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- The Kansas Legislature's special committee heard testimony from Pat Leyon, whose adult son nearly lost services due to the KEYS system's broken communications and impossible deadlines, illustrating urgent process failures. - KDHE's Elizabeth Wolf detailed KEYS' internal change control process, noting changes take 8-10 weeks for internal approval plus 6-12 months to implement, with federal budget requests adding 2-5 months. - Committee members and agency staff discussed the need for modernizing technological systems, including adding automation and AI to improve application and renewal processes across KDHE, DCF, and KADS.

- The Senate Finance Committee identified a $21.8 million shortfall in the House's FY2027 budget, which funded only 38 of the proposed 64 billable hours per period. - The Senate amended the budget to address underfunding and contradictions with Joint House Resolution 24-4 SD1, including adjustments to pension and school system allocations. - A compromise with the CNMI public school system secured a 25% allocation of projected revenues, approximately $25 million, with PSS funding the first two quarters' 64-hour pay period. - The Senate version increases billable hours from 38 to 53, adds unfunded full-time positions, and sets aside 50% of…