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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 15, 2023


          The Honorable Susan Concannon, Chairperson
          House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 152-S
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Concannon:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2377 by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster
                                  Care
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2377 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  HB 2377 would require the Office of Vital Statistics to waive fees on birth and death
          certificates ordered by the Department for Children and Families and the court related to a child
          in need of care proceedings.
                  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) indicates that HB 2377 would
          have a fiscal effect of annual loss of revenue of $98,160. The Department for Children and
          Families (DCF) indicates that the bill would result in a reduction of expenditures of less than
          $2,500 annually. The Division of the Budget notes that the KDHE estimate for lost revenue is
          based on historical data for all DCF requests for birth and death certificates. DCF’s interpretation
          of the bill is that the fees for certificates would be waived only in child in need of care cases.
                  The Office of Judicial Administration indicates that the bill would not have a fiscal effect
          on expenditures but would have a fiscal effect on revenues to the Judicial Branch. The Judicial
          Branch receives a portion of fees for birth certificate copies. If there is no fee charged for birth
          certificate copies in these cases, it would result in a decrease in revenue. Any fiscal effect
          associated with HB 2377 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.


                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Adam Proffitt
                                                               Director of the Budget
          cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
              Amy Penrod, Department of Health & Environment
              Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 65-2418, 65-2422d