3507

SILVER HAIRED LEGISLATURE RESOLUTION

NO. 3507

AN ACT concerning the grandparents as caregivers program; creating the grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, for the Kansas department for children and families.

Be it enacted by the Silver Haired Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, appropriations are hereby made, restrictions and limitations are hereby imposed and transfers, capital improvement projects, fees, receipts, disbursements and acts incidental to the foregoing are hereby directed or authorized as provided in this act.

(b) This act shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75- 6702(a), and amendments thereto.

Sec. 2.

KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

(a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the following special revenue fund or funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, all moneys now or hereafter lawfully credited to and available in such fund or funds, except that expenditures other than refunds authorized by law shall not exceed the following:

Grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund………………………………………………………..No limit

Sec. 3. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund to be administered by the secretary for children and families. All moneys credited to the grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund shall be used by the Kansas department for children and families only for providing reimbursement pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 38-147, and amendments thereto, to grandparents serving as caregivers pursuant to the grandparents as caregivers act. All expenditures from the grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for children and families or the secretary’s designee.

(b) On July 1 of each year, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the grandparents as caregivers reimbursement fund the amount of moneys necessary to fund reimbursements for the ensuing fiscal year to grandparents serving as caregivers pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 38-147, and amendments thereto, as certified by the secretary for children and families or the secretary’s designee. On or before June 1 of each year, the secretary for children and families or the secretary’s designee shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount of moneys necessary to fund such reimbursements for the ensuing fiscal year. The secretary for children and families shall transmit a copy of each such certification to the director of the budget and to the director of legislative research. All transfers made pursuant to this subsection shall be considered to be demand transfers from the state general fund.

(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the grandparents as caregivers act.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.