As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 615
By Committee on Judiciary
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AN ACT concerning the Kansas code for care of
children; relating to
11 definitions; reporting
requirements; violations of orders; amending
12 K.S.A. 38-1568 and
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502 and 38-1522 and re-
13 pealing the existing
sections; also repealing K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-
14 1502b.
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16 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
17 Section 1. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 38-1502 is hereby amended to read as
18 follows: 38-1502. As used in this code,
unless the context otherwise in-
19 dicates:
20 (a) ``Child in need of
care'' means a person less than 18 years of age
21 who:
22 (1) Is without adequate
parental care, control or subsistence and the
23 condition is not due solely to the lack of
financial means of the child's
24 parents or other custodian;
25 (2) is without the care
or control necessary for the child's physical,
26 mental or emotional health;
27 (3) has been physically,
mentally or emotionally abused or neglected
28 or sexually abused;
29 (4) has been placed for
care or adoption in violation of law;
30 (5) has been abandoned
or does not have a known living parent;
31 (6) is not attending
school as required by K.S.A. 72-977 or 72-1111,
32 and amendments thereto;
33 (7) except in the case
of a violation of K.S.A. 41-727, subsection (j)
34 of K.S.A. 74-8810 or subsection (m) or (n)
of K.S.A. 79-3321, and amend-
35 ments thereto, or, except as provided in
subsection (a)(12) of K.S.A. 21-
36 4204a and amendments thereto, does an act
which, when committed by
37 a person under 18 years of age, is
prohibited by state law, city ordinance
38 or county resolution but which is not
prohibited when done by an adult;
39 (8) while less than 10
years of age, commits any act which if done by
40 an adult would constitute the commission of
a felony or misdemeanor as
41 defined by K.S.A. 21-3105 and amendments
thereto;
42 (9) is willfully and
voluntarily absent from the child's home without
43 the consent of the child's parent or other
custodian;
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1 (10) is willfully
and voluntarily absent at least a second time from
a
2 court ordered or designated
placement, or a placement pursuant to court
3 order, if the absence is without the
consent of the person with whom the
4 child is placed or, if the child is
placed in a facility, without the consent
5 of the person in charge of such
facility or such person's designee;
6 (11) has been
residing in the same residence with a sibling or another
7 person under 18 years of age, who has
been physically, mentally or emo-
8 tionally abused or neglected, or
sexually abused; or
9 (12) while less
than 10 years of age commits the offense defined in
10 K.S.A. 21-4204a and amendments thereto.
11 (b) ``Physical, mental
or emotional abuse or neglect'' means the in-
12 fliction of physical, mental or emotional
injury or the causing of a dete-
13 rioration of a child and may include, but
shall not be limited to, failing to
14 maintain reasonable care and treatment,
negligent treatment or maltreat-
15 ment or exploiting a child to the extent
that the child's health or emotional
16 well-being is endangered. A parent
legitimately practicing religious beliefs
17 who does not provide specified medical
treatment for a child because of
18 religious beliefs shall not for that reason
be considered a negligent parent;
19 however, this exception shall not preclude
a court from entering an order
20 pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A.
38-1513 and amendments thereto.
21 (c) ``Sexual abuse''
means any act committed with a child which is
22 described in article 35, chapter 21 of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated and
23 those acts described in K.S.A. 21-3602 or
21-3603, and amendments
24 thereto, regardless of the age of the
child.
25 (d) ``Parent,'' when
used in relation to a child or children, includes a
26 guardian, conservator and every person who
is by law liable to maintain,
27 care for or support the child.
28 (e) ``Interested party''
means the state, the petitioner, the child, any
29 parent and any person found to be an
interested party pursuant to K.S.A.
30 38-1541 and amendments thereto.
31 (f) ``Law enforcement
officer'' means any person who by virtue of
32 office or public employment is vested by
law with a duty to maintain
33 public order or to make arrests for crimes,
whether that duty extends to
34 all crimes or is limited to specific
crimes.
35 (g) ``Youth residential
facility'' means any home, foster home or struc-
36 ture which provides 24-hour-a-day care for
children and which is licensed
37 pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated.
38 (h) ``Shelter facility''
means any public or private facility or home
39 other than a juvenile detention facility
that may be used in accordance
40 with this code for the purpose of providing
either temporary placement
41 for the care of children in need of care
prior to the issuance of a dispos-
42 itional order or longer term care under a
dispositional order.
