68-West–Statehouse | 300 SW 10th Ave. | Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 (785) 296-3181 [email protected] kslegislature.org/klrd July 15, 2021 2020 2021 2021 Prelim. 2021 Approved Requested Recommended Approved Mtg. Days Mtg. Days Committees Meeting Days Mtg. Days JOINT COMMITTEES 4 6 Administrative Rules and Regulations ( pg 1) 6 3 3 Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight1 (2) 3 Home and Community Based Services & KanCare Oversight, 4 4 Robert G. (Bob) Bethell (4) 4 5 6 Information Technology (6) 5 1 2 Kansas Security (8) 2 10 10 Legislative Budget (9) 6 1 1 Pensions, Investments and Benefits (Joint KPERS)(10) 1 3 4 Special Claims Against the State (12) 4 3 5 State Building Construction2 (13) 5 -- 1 Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight (14) 1 -- 4 Child Welfare System Oversight (16) 4 34 46 Subtotal—Joint Committees 41 0 REQUESTED SPECIAL / STANDING COMMITTEES Joint Meeting of House Agriculture and Senate Agriculture and -- 1 Natural Resources (Pet Animal Act) (18) 1 -- 9 Joint Meeting of Senate and House Redistricting Committees2 (20 9 -- 3 House Water Committee2 (22) 3 Special Committee on Child Support Enforcement and -- 2 Collection (24) 2 -- 2 Special Committee on Federal 340B Drug Program (24) 2 -- 4 Special Committee on Taxation (26) 2 Special Committee on Home and Community Based Services -- 2 Intellectual and Developmental Disability Waiver (27) 2 -- 4 Special Committee on Liquor Law modernization (29) 4 6 -- Special Committee on Economic Recovery 6 -- Special Committee on Foster Care Oversight 0 -- Special Committee on Health 6 -- Special Committee on Kansas Emergency Management Act Special Committee on Kansas Mental Health Modernization 6 -- and Reform 24 27 Subtotal—Special or Standing Committees 25 0 2020 2021 2021 Prelim. 2021 Approved Requested Recommended Approved Mtg. Days Mtg. Days Committees Meeting Days Mtg. Days OTHER -- 1 Capitol Preservation Committee (31) 1 3 4 Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee (32) 4 1 1 Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight Committee3 1 16 30 Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission4 (33) 24 -- 8 Senior Care Task Force (35) 4 -- 2 Alvin Sykes Cold Case DNA Task Force (36) 2 1 1 Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia (38) 1 21 47 Subtotal—Other 37 0 79 120 Grand Total—Interim Meeting Days 103 0 1 This Committee is requesting authorization to tour the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex KJCC and Leavenworth Correctional Facility. 2 This Committee is requesting travel outside of Topeka. 3 This Committee annually receives a report on the status of the Health Care Stabilization Fund. No letter is normally received since payment for legislative members is not from legislative sources. 4 This Commission is requesting 24 of 30 meeting days be authorized for its 6 subcommittees to meet. Kansas Legislative Research Department 2 July 15, 2021 STATE OF KANSAS H OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE CAPITOL 1602 ELM STREET TOPEKA, KANSAS 66612 HAY$. KANSAS 67601•3741 1785) 296-4683 C7851 317-9386 t>arb.was;[email protected] ~ I ~,-'}' _Hff__H-__ ~ _ ;;;_;~----::'::. ~--==-~~ B A RB WASINGER 1 11TH DISTRICT May 25, 2021 Senator Ty Masterson, Chairperson Legislative Coordinating Council Room 332-E, Statehouse BUILDING MAIL Dear Chairperson Masterson: On behalf of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (JCARR), I request Legislative Coordinating Council approval of six meeting days for the JCARR during the 2021 Interim. KSA 77-436 requires the JCARR to hear all proposed rules and regulations during the public comment periods for those rules and regulations; for nearly all types of rules and regulations, that public comment period is only 60 days. The JCARR has remained up to date with rules and regulations noticed for hearing through the Session, but it is already aware of multiple sets of proposed rules and regulations that have met the requirements to proceed to hearing. The committee also plans to examine proposc1ls for changes to the Rules and Regulations Filing Act. Thank you for your consideration of this request. ~Ii~ Representative Barb Wasinger, Chairperson, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations cc: Representative Ron Ryckman, Vice-chairperson Senator Dinah Sykes, Senate Minority Leader Representative Tom Sawyer, House Minority Leader J.G. Scott, Director of Legislative Research Gordon Self, Revisor of Statutes Tom Day, Director of Legislative Administrative Services 1 STATE OF KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE CAPITOL DISTRICT OFFICE 300 S.W. TENTH AVENUE P.O. BOX 295 TOPEKA. KS 66612 LAKIN. KANSAS 67860 (785) 296-7447 (620) 290-1545 [email protected] [email protected] J. RUSSELL JENNINGS 122ND DISTRICT June 25, 2021 Senator Ty Masterson Chairperson, Legislative Coordinating Council 