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KDADS asks committee to retain reappropriations as agency warns of waiver and capital shortfalls
Summary
Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services told the Committee on Social Services Budget it needs to keep roughly $133 million in reappropriated funds to cover construction for the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital, one'time HCBS projects and to avoid starting wait lists on several Home- and Community-Based Services waivers.
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services on Friday urged the Committee on Social Services Budget to let it retain roughly $133 million in reappropriated funds, saying the money is already committed to projects and services including construction of the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital and one-time HCBS (home- and community-based services) programs.
Deputy Secretary Andy Brown, who manages programs at KDADS, told the committee the agency'wide FY26 revised estimate is about $3.9 billion, including roughly $1.6 billion in state general funds, and that $145 million of reappropriations (excluding $30 million tied to consensus caseload) remain in the agency's current-year budget. "We are asking you to allow us to retain $133,000,000 of the reappropriations," Brown…
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