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75-7044a. Duties of juvenile corrections advisory boards. (a) The juvenile corrections advisory boards established pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7044, and amendments thereto, shall annually consider the availability of:

(1) Treatment programs;

(2) programs creating alternatives to incarceration for juvenile offenders;

(3) mental health treatment; and

(4) the development of risk assessment tools, if they do not currently exist, for use in determining pretrial release and probation supervision levels.

(b) The juvenile corrections advisory boards shall report to the Kansas department of corrections and the Kansas juvenile justice oversight committee by October 1 of each year detailing the costs of programs needed in the judicial district the juvenile corrections advisory board represents to reduce the out-of-home placement of juvenile offenders and improve the rate of recidivism of juvenile offenders in such judicial district.

History: L. 2016, ch. 46, § 16; July 1.