332-E Statehouse BUILDING MAIL Dear Chairperson Masterson: On behalf of the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight (Joint Committee), I request the Legislative Coordinating Council approve three meeting days for the 2021 Interim for the Joint Committee to meet and fulfill its statutory duties and to tour the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (KJCC) in Topeka and the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF). KSA 2020 Supp. 46-2801 directs the Joint Committee to monitor inmate and juvenile offender populations and to review and study the programs, activities, plans, and operations of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC). The issues outlined below fall squarely within the statutory duties placed upon the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee proposes to study issues related to KDOC operations, including prison population and capacity, prison construction, and bed contracts; KDOC employee retention; KDOC appropriations and planning generally; and the continuing implementation and impact of the juvenile justice reforms originally enacted in 2016. Additionally, the Joint Committee proposes to study: • Compassionate medical release and terminal medical release under Kansas and federal law; • Overview of Kansas Sentencing Commission (KSC) data and trends, and analysis of past legislative initiatives that were adopted; • Perspectives on adult and juvenile community corrections issues by community stakeholders; • Review of the Judicial Council report and recommendations concerning offender registration; • Review ofthe Juvenile Evidence-Based Programs Account; and • Update on the SB 123 Treatment Program by the KSC and providers. The Joint Committee requests authorization to tour the KJCC so that members may observe the daily operations of the state's only juvenile facility. The Joint Committee was authorized to tour the facility during the 2020 Interim but was unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Joint Committee 2 also requests authorization to tour the LCF so that members may be provided a first-hand view of the facility's new construction and learn more about LCF's substance abuse program and career center initiative. Thank you for your consideration of this request for three meeting days for the Joint Committee to consider these important topics and to tour the KJCC and LCF. Sincerely, J. Russell Jennings, Chairperson Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight cc: Representative Ron Ryckman, Vice-chairperson Senator Dinah Sykes, Senate Minority Leader Representative Tom Sawyer, House Minority Leader Gordon Self, Revisor of Statutes J.G. Scott, Director, Kansas Legislative Research Department Tom Day, Director, Legislative Administrative Services 3 STATE OF KANSAS J.G.SCOTT STAFF Director MELISSA RENICK LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL Assistant Director for Research INTERIM COMMITTEES AMY DECKARD STANDING COMMITTEES Assistant Director for Fiscal Allairs LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES KANSAS LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH D EPARTMENT Room 68-West - Slate Capitol Building - 300 SW Tench Avenue - Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 (785) 296-3181 ♦ www.kslegislature.org/klrd • [email protected] June 14, 2021 Senator Ty Masterson, Chairperson Legislative Coordinating Council Room 332-E, Statehouse BUILDING MAIL Dear Senator Masterson: The Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight respectfully requests the Legislative Coordinating Council approve a total of four meeting days (two two-day meetings) during the 2021 Interim. Pursuant to KSA 2020 Supp. 39-7, 160, the Committee is to meet at least once for two consecutive days during each of the third and fourth calendar quarters, on the call of the chairperson, in addition to meeting at least once in January and once in April when the Legislature is in session. KSA 2020 Supp. 39-7, 160 directs the Committee to oversee long-term care services including home and community based services (HCBS), which are to be provided through a comprehensive and coordinated system throughout the state. In its oversight role, the Committee is to oversee the savings resulting from the transfer of individuals from state or private institutions to HCBS and to ensure any proceeds resulting from the successful transfer be applied to the system for the provision of services for long-term care and HCBS, as well as to review and study other components of the state's long-term care system. Further, the Committee is to oversee the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and the state Medicaid programs, and monitor and study the implementation and operations of these programs including, but not limited to, access to and quality of services provided and any financial information and budgetary issues. The four