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KS Stat § 65-1,241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,241 Definitions; establishment of birth defects information system; aspects of implementation of system.

65-1,241. Definitions; establishment of birth defects information system; aspects of implementation of system. (a) As used in K.S.A. 65-1,241 through 65-1,246, and amendments thereto:(1) "Department" means the department of health and environment.(2) "Freestanding birthing center" means any facility in which child birth deliveries routinely occur.(3) "Hospital" means a hospital classified under K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto, as a general hospital.(4) "Local health department" means any county, city-county or multi-county health department created under the laws of this state.(5) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.(b) The secretary of health and environment shall establish and, if funds for this purpose are available, implement a statewide or pilot birth defects information system for the collection of information concerning congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns.(c) If the system is implemented under subsection (b) of this section, all of the following apply:(1) The secretary may require each physician, hospital and freestanding birthing center to report to the system information concerning all patients under five years of age with a primary diagnosis of a congenital anomaly or abnormal condition. The secretary shall not require a hospital, freestanding birthing center or physician to report to the system any information that is reported to the secretary or department of health and environment under another provision of law.(2) On request, each physician, hospital and freestanding birthing center shall give the secretary or authorized employees of the department of health and environment access to the medical records of any patient described in subsection (c)(1) of this section. The department shall pay the costs of copying any medical records pursuant to this act.(3) The secretary may review vital statistics records and shall consider expanding the list of congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns reported on birth certificates.(d) A physician, hospital or freestanding birthing center that provides information to the system under subsection (c) shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for providing the information.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,242 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,242 Use of birth defects information system.

65-1,242. Use of birth defects information system. The birth defects information system may be used for all of the following purposes:(1) To identify and describe congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;(2) to detect trends and epidemics in congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;(3) to quantify morbidity and mortality of congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns;(4) to stimulate epidemiological research regarding congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;(5) to identify risk factors for congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;(6) to facilitate intervention in and prevention of congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;(7) to facilitate access to treatment for congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns;(8) to inform and educate the public about congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,243 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,243 Confidentiality of records.

65-1,243. Confidentiality of records. (a) Except as provided in this section, records received and information assembled by the birth defects information system pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,241, and amendments thereto, are confidential medical records. All medical records reviewed and maintained by the department pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed except upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction and shall not be subject to subpoena, discovery or other demand in any administrative, criminal or civil matter.(b) The secretary may use information assembled by the system to notify parents, guardians and custodians of children with congenital anomalies or abnormal conditions of medical care and other services available for the child and family.(c) The secretary may disclose information assembled by the system in summary, statistical or other form that does not identify particular individuals or individual sources of information.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,244 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,244 Removal of information from system; form.

65-1,244. Removal of information from system; form. A child's parent or legal guardian who wants information concerning the child removed from the birth defects information system shall request from the local health department or the child's physician a form prepared by the secretary. On request, a local health department or physician shall provide the form to the child's parent or legal guardian. The individual providing the form shall discuss with the child's parent or legal guardian the information contained in the system. If the child's parent or legal guardian signs the form, the local health department or physician shall forward it to the secretary. On receipt of the signed form, the secretary shall remove from the system any information that identifies the child.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,245 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,245 Rules and regulations.

65-1,245. Rules and regulations. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the secretary of health and environment shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this act to do all of the following subject to available funding:(a) Implement the birth defects information system;(b) specify the types of congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns to be reported to the system under K.S.A. 65-1,241, and amendments thereto;(c) establish reporting requirements for information concerning diagnosed congenital anomalies and abnormal conditions of newborns;(d) establish a form for use by parents or legal guardians who seek to have information regarding their children removed from the system and a method of distributing the form to local health departments and to physicians. The method of distribution must include making the form available on the internet.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,246 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,246 Annual report.

65-1,246. Annual report. Three years after the date a birth defects information system is implemented pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,241, and amendments thereto, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall prepare a report regarding the birth defects information system. The department shall file the report with the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the Kansas department for aging and disability services and the departments of education and labor.History: L. 2004, ch. 27, § 6; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 246; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,247 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,247 Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits.

65-1,247. Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits. (a) The department of health and environment shall expedite processing and issuance of any permit required to be issued by the department for construction or operation of a refinery.(b) As used in this section, "refinery" means an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into petroleum products.History: L. 2006, ch. 209, § 33; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,248 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,248 Breastfeeding; where.

65-1,248. Breastfeeding; where. (a) Breast milk is widely acknowledged to be the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a range of benefits for infant's health, growth, immunity and development and has also been shown to improve maternal health and bonding in addition to contributing to society at large through economic and environmental gains, it is therefore the public policy of Kansas that a mother's choice to breastfeed should be supported and encouraged to the greatest extent possible.(b) A mother may breastfeed in any place she has a right to be.History: L. 2006, ch. 11, § 1; Mar. 16.
KS Stat § 65-1,250 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,250 Umbilical cord donation information act.

