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K.S.A. § 74-32,301 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 32 / Section 74-32,301
74-32,301 - Disability history and awareness.
Status: in_force

74-32,301. Disability history and awareness. Each postsecondary educational institution is encouraged to conduct and promote on its campus activities which provide education, understanding and awareness of individuals with disabilities, disability history and awareness.
K.S.A. § 72-9944 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 99 / Section 72-9944
72-9944 - Kansas foster care children annual academic report card.
Status: in_force

72-9944. Kansas foster care children annual academic report card. (a) The state department of education and the department for children and families shall collaborate to prepare a Kansas foster care children annual academic report card. The annual report card shall include the following data for the preceding school year:

(1) The graduation rate of students in foster care;

(2) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were promoted to the next grade level;

(3) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were suspended during the school year and the average length of time of such suspensions;

(4) the number and percentage of students in foster care who were expelled during the school year;

(5) state standardized assessment scores for students in foster care, including the number and percentage of students meeting academic standards as determined by the state board of education;

(6) the number and percentage of students in foster care enrolled in any preschool-aged at-risk program, Kansas preschool pilot program or early childhood special education program under section 619 of part B of the individuals with disabilities act;

(7) the number and percentage of students in foster care who participated in the mental health intervention team pilot program or a similar mental health program;

(8) the total number of students in foster care enrolled in a school district or nonpublic school and the disaggregated number and percentage of students in foster care enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools;

(9) de-identified disaggregated race and ethnicity data for each data set required in paragraphs (1) through (8); and

(10) any additional data elements that both the state department of education and the department for children and families deem appropriate for inclusion.

(b) On or before January 15 of each year, the state department of education and the department for children and families shall prepare and submit the Kansas foster care children annual academic report card to the senate standing committee on education and the house of representatives standing committee on education.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) "School" means any school of a school district or any nonpublic school accredited by the state board of education.

(2) "Student in foster care" means any individual who was in the custody of the Kansas department for children and families at any time when such student attended a school during the school year for which the report required pursuant to this section is to be completed.

(d) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.
K.S.A. § 65-4014 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 40 / Section 65-4014
65-4014 - Issuance or renewal of license; fees; term of license; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

65-4014. Issuance or renewal of license; fees; term of license; rules and regulations. (a) The secretary shall issue a license if the applicant meets the minimum requirements established by or pursuant to this act for a treatment facility. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the secretary. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

(b) (1) The secretary may renew a license at the end of one, two or three years depending upon a facility's level of compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4016, and amendments thereto.

(2) Programs and treatments provided by a treatment facility that have been licensed by the secretary for aging and disability services and that have also been accredited by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation services, the joint commission or the council on accreditation or another national accrediting body approved by the Kansas department for aging and disability services shall be granted a license based on such accreditation.

(A) The Kansas department for aging and disability services shall inspect accredited treatment facilities to determine compliance with state licensing standards and rules and regulations not covered by the accrediting entity's standards. Treatment facilities receiving accreditation shall continue to be subject to inspections and investigations from complaints.

(B) In the event that an accredited treatment facility loses its accreditation, the treatment facility shall immediately notify the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
K.S.A. § 65-28,130 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-28,130
65-28,130 - Same; graduated sanctions; reference guide.
Status: in_force

65-28,130. Same; graduated sanctions; reference guide. (a) The board shall adopt a formal list of graduated sanctions for violations of the Kansas healing arts act which may be used by the board as a reference guide for the imposition of each level of sanction.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.
K.S.A. § 68-1021 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 10 / Section 68-1021
68-1021 - Designation and marking of the Chisholm trail.
Status: in_force

68-1021. Designation and marking of the Chisholm trail. It shall be the duty of the secretary of transportation to designate and mark by suitable signs, following as nearly as possible the route of the historic Chisholm trail in Kansas, on the following described highways: Highway K-15 from Abilene south to Newton to the junction of highway U.S. 81; thence on highway U.S. 81 south to the Kansas-Oklahoma state line.
K.S.A. § 19-4611 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 46 / Section 19-4611
19-4611 - Lease of hospital property; contracts for management; emergency or ambulance service; expenditures for recruitment or retention of staff; loans and scholarships for staff; authority to sue; exemption from cash-basis law.
Status: in_force

19-4611. Lease of hospital property; contracts for management; emergency or ambulance service; expenditures for recruitment or retention of staff; loans and scholarships for staff; authority to sue; exemption from cash-basis law. (a) The board may enter into written contracts for the lease of any hospital property to any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board.

(b) The board may enter into written contracts for the lease of real property to be used for hospital purposes from any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board.

(c) The board may enter into written contracts for the lease of personal property from any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board. Any such contract may provide for the payment as compensation for use of such personal property a sum substantially equivalent to or in excess of the value of the personal property under an agreement that the hospital shall become, or for no further or a merely nominal consideration has the option of becoming, the owner of the personal property upon full compliance with the provisions of the contract.

(d) The board may contract for the management of any hospital with any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board.

(e) The board may operate and maintain an emergency medical or ambulance service upon authorization by and under contract with the commission upon such terms and conditions as are specified by the commission.

