Governor Laura Kelly today announced appointments to Kansas state boards and commissions.
Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council
The purpose of the Council is to advise the Governor on adult, adolescent, and children’s services issues. It also review the Block Grant Plan and makes recommendations; serves as an advocate for adults with a serious mental illness, children with a serious emotional disturbance and other individuals with mental illnesses or substance use disorders; and monitors, reviews, and evaluates the allocation and adequacy of services within the State
- Christina Mayer, Eudora (reappointment)
- Sherman “Wes” Cole, Osawatomie (reappointment)
Kansas Pet Animal Advisory Board
The purpose of the Pet Animal Advisory Board is to make recommendations concerning the rules and regulations for the KS Pet Animal Act.
- Crystal Blackdeer, Tonganoxie
- Kelly Bogner, Topeka
Kansas Sentencing Commission
The Commission develops a sentencing guideline model or grid based on fairness and equity and shall provide a mechanism for linking justice and corrections policies.
- Shelly Williams, Manhattan (reappointment)
Occupational Therapist Council
The purpose of the Council is to provide for and conduct all examinations, determine the applicants who successfully pass the exam, duly register such applicants, and adopt rules and regulations to administer K.S.A. 65-5405.
- Melissa Smith, Wichita (reappointment)
State Board of Pharmacy
The purpose of the Board is to license and register entities conducting business relating to the practice of pharmacy and protect public health and welfare against unprofessional, improper, and unauthorized practice of pharmacy.
- Jonathan Brunswig, Scott City (reappointment)
State Board of Technical Professions
The Board registers and licenses engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects.
- Larry Graham, Prairie Village (reappointment)