Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB414

Filed/Introduced
8/8/26  
Introduced
1/28/26  

Caption

Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide money from the evidence-based programs account to residential facilities with behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles.

Impact

The implementation of SB 414 can greatly influence state laws regarding the treatment and management of juveniles in crisis. By establishing clear guidelines for juvenile crisis intervention centers, including their operational protocols and the types of services they are expected to provide, the bill seeks to improve outcomes for at-risk youth. This includes promoting collaboration among health organizations and facilitating access to necessary mental health services. The funding provisions could enhance the quality of treatment services and contribute to better support networks for juveniles facing behavioral health challenges.

Summary

Senate Bill 414 aims to authorize funding from the evidence-based programs account to licensed residential facilities providing behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles. This bill introduces a structured approach to mental health crisis management, particularly focusing on adolescents who may present a danger to themselves or others. The legislation establishes the framework for juvenile crisis intervention centers to assess, treat, and provide case planning for youths experiencing acute behavioral health issues, ensuring that comprehensive services are available in crisis situations.

Contention

Debate surrounding SB 414 may revolve around its funding mechanisms and governance. While proponents argue that increasing financial resources for juvenile mental health services is essential for reducing recidivism and improving public safety, critics may voice concerns about the quality of care and oversight of these residential facilities. Some stakeholders could express apprehension over whether such facilities can adequately replace traditional methods of juvenile detention, particularly if safety concerns are not thoroughly addressed. The bill's emphasis on behavioral health crisis intervention marks a shift in how juvenile justice systems handle mental health issues, which could lead to considerable discussion among lawmakers and advocates.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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KS HB2236

Establishing the mental health intervention team program in the Kansas department for aging and disability services in state statute and providing incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools and mental health intervention team providers.

IL HB3700

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MS SB2474

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CA AB2378

California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program.

VA HB1736

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MS SB2823

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VA HB602

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AZ HB2248

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