43 (i) ``Juvenile detention
facility'' means any secure public or private
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1 facility used for the lawful custody
of accused or adjudicated juvenile
2 offenders which must not be a
jail.
3 (j) ``Adult
correction facility'' means any public or private facility, se-
4 cure or nonsecure, which is used for
the lawful custody of accused or
5 convicted adult criminal
offenders.
6 (k) ``Secure
facility'' means a facility which is operated or structured
7 so as to ensure that all entrances
and exits from the facility are under the
8 exclusive control of the staff of the
facility, whether or not the person
9 being detained has freedom of
movement within the perimeters of the
10 facility, or which relies on locked rooms
and buildings, fences or physical
11 restraint in order to control behavior of
its residents. No secure facility
12 shall be in a city or county jail.
13 (l) ``Ward of the
court'' means a child over whom the court has ac-
14 quired jurisdiction by the filing of a
petition pursuant to this code and
15 who continues subject to that jurisdiction
until the petition is dismissed
16 or the child is discharged as provided in
K.S.A. 38-1503 and amendments
17 thereto.
18 (m) ``Custody,'' whether
temporary, protective or legal, means the
19 status created by court order or statute
which vests in a custodian,
20 whether an individual or an agency, the
right to physical possession of
21 the child and the right to determine
placement of the child, subject to
22 restrictions placed by the court.
23 (n) ``Placement'' means
the designation by the individual or agency
24 having custody of where and with whom the
child will live.
25 (o) ``Secretary'' means
the secretary of social and rehabilitation serv-
26 ices.
27 (p) ``Relative'' means a
person related by blood, marriage or adoption
28 but, when referring to a relative of a
child's parent, does not include the
29 child's other parent.
30 (q) ``Court-appointed
special advocate'' means a responsible adult
31 other than an attorney guardian ad
litem who is appointed by the court
32 to represent the best interests of a child,
as provided in K.S.A. 38-1505a
33 and amendments thereto, in a proceeding
pursuant to this code.
34 (r) ``Multidisciplinary
team'' means a group of persons, appointed by
35 the court or by the state department of
social and rehabilitation services
36 under K.S.A. 38-1523a and amendments
thereto, which has knowledge
37 of the circumstances of a child in need of
care.
38 (s) ``Jail'' means:
39 (1) An adult jail or
lockup; or
40 (2) a facility in the
same building or on the same grounds as an adult
41 jail or lockup, unless the facility meets
all applicable standards and licen-
42 sure requirements under law and there is
(A) total separation of the ju-
43 venile and adult facility spatial areas
such that there could be no haphaz-
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1 ard or accidental contact between
juvenile and adult residents in the
2 respective facilities; (B) total
separation in all juvenile and adult program
3 activities within the facilities,
including recreation, education, counseling,
4 health care, dining, sleeping, and
general living activities; and (C) separate
5 juvenile and adult staff, including
management, security staff and direct
6 care staff such as recreational,
educational and counseling.
7 (t) ``Kinship
care'' means the placement of a child in the home of the
8 child's relative or in the home of
another adult with whom the child or
9 the child's parent already has a
close emotional attachment.
10 (u) ``Juvenile intake
and assessment worker'' means a responsible
11 adult authorized to perform intake and
assessment services as a part of
12 the intake and assessment system
established pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7023
13 and amendments thereto.
14 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 38-1522 is hereby amended to read as
15 follows: 38-1522. (a) When any of the
following persons has reason to
16 suspect that a child has been injured as a
result of physical, mental or
17 emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse,
the person shall report the
18 matter promptly
within promptly, but in no case more
than 48 hours
19 after having reason to suspect the
child has been injured, excluding
20 Saturdays and Sundays and legal
holidays as provided in subsection (c)
21 or (e): Persons licensed to practice the
healing arts or dentistry; persons
22 licensed to practice optometry; persons
engaged in postgraduate training
23 programs approved by the state board of
healing arts; licensed psychol-
24 ogists; licensed professional or practical
nurses examining, attending or
25 treating a child under the age of 18;
teachers, school administrators or
26 other employees of a school which the child
is attending; chief adminis-
27 trative officers of medical care
facilities; registered marriage and family
28 therapists; persons licensed by the
secretary of health and environment
29 to provide child care services or the
employees of persons so licensed at
30 the place where the child care services are
being provided to the child;
31 licensed social workers; firefighters;
emergency medical services person-
32 nel; mediators appointed under
K.S.A. 23-602 and amendments thereto;
33 juvenile intake and assessment workers;
persons providing direct services
34 to children through a contract
with the state department of social and
35 rehabilitation
services; and law enforcement officers. The report may
be
36 made orally and shall be followed by a
written report if requested. When
37 the suspicion is the result of medical
examination or treatment of a child
38 by a member of the staff of a medical care
facility or similar institution,
39 that staff member shall immediately notify
the superintendent, manager
40 or other person in charge of the
institution who shall make a written
41 report forthwith. Every written report
shall contain, if known, the names
42 and addresses of the child and the child's
parents or other persons re-
43 sponsible for the child's care, the child's
age, the nature and extent of the
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1 child's injury (including any
evidence of previous injuries) and any other
2 information that the maker of the
report believes might be helpful in
3 establishing the cause of the
injuries and the identity of the persons re-
4 sponsible for the injuries.
