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Committee hears bill to move prenatal/postnatal awareness program to Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities
Summary
A bill to transfer authority for prenatal and postnatal diagnosed-conditions awareness programs from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities drew testimony from disability advocates and council staff about funding and navigation services.
The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony on House Bill 2307 on the transfer of responsibility for prenatal and postnatal diagnosed-conditions awareness programs from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (KCDD).
Jenna, the committee reviser, summarized the measure and told the panel the bill transfers the powers, duties and functions of the awareness program, amends the relevant Kansas statute (cited in testimony as KSA 65 1 2 59) to reflect the transfer, and establishes a prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs fund in the state treasury. The bill sets an appropriation trigger that,…
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