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Minutes for HB2554 - Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
Short Title
Directing the secretary for children and families to identify relatives and persons with whom a child in custody of the secretary has close emotional ties for placement and send notice of custody to the persons when identified.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 7, 2024
Chair Concannon opened the hearing on HB2554.
Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor, Kansas Revisor of Statutes Office gave an overview of HB2554.(Attachment 9)
Kendall Seal, Vice-President of Policy, Center for the Rights of Abused Children, gave proponent testimony. (Attachment 10)
Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary, Department for Children and Families, gave written-only proponent testimony. (Attachment 11)
Mike Fonkert, Deputy Director, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, gave written-only proponent testimony.(Attachment 12)
Rachel Marsh, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Alliance of Kansas, gave written-only neutral testimony.(Attachment 13)
Chair Concannon closed the hearing on HB2554.
The meeting adjourned at 3:03 p.m.
