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Bill creating agency to track foster care system advances Follow Us Question of the Day By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD - Associated Press - Monday, February 22, 2021 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A House committee on Monday approved a bill that would create an independent agency to oversee Kansas’ foster care system. The House Children and Seniors Committee advanced the bill creating the Office of the Child Advocate to investigate complaints and track child welfare agencies, primarily the state Department for Children and Families, which oversees the foster care system. The move came after Rep. Jarrod Ousley, a Merriam Democrat and the bill’s chief proponent, compromised with some Republican lawmakers and agreed to have the proposed agency report to the Legislature instead of the Department of Administration - an executive branch agency under Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

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