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Panel backs expanding juvenile crisis intervention funding to more licensed facilities
Summary
Senate Judiciary heard Senate Bill 414, which would expand eligibility for Evidence Based Programs Account funding to include juvenile crisis intervention services in DCF- and KDADS-licensed residential facilities; agency and provider witnesses said it would increase capacity and align with statewide recommendations.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 414, which would broaden which residential facilities can receive up to $2 million annually from the Evidence Based Programs Account to provide behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles.
Reviser Scott told the committee SB 414 amends KSA 65-5-36 (the juvenile crisis intervention centers statute) to allow the Secretary of Corrections to enter memoranda of understanding with other cabinet agencies and to provide funding to licensed juvenile crisis intervention centers or other residential facilities licensed by the…
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