Authorizing parents of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or a child in need of care proceeding and victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to such investigation or proceeding.

HB 2207 amends Kansas child welfare law to allow parents of a child involved in an abuse or neglect investigation or a child in need of care proceeding to access related records. It also authorizes adults who were victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of their own past abuse. The bill updates existing provisions (K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2211, 38-2212, and 38-2213) to explicitly include these groups among authorized record recipients. This change directly affects parents and abuse victims by providing them with greater transparency into child welfare case records.