5 (b) Any other
person who has reason to suspect that a child has been
6 injured as a result of physical,
mental or emotional abuse or neglect or
7 sexual abuse may report the matter as
provided in subsection (c) or (e).
8 (c) Except as
provided by subsection (e), reports made pursuant to
9 this section shall be made to the
state department of social and rehabil-
10 itation services. When the department is
not open for business, the re-
11 ports shall be made to the appropriate law
enforcement agency. On the
12 next day that the state department of
social and rehabilitation services is
13 open for business, the law enforcement
agency shall report to the de-
14 partment any report received and any
investigation initiated pursuant to
15 subsection (a) of K.S.A. 38-1524 and
amendments thereto. The reports
16 may be made orally or, on request of the
department, in writing.
17 (d) Any person who is
required by this section to report an injury to
18 a child and who knows of the death of a
child shall notify immediately
19 the coroner as provided by K.S.A. 22a-242,
and amendments thereto.
20 (e) Reports of child
abuse or neglect occurring in an institution op-
21 erated by the secretary of social and
rehabilitation services or the com-
22 missioner of juvenile justice shall be made
to the attorney general. All
23 other reports of child abuse or neglect by
persons employed by or of
24 children of persons employed by the state
department of social and re-
25 habilitation services or the juvenile
justice authority shall be made to the
26 appropriate law enforcement agency.
27 (f) Willful and knowing
failure to make a report required by this sec-
28 tion is a class B misdemeanor.
29 (g) Preventing or
interfering with, with the intent to prevent, the
30 making of a report required by this section
is a class B misdemeanor.
31 Sec. 3. K.S.A.
38-1568 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38-
32 1568. (a) Valid court order. During
proceedings under this code, the court
33 may enter an order directing a child who is
the subject of the proceedings
34 to remain in a present or future placement
if:
35 (1) The court makes a
finding that the child has been adjudicated to
36 be a child in need of care pursuant to: (A)
Subsection (a)(10) of K.S.A.
37 38-1502, and amendments thereto; or (B) any
of the subsections (a)(1)
38 through (a)(9) or (a)(11) of K.S.A.
38-1502, and amendments thereto, and
39 the court determines that the child is not
likely to be available within the
40 jurisdiction of the court for future
proceedings;
41 (2) the child and the
child's guardian ad litem are present before the
42 court at the time the order is entered;
and
43 (3) the child and the
child's guardian ad litem are given adequate and
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1 fair warning, both orally and in
writing, of the consequences of violation
2 of the order and a copy of such
warning is recorded in the official file of
3 the case.
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(b) Application. Any person may file with the court a
verified appli-
5 cation for a determination that a
child has violated an order entered pur-
6 suant to subsection (a) and for an
order authorizing the holding of such
7 child in a secure facility as
provided by this section. Such application shall
8 state the applicant's belief that the
child has violated a valid court order
9 entered pursuant to subsection (a)
and the specific facts which are relied
10 upon to support the belief.
11 (c) Ex parte
order. Upon the filing of an application in accordance
12 with subsection (b), the court may enter
ex parte an order directing that
13 the child be taken into custody and held in
a secure facility designated
14 by the court if the court determines that
there is probable cause to believe
15 the allegations in the application. The
order shall remain in effect for not
16 more than 24 hours following the child's
being taken into custody. The
17 order shall be served on the child's
parents, any legal custodian of the
18 child and the child's guardian ad
litem.
