Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


February 22, 2021


The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
House Committee on Children and Seniors
Statehouse, Room 149A-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Concannon:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2271 by Representative Thomas
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2271 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2271 would amend the Kansas Code for Care of Children by permitting the court to
exercise jurisdiction over children in need of care and adult children in need of care to extend or
re-enter custody of the Secretary of the Department for Children and Families (DCF) until 21 years
of age.
There are approximately 3,523 adult children ages 18 to 21 years of age who would fall
under the provisions of HB 2271. DCF assumes that 10.0 percent or 352 of these adult children
would apply to re-enter custody, which would increase expenditures by $8.1 million from the State
General Fund for FY 2022. Within this total, DCF estimates additional salary and fringe benefit
expenses of $1.3 million for 19.00 new FTE positions, including 12.00 FTE Case Manager
positions, 6.00 FTE Supervisor positions, and 1.00 FTE Administrator position. Also, DCF
estimates adult placement costs would increase by $6.8 million and other information technology
contractual costs would increase by $82,000.
If it is determined that under HB 2271 Kansas has an extended foster program, there would
be an impact to the Independent Living (IL) program. This change would extend IL ages served
and increase caseloads. The fiscal effect of this change is unknown. Federal Title IV-E Foster
Care funds would not be available for this program until it was part of the Kansas IV-E State Plan.
If Kansas amended the State Plan to show that Kansas has an extended foster care program, federal
funds of less than 10.0 percent could be available, if approved.
The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2271

The Office of Judicial Administration indicates that the bill could increase the time spent
by district court judicial and nonjudicial personnel on Children in Need of Care cases. However,
the Office is unable to estimate the fiscal effect because the number of cases that would be filed is
unknown. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2271 is not reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s
Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Kim Holter, Children & Families
Debbie Thomas, Judiciary


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 38-2202, 38-2203, 23-37