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Minutes for SB96 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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House Substitute for SB 96 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Establishing child care licensing requirements relating to license capacity and staff-to-child ratios, eliminating certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity.
Minutes Content for Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Charles Reimer , Revisor, provided an overview of the bill and stood for questions.
Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor, provided additional overview of the bill and stood for questions.
Proponents in person Testimony was provided by:
Representative Ken Titus, District #51. (Attachment 1)
Andrew Wiens, Opportunity Solutions Project. (Attachment 2)
William Wilk, Kansas Chamber. (Attachment 3)
Colton Gibson, Modern Government. (Attachment 4)
Lauren Cossman, Wizard of Coz Daycare via WebEx. (Attachment 5)
Opponent in person testimony was provided by:
Derek Flerage, Kansas Department of Health and Education. (Attachment 6)
Tanya Koehn, ChildCare Aware Kansas.(Attachment 7)
Neutral in person testimony was presented by Joyce Glasscock , Kansas Alliance of Boys and Girls Club.(Attachment 8)
Written opponent (testimony was provided by:
David Jordan, United Ministry Health Fund. (Attachment 9)
Annell Harmon, Harmon and Harmon Childcare.(Attachment 10)
Emily Barnes, Kansas Action for Children.(Attachment 11)
Chairman Tarwater closed the hearing on SB96.
Chairman Tarwater adjourned the meeting.
The next scheduled meeting will be Monday, March 18, 2024 at 1:30 pm.