19 (d) Preliminary
hearing. Within 24 hours following a child's being
20 taken into custody pursuant to an order
issued under subsection (c), the
21 court shall hold a hearing to determine
whether the child admits or denies
22 the allegations of the application and, if
the child denies such allegations,
23 whether there is probable cause to hold the
child in a secure facility
24 pending a hearing on the application
pursuant to subsection (e). Notice
25 of the time and place of the preliminary
hearing shall be given orally or
26 in writing to the child's parents, any
legal custodian of the child and the
27 child's guardian ad litem. At the
hearing, the child shall have the right to:
28 (1) Have in writing the alleged violation
and the facts relied upon in the
29 application; (2) a guardian ad litem
pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1505, and
30 amendments thereto; and (3) the right to
confront and present witnesses.
31 If, upon the hearing, the court finds that
the child admits the allegations
32 of the application, the court shall proceed
without delay to hold a hearing
33 on the application pursuant to subsection
(e). If, upon the hearing, the
34 court finds that the child denies the
allegations of the application, the
35 court may enter an order directing that the
child be held in a secure
36 facility pending a hearing pursuant to
subsection (e) if the court finds
37 that there is probable cause to believe
that the child has violated a valid
38 court order entered pursuant to subsection
(a) and that secure detention
39 of the child is necessary for the
protection of the child or to assure the
40 appearance of the child at the hearing on
the application pursuant to
41 subsection (e).
42 (e) Hearing on
violation of order; authorization. The court shall hold
43 a hearing on an application filed pursuant
to subsection (b) within 24
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1 hours following the child's being
taken into custody, if the child admits
2 the allegations of the application,
or within 72 hours following the child's
3 being taken into custody, if secure
detention of the child is ordered pur-
4 suant to subsection (d). Notice of
the time and place of such hearing shall
5 be given orally or in writing to the
child's parents, any legal custodian of
6 the child and the child's guardian
ad litem. Upon such hearing, the court
7 may enter an order awarding custody
of the child to the secretary, if the
8 secretary does not have legal custody
of the child, and authorizing the
9 secretary to place the child in a
secure facility if the court determines
10 that:
11 (1) The child has been
adjudicated to be a child in need of care
12 pursuant to subsection
(a)(10) subsections (a)(1) through (a)(11) of
K.S.A.
13 38-1502, and amendments thereto;
14 (2) the child has
violated a valid court order entered pursuant to sub-
15 section (a);
16 (3) the child has been
provided at the hearing with the right to: (A)
17 Have the alleged violation in writing and
served upon the child a reason-
18 able time before the hearing; (B) a hearing
before the court on the issue
19 of placement in a secure facility; (C) an
explanation of the nature and
20 consequences of the proceeding; (D) a
guardian ad litem pursuant to
21 K.S.A. 38-1505, and amendments thereto; (E)
confront and present wit-
22 nesses; (F) have a transcript or record of
the proceedings; and (G) appeal;
23 and
24 (4) there is no less
restrictive alternative appropriate to the needs of
25 the juvenile and the community.
26 The authorization to place a
child in a secure facility pursuant to this
27 subsection shall expire 60 days, including
Saturdays, Sundays and legal
28 holidays, after it is issued. The court may
grant extensions of such au-
29 thorization for two additional periods not
exceeding 60 days, including
30 Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, upon
rehearing pursuant to K.S.A.
31 38-1564, and amendments thereto. Payment by
the secretary to a secure
32 facility for child care services provided
pursuant to this subsection shall
33 be paid only upon receipt by the secretary
of a copy of a valid court order.
34 (f) Limitations on
facilities used. Nothing in this section shall author-
35 ize placement of a child in a juvenile
detention facility, except that a child
36 may be held in any such facility which, if
in an adult jail, is in quarters
37 separated by sight and sound from adult
prisoners:
38 (1) When ordered by a
court pursuant to subsection (c) or (d), for
39 not longer than the times permitted by
those subsections; or
40 (2) when ordered by a
court pursuant to subsection (e), for not more
41 than 24 hours following the hearing
provided for by that subsection, ex-
42 cept that nothing in this subsection shall
allow a child to be held in an
43 adult jail for more than 24 hours.
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1 (g) Time
limits, computation. Except as otherwise specifically pro-
2 vided by subsection (e), Saturdays,
Sundays and legal holidays shall not
3 be counted in computing any time
limit imposed by this section.
4 (h) This section
shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas code
5 for care of children.
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Sec. 4. K.S.A. 38-1568 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502,
38-1502b and
7 38-1522 are hereby repealed.
8 Sec. 5. This
act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
9 publication in the statute book.
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