Bill > HB2339

This bill establishes an innovative intergenerational child care program aimed at supporting adult care homes in Kansas by providing financial grants to help them develop and operate child care services. The legislation creates an intergenerational child care fund with $1,000,000 annually transferred from the state general fund from 2025 to 2027, which will be used to award grants up to $20,000 per adult care home per fiscal year. The program seeks to address workforce challenges by enabling adult care homes to offer child care services, fostering collaboration between generations and providing support for families. Additionally, the bill modifies requirements for nursing schools by mandating that faculty possess nursing or medical degrees at least one level more advanced than the program they are teaching, and expands the nursing service scholarship program to include part-time nursing students, allowing them to receive prorated scholarships. The program will be administered by the secretary of health and environment, who must submit an annual report to the legislature evaluating the program's effectiveness, with the entire initiative set to expire on July 1, 2028, at which point any remaining funds will be transferred back to the state general fund.