(f) The board may expend funds as deemed necessary for the recruitment or retention of staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff. Such expenditures may include the expenditure of funds for the provision of loans or scholarships to aid in financing the education of persons who agree, upon completion of their education, to become members of the staff.

(g) The board may sue in its own name or in the name of the hospital. The board may be sued and may defend any action brought against it or the hospital.

(h) The board is not subject to the cash-basis law.
K.S.A. § 58-2602 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 26 / Section 58-2602
58-2602 - Owners of estate or interest in land deemed copartnership, when.
Status: in_force

58-2602. Owners of estate or interest in land deemed copartnership, when. Any person, company or association of persons, heretofore formed or hereafter to be formed, not incorporated, who do or shall hold any right, title or interest in or to any lands in this state devoted, by the mutual or other agreement of the persons forming such company or association, they holding a majority of the interests or estate in such land, to laying out and sale, as town or city lots, blocks or shares, for the profit of such company, or the several members thereof, and the other owners of said land, shall be deemed, as to such property, a copartnership.
K.S.A. § 48-206 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-206
48-206 - Property and disbursing officer; duties; employees; expenditures.
Status: in_force

48-206. Property and disbursing officer; duties; employees; expenditures. (a) There shall be a United States property and disbursing officer appointed or assigned as may be provided in federal regulations.

(b) The United States property and disbursing officer shall be provided with adequate office facilities in Topeka or at the site of the principal military warehouses or training grounds for the national guard at the discretion of the adjutant general to best serve the needs of the organized militia.

(c) Such United States property and disbursing officer shall secure, receive, disburse, issue and account for all United States funds, arms, uniforms, equipment and supplies as requested by the governor for use by the organized militia. The property and disbursing officer shall maintain complete and accurate records, in the manner prescribed by federal regulations, of all funds and property granted or loaned to the state for use by the organized militia, and such records shall constitute the official records of the federally owned military property for which the state shall be responsible to the United States. The property and disbursing officer shall perform such additional duties and exercise such powers and authority as may be vested in such officer by federal regulations, or as may be assigned by the adjutant general. Such officer shall be provided assistants and clerical, stenographic, shop, technical and warehouse personnel as may be necessary to properly discharge such officer's duties.

(d) Personnel and other employees of the property and disbursing officer shall receive salaries as the adjutant general determines, except that state funds shall be used for salaries or other expenses of the office of the office of the United States property and disbursing officer only when federal funds are not available.

(e) Expenditures from the appropriations described in this section shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports pursuant to vouchers approved by the governor and the adjutant general, or designees thereof.
K.S.A. § 68-2001 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 20 / Section 68-2001
68-2001 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

68-2001. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:

(a) "Authority" means the Kansas turnpike authority, created by K.S.A. 68-2003, and amendments thereto, or, if the authority shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this act to the authority shall be given by law.

(b) "Project" or "turnpike project" means any express highway or superhighway constructed under the provisions of this act, including all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service stations, and administration, storage and other buildings and facilities that the authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of such project.

(c) "Cost," as applied to a turnpike project, means the cost of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by the authority for such construction, and the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for a period of not exceeding one year after completion of construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any such project, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction and the placing of the project in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the department of transportation with the approval of the authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in connection with the construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed to the department out of the proceeds of turnpike revenue bonds authorized.

(d) "Public highways" shall include all public highways, roads and streets in the state, whether maintained by the state or by any county, city, town or other political subdivision.

(e) "Bonds" or "turnpike revenue bonds" means revenue bonds of the authority authorized under the provisions of this act.

(f) "Owner" includes all individuals, copartnerships, associations or corporations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements and interest authorized to be acquired by this act.
K.S.A. § 39-931 — KS Code / Chapter 39 / Article 9 / Section 39-931
39-931 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license; emergency orders; settlement agreements; certain licensure limitations.
Status: in_force

39-931. Denial, suspension or revocation of license; emergency orders; settlement agreements; certain licensure limitations. (a) Whenever the licensing agency finds a substantial failure to comply with the requirements, standards or rules and regulations established under this act, the licensing agency shall make an order denying, suspending or revoking the license after notice and a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, K.S.A. 77-501 et seq . , and amendments thereto. Any applicant or licensee who is aggrieved by the order may appeal such order in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act, K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), whenever the licensing agency denies, suspends or revokes a license under this section, the applicant or licensee shall not be eligible to apply for a new license or reinstatement of a license for a period of two years from the date of denial, suspension or revocation, and whenever the district court appoints a receiver under K.S.A. 39-958, and amendments thereto, the applicant or licensee that is under receivership shall not be eligible to apply for a new license or reinstatement of a license for a period of 10 years from the date the receivership action was terminated under K.S.A. 39-963, and amendments thereto.

(c) (1) Any applicant or licensee issued an emergency order by the licensing agency denying, suspending or revoking a license under this section may apply for a new license or reinstatement of a license at any time upon submission of a written waiver of any right conferred upon such applicant or licensee under the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas judicial review act to the licensing agency in a settlement agreement or other manner as approved by the licensing agency.

