee (voice vote).
