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Committee Reports to the 2020 Legislature Committee Reports to the 2020 Kansas Legislature Special Committees; Selected Joint Committees; Other Committees, Commissions, and Task Forces Kansas Legislative Research Department January 2020 2019 Legislative Coordinating Council Chairperson Senator Susan Wagle, President of the Senate Vice-chairperson Ron Ryckman, Speaker of the House Jim Denning, Senate Majority Leader Anthony Hensley, Senate Minority Leader Blaine Finch, Speaker Pro Tem Daniel Hawkins, House Majority Leader Tom Sawyer, House Minority Leader Kansas Legislative Research Department 300 SW 10th Ave., Room 68-West, Statehouse Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 Telephone: (785) 296-3181 [email protected] www.kslegislature.org/klrd Special Committees; Selected Joint Committees; Other Committees, Commissions, and Task Forces Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance Special Committee on Judiciary Special Committee on Natural Resources Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Joint Committee on Kansas Security Joint Committee on State Building Construction Capitol Preservation Committee Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight Committee Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission Kansas Legislative Research Department 300 SW 10th Ave., Room 68-West, Statehouse Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 Telephone: (785) 296-3181 [email protected] www.kslegislature.org/klrd This page intentionally left blank. Foreword In the 2019 Interim, the Legislative Coordinating Council appointed six special committees to study nine study topics. Legislation recommended by the committees will be available in the Documents Room early in the 2020 Session. Joint committees created by statute met in the 2019 Interim as provided in the statutes specific to each joint committee. Several of the joint committees have reported on their activities, and those reports are contained in this publication. Legislation recommended by these committees will be available in the Documents Room early in the 2020 Session. This publication also contains reports of other committees, commissions, and task forces that are not special committees created by the Legislative Coordinating Council or joint committees. Reports of the following are not contained in this publication and will be published in a supplement: Special Committee on Federal and State Affairs Special Committee on Health Special Committee on Medicaid Expansion (The final report of the Senate Select Committee on Healthcare Access will be appended to this report.) Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight Joint Committee on Information Technology Legislative Budget Committee Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia Statewide Broadband Expansion Planning Task Force Minutes of the meetings of the special committees, joint committees, other committees, commissions, task forces, and panels are on file in the Division of Legislative Administrative Services. A summary of each reporting entity’s conclusions and recommendations may be found beginning on page i. This page intentionally left blank. TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance Healthcare Benefits and Costs.........................................................................................................1-1 Kansas Financial Institutions’ Privilege Tax .................................................................................1-8 Special Committee on Judiciary Report..............................................................................................................................................2-1 Special Committee on Natural Resources Report..............................................................................................................................................3-1 Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Annual Report.................................................................................................................................4-1 Joint Committee on Kansas Security Annual Report.................................................................................................................................5-1 Joint Committee on State Building Construction Annual Report.................................................................................................................................6-1 Capitol Preservation Committee Annual Report.................................................................................................................................7-1 Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight Committee Annual Report.................................................................................................................................8-1 Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission Preliminary Report..........................................................................................................................9-1 Appendix A....................................................................................................................................9-15 Appendix B....................................................................................................................................9-19 Appendix C (Available online at kslegresearch.org).....................................................................9-21 This page intentionally left blank. Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance Healthcare benefits and costs. The Committee made no formal recommendations. The Committee recognized the broad scope of the assigned healthcare benefits and costs topics and appreciated the information provided by a representative group of healthcare providers, insurers, agencies, and other stakeholders. The Committee submits its report for consideration to standing committees of the 2020 Legislature. Kansas financial institutions’ privilege tax. Following public hearings and discussion, the Committee made no recommendation on 2019 SB 238 (privilege tax deduction for interest from certain business loans). The Committee did not recommend 2019 SB 239 (imposing a tax on certain state credit unions for the privilege of doing business). The Committee directs its report to the House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions, the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance, the Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation, and the House Committee on Taxation. Special Committee on Judiciary The Committee recommended Kansas voters be provided the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that would reverse the holding of the Kansas Supreme Court in Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. v. Schmidt regarding the existence of a right to an abortion under the Kansas Constitution; the Legislature continue to study the issue of the Supreme Court selection process; and the Legislature continue to evaluate the ramifications of the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision in Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd. prior to determining what, if any, action to take. Special Committee on Natural Resources The Committee recommended the Kansas Water Office conduct a basin-by-basin evaluation of Kansas reservoirs to determine where flooding is occurring, what damage has occurred as a result of flooding, and possible actions that could be taken to prevent or provide remediation for flooding events. The Committee also recommended the Kansas Water Office provide information to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources regarding Iowa’s system for reporting flooding events and Kansas sedimentation issues. Additionally, the Committee recommended the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism provide information to the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources regarding damage to state property and infrastructure due to 2019 flooding events. The Committee recommended the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Ways and Means consider a plan to restore the $8.0 million statutory transfer to the State Water Plan Fund and recommended the State Water Plan include efforts to combat the build-up of sedimentation in Kansas reservoirs. The Committee also recommended the Legislature adopt a joint resolution urging the Kansas federal delegation to make appropriations for the 2019 flood damage in Kansas and to ask for congressional authority for the Tulsa Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to create a study similar to the study being conducted by the Kansas City Division, U.S. Corps of Engineers, on river bed degradation. Kansas Legislative Research Department i 2019 Interim Committee Reports Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight The Committee recommended legislation to allow detention of runaway juveniles for 24 hours. The Committee made recommendations to the 2020 Legislature related to appropriations from the Evidence- Based Programs Fund; software information management systems for child welfare agencies; legislative study of current record requirements and data collection for youths in the child welfare system; strategies to address the behavior of unruly, disruptive, and potentially dangerous children within the child welfare system; legislative presentations concerning child brain development; payments for kinship placements; access to treatment and training by female inmates; salary equity and education-level requirements of positions within
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