(2) Any licensee issued a notice of intent to take disciplinary action by the licensing agency under this section may enter into a settlement agreement or other manner as approved by the licensing agency, with the licensing agency, at any time upon submission of a written waiver of any right conferred upon such licensee under the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas judicial review act.

(d) No person shall operate an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability, as defined in K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto, of five beds or less within this state unless such person:

(A) Is issued a license by the licensing agency on or before January 1, 2012; or

(B) participated in the medicaid program as an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability of five beds or less, on or before January 1, 2012.
K.S.A. § 23-3503 — KS Code / Chapter 23 / Article 35 / Section 23-3503
23-3503 - Duties of mediator.
Status: in_force

23-3503. Duties of mediator. (a) A mediator appointed under K.S.A. 23-3502, and amendments thereto, shall:

(1) Inform the parties of the costs of mediation;

(2) advise the parties that the mediator does not represent either or both of the parties;

(3) define and describe the process of mediation to the parties;

(4) disclose the nature and extent of any relationships with the parties and any personal, financial or other interests which could result in bias or a conflict of interest;

(5) advise each of the parties to obtain independent legal advice;

(6) allow only the parties to attend the mediation sessions;

(7) disclose to the parties' attorneys any factual documentation revealed during the mediation if at the end of the mediation process the disclosure is agreed to by the parties;

(8) ensure that the parties consider fully the best interests of the children and that the parties understand the consequences of any decision they reach concerning the children; and

(9) inform the parties of the extent to which information obtained from and about the participants through the mediation process is not privileged and may be subject to disclosure.

(b) The mediator may meet with the children of any party and, with the consent of the parties, may meet with other persons.

(c) The mediator shall make a written summary of any understanding reached by the parties. A copy of the summary shall be provided to the parties and their attorneys, if any. The mediator shall advise each party in writing to obtain legal assistance in drafting any agreement or for reviewing any agreement drafted by the other party. Any understanding reached by the parties as a result of mediation shall not be binding upon the parties nor admissible in court until it is reduced to writing, signed by the parties and their attorneys, if any, and approved by the court. If the parties are not represented by attorneys, the mediator shall provide to the court or hearing officer the written summary of any understanding signed by the parties, which, if approved by the court or hearing officer, shall be incorporated in the order of the court or hearing officer.

(d) The mediator may act as a mediator in subsequent disputes between the parties. However, the mediator shall decline to act as attorney, counselor or psychotherapist for either party during or after the mediation or divorce proceedings unless the subsequent representation, counseling or treatment is clearly distinct from the mediation issues.
K.S.A. § 58-3124 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 31 / Section 58-3124
58-3124 - Joint and several liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses.
Status: in_force

58-3124. Joint and several liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses. In a voluntary conveyance the grantee of an apartment shall be jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for his or her share of the common expenses up to the time of the grant or conveyance, without prejucice to the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantee therefor. However, any such grantee shall be entitled to a statement from the manager or board of directors, as the case may be, setting forth the amount of the unpaid assessments against the grantor and such grantee shall not be liable for, nor shall the apartment conveyed be subject to a lien for, any unpaid assessments against the grantor in excess of the amount therein set forth.
K.S.A. § 59-30,120 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 30 / Section 59-30,120
59-30,120 - Compensation of guardian or conservator.
Status: in_force

59-30,120. Compensation of guardian or conservator. (a) Subject to court approval, a guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as guardian and to reimbursement for room, board, clothing and other appropriate expenses advanced for the benefit of the individual subject to guardianship.

(b) Subject to court approval, a conservator is entitled to reasonable compensation for services and reimbursement for appropriate expenses from the property of the individual subject to conservatorship.

(c) In determining reasonable compensation for a guardian or conservator, the court, or a conservator in determining reasonable compensation for a guardian as provided in subsection (a), shall consider:

(1) The necessity and quality of the services provided;

(2) the experience, training, professional standing and skills of the guardian or conservator;

(3) the difficulty of the services performed, including the degree of skill and care required;

(4) the conditions and circumstances under which a service was performed, including whether the service was provided outside regular business hours or under dangerous or extraordinary conditions;

(5) the effect of the services on the individual subject to guardianship or conservatorship;

(6) the extent to which the services provided were or were not consistent with the guardian's plan under K.S.A. 59-30,156, and amendments thereto, or conservator's plan under K.S.A. 59-30,180, and amendments thereto; and

(7) the fees customarily paid to a person that performs a like service in the community.

(d) A guardian or conservator need not use personal funds of the guardian or conservator for the expenses of the individual subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

(e) If an individual subject to guardianship or conservatorship seeks to modify or terminate the guardianship or conservatorship or remove the guardian or conservator, the court may order compensation to the guardian or conservator for time spent opposing modification, termination or removal only to the extent the court determines the opposition was reasonably necessary to protect the interest of the individual subject to guardianship or conservatorship.

(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a guardian or a conservator associated with the Kansas guardianship program from receiving a stipend from that program.