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2015 JOINT COMMITTEE ON
CORRECTIONS AND JUVENILE JUSTICE OVERSIGHT
Agenda Minutes Report
Senate
Sen. Carolyn McGinn, Vice-chairperson
Sen. Molly Baumgardner
Sen. Steve Fitzgerald
Sen. Forrest Knox
Sen. Jacob LaTurner
Sen. Pat Pettey
Sen. Greg Smith
House
Rep. John Rubin, Chairperson
Rep. Jim Ward, Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Sydney Carlin
Rep. Pete DeGraaf
Rep. Ramon Gonzales
Rep. Amanda Grosserode
Rep. Jerry Henry
Kansas Legislative Research Dept.
Lauren Douglass
Robert Allison-Gallimore
Justin Carroll
Office of Revisor of Statutes
Natalie Scott
Jason Thompson
Linda Kentch, Committee Assistant
CHARGE
Review statutorily-required topics; electronic monitoring instead of incarceration;
mental health and substance abuse treatment in non-prison settings; in juvenile
offender cases, funding of substance abuse treatment and assessment of child
support; requiring law enforcement officers to wear body cameras; and use of
locally-collected civil fines.
- KSA 2014 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). As part
of this charge, KDOC has requested study of juvenile justice reform; electronic
monitoring as an alternative to prison; continuing implementation of the Justice
Reinvestment Initiative (2013 HB 2170); and recruitment and retention of
corrections staff.
Additionally, the Joint Committee is authorized to study the following topics:
- Requiring body cameras for all law enforcement officers and, to fund this
requirement, the feasibility of changing the civil asset forfeiture process to
require all assets seized be sent to a centrally administered fund to disperse
back to local law enforcement;
- Using the Problem Gambling and Addictions Fund, which, pursuant to KSA
2014 Supp. 79-4805, may be used for treatment of alcoholism, drug abuse, and
other addictive behaviors, to fund juvenile substance abuse treatment,
particularly as it relates to placements and Youth Residential Centers; and
- Treating offenders with mental health and substance abuse issues in a setting
other than prison.
Approved Meeting Days: 2 days
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2015 Interim Information
Approved Topics Memo
Approved Days Listing
Interim Calendar
Interim Committee Membership
Committee Reports to the 2016 Legislature
Committee Reports to the 2016 Legislature-Supplement
Statutory Joint Committees
Special Committees
Other Task Forces, Commissions, Committees
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