Kansas state Rep. Will Carpenter, R-El Dorado, speaks to young adults with intellectual disabilities and their parents about a proposal to shrink waiting lists for services, as House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, right, listens, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in the House chamber at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Carpenter is the architect of the proposal to boost spending by $46 million so that 1,000 of the 7,500 people on state waiting lists come off those lists. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Rick Elskamp sits with his oldest daughter, Sheridan, and discusses the frustrations of having his 23-year-old daughter on a waiting list for 10 years for services as an intellectually disabled adult, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at the Elskamps' home outside Topeka, Kan. Thousands of Kansas residents with disabilities and hundreds of thousands across the U.S. are on waiting lists for services. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
In this photo from November 2023 image provided by Marvin J. Miller, , Teresa Miller, left, Lilly Miller, center, and Marvin Miller, pose on the back porch of their home in Wichita, Kan. Lilly Miller, now 21, has Down syndrome and has been on a state waiting list for a day program and other services for 10 years. (Marvin J. Miller via AP)
Kansas state Rep. Brenda Landwehr, left, R-Wichita, confers with Chair Troy Waymaster, right, R-Bunker Hill, during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has approved increased funding for home and community-based services for physically and intellectually disabled Kansans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Anna Elskamp, left, and her husband, Rick, right, stand with their oldest daughter, Sheridan, on the front porch of their home, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, outside Topeka, Kan. The state recently told the family that Sheridan, now 21, would receive intellectual disability services after she spent 10 years on a waiting list. (AP Photo/John Hanna)