SESSION OF 2022
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 12
As Amended by House Committee on Children
and Seniors

Brief*
SB 12, as amended, would require the Kansas
Department for Children and Families (DCF) to collaborate
with community partners and stakeholders to develop a plan
for implementation for a set of performance-based contracts
to provide an array of evidence-based prevention and early
intervention services for families at risk for an out-of-home
placement, families that have a child in out-of-home care, and
children who are awaiting adoption.
The bill would require the implementation plan to
describe:
● The services that are required to be delivered
under any contract in order to assure that providers
have the ability to provide adequate, appropriate,
and relevant evidence-based services to individual
families;
● The outcome measures that will be used to
evaluate the effectiveness of provider performance
under the contracts;
● The processes in which families will be referred to
contracted providers, including the protocols for
continued communication or coordination between
providers and DCF to ensure child safety and well-
being and promote family engagement; and
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
 ● The optimum balance of shared responsibility for
child protection and child welfare between DCF
and the providers, including a description of the
core functions to be performed by each.
The bill would require DCF to consider the capacity for
region-wide delivery of prevention and intervention services,
including the willingness and ability for community partners
and stakeholders to participate in developing the plan by
January 31, 2023. The bill would require DCF to determine
whether there are existing multidisciplinary work groups
engaged in performance improvement or reform efforts.
The bill would require DCF to report to the Governor, the
House Committee on Children and Seniors, and the Senate
Committee on Public Health and Welfare by January 31,
2023, with a plan to begin implementation on July 1, 2023.
The bill would require DCF to provide a status update and
recommendations for continued progress to the Governor and
Legislature no later than January 31, 2024.
The bill would require DCF to submit a proposal to the
Governor and Legislature on or before January 31, 2024, for
the reinvestment of savings from reduced foster care
caseloads into evidence-based prevention and early
intervention programs designed to prevent the need for or
reduce the duration of out-of-home placements. The bill
would require the proposal to include sufficient detail
regarding accounting, budgeting, and allocation of resources
or other procedures for legislative consideration and
approval.
The bill would be in effect upon publication in the
Kansas Register.

Background
The bill was introduced by Senator Faust-Goudeau.

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Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
In the Senate Committee hearing, Senator Faust-
Goudeau and representatives of Kansas Appleseed Center
for Law and Justice and Kansas Family Advisory Network
provided proponent testimony, stating that performance-
based contracts will help provide accountability within the
foster care system and ensure that children and families in
need are receiving satisfactory care.
Neutral testimony was provided by a representative of
DCF, stating that DCF currently includes performance
outcomes in its contracts and engages in collaboration with
stakeholders and community partners. The representative
stated that DCF’s Family First Prevention Services Act and
Foster Care agreements are grants, and the bill would require
those grants to become contracts; the involvement of the
Department of Administration would be required in
procurement of those contracts.
On February 9, 2022, the Senate Committee made a
technical amendment to update dates within the bill.

House Committee on Children and Seniors
In the House Committee hearing, Senator Faust-
Goudeau and a representative of Kansas Appleseed Center
for Law and Justice provided proponent testimony on the bill.
A representative of Kansas Family Advisory Network and a
private citizen provided written-only proponent testimony. No
other testimony was provided.
On March 17, 2022, the House Committee amended the
bill to make it effective upon publication in the Kansas
Register.


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Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, DCF indicates
enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on the
agency. DCF expects that the outcomes established would be
consistent with federal outcome requirements; if not, it is
possible the agency could be penalized by partial withholding
of federal funding.
Department for Children and Families; performance-based contracts; child welfare


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