Reducing the authorized amount of days that a child may be placed in a secure facility and eliminating the court's option to extend such authorization.

Summary

The proposal would amend Kansas law so that a court could only order a child to stay in a secure facility for a reduced, fixed period and could not later extend that order. It would apply to any minor placed in a secure setting, their guardians, and the state agency that oversees child placements. The change is intended to limit prolonged confinement of children in secure facilities.

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