65-1,250. Umbilical cord donation information act. (a) This section shall be cited as the umbilical cord donation information act.(b) A health care provider providing health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of such pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to such pregnancy, shall whenever practical advise such person of options to donate an umbilical cord following the delivery of a newborn child. Provision in a timely manner of information prepared by the department of health and environment pursuant to subsection (c) shall constitute compliance with this subsection.(c) The department of health and environment shall, by July 1, 2007, prepare and make information available on its website that includes the following:(1) The medical processes involved in the collection of umbilical cords;(2) the medical risks to a mother and the newborn child of umbilical cord collection;(3) the current and potential future medical uses and benefits of umbilical cord collection to the birth mother, the newborn child and the biological family;(4) the current and potential future medical uses and benefits of umbilical cord collection to persons who are not biologically related to the birth mother or the newborn child;(5) any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman who chooses to make an umbilical cord donation;(6) options for ownership and future use of the donated material; and(7) the availability in this state of umbilical cord donations.History: L. 2007, ch. 177, § 25; May 17.
KS Stat § 65-1,251 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,251 Influenza immunization for children; awareness and participation.

65-1,251. Influenza immunization for children; awareness and participation.  The department of health and environment shall work to increase influenza immunization awareness and participation among parents of children aged six months to five years in child care facilities. The official website of the department of health and environment shall have information on the benefits of annual immunization against influenza for children and its programs offered for the children. The department of health and environment shall cooperate with the department for aging and disability services in order to distribute the information to the parents and child care facilities effectively in August or September in every year.History: L. 2008, ch. 98, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 134, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,252 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,252 Division of health care finance; director; officers and employees.

65-1,252. Division of health care finance; director; officers and employees. (a) There is hereby established, within the department of health and environment, the division of health care finance. The head of the division shall be director of health care finance, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary of health and environment. The director shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary of health and environment and approved by the governor.(b) (1) The secretary of health and environment shall appoint, in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas civil service act, such employees as may be needed, in the judgment of the secretary and director, to carry out the powers and duties of the division of health care finance.(2) All officers and employees of the division of health care finance shall act for and exercise the powers of the director of health care finance to the extent that authority to do so is delegated by the secretary and director. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, the secretary and director may organize the division of health care finance in the manner deemed most efficient.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,253 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,253 Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas health policy authority abolished.

65-1,253. Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas health policy authority abolished. (a) The Kansas health policy authority created by K.S.A. 75-7401, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished.(b) Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of the Kansas health policy authority under K.S.A. 75-7401 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any other statute, are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of health and environment and its division of health care finance and the secretary and the director of health care finance.(c) Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of any state agency, department, board, commission or council, providing services and creating systems in order to comply with the provisions of the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), and the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010), are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of health and environment and its division of health care finance and the secretary and the director of health care finance or their designees.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,255 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,255 Same; division successor to funds and liability.

65-1,255. Same; division successor to funds and liability. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the Kansas health policy authority or any state agency, department, board, commission or council, relating to the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred within the state treasury to the department of health and environment for the division of health care finance and shall be used only for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made.(b) Liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of officers and employees who are transferred to the department of health and environment and its division of health care finance under K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, shall be assumed and paid by the division of health care finance of the department of health and environment.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,256 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,256 Same; division successor to property and rights; conflict resolution.

65-1,256. Same; division successor to property and rights; conflict resolution. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any property, power, duty or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition or transfer made by or under the authority of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, such conflict shall be resolved by the governor, whose decision shall be final.(b) The division of health care finance in the department of health and environment shall succeed to all property, property rights and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of powers, duties and functions transferred to the division of health care finance in the department of health and environment. Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property, personnel or records arising under K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, shall be determined by the governor, whose decision shall be final.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, § 5; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,257 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,257 Transition; preservation of civil actions and proceedings; no abatement of criminal actions.

65-1,257. Transition; preservation of civil actions and proceedings; no abatement of criminal actions. (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned in K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, or by or against any officer of the state in such officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the governmental reorganization effected under the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto. The court may allow any such suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of any such state agency or any officer affected.(b) No criminal action commenced or which could have been commenced by the state shall abate by the taking effect of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38 § 6; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,258 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,258 Same; transfer of officers and employees; preservation of civil service rights; retirement benefits, leave balances and other rights.

65-1,258. Same; transfer of officers and employees; preservation of civil service rights; retirement benefits, leave balances and other rights. (a) All officers and employees of the Kansas health policy authority who, immediately prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, are engaged in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, as well as all officers and employees of the Kansas health policy authority who are determined by the director of health care finance of the department of health and environment to be engaged in providing administrative, technical or other support services that are essential to the exercise and performance of the powers, duties and functions transferred by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to the division of health care finance of the department of health and environment. All classified officers and employees so transferred shall retain their status as classified employees.(b) Officers and employees of the Kansas health policy authority transferred by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, shall retain all retirement benefits and leave balances and rights which had accrued or vested prior to the date of transfer. The service of each such officer or employee so transferred shall be deemed to have been continuous. Any subsequent transfers, layoffs or abolition of classified service positions under the Kansas civil service act shall be made in accordance with the civil service laws and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder. Nothing in K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, shall affect the classified status of any transferred person employed by the Kansas health policy authority prior to the date of transfer.(c) Notwithstanding the effective date of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, prescribing the transfer of officers and employees from the Kansas health policy authority abolished by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, to the division of health care finance of the department of health and environment established by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, the date of transfer of each such officer or employee shall commence at the start of a payroll period.History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 134, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-1,261 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-1,261 State palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; creation; duties of department of health and environment.

65-1,261. State palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; creation; duties of department of health and environment. (a) There is hereby created the state palliative care consumer and professional information and education program in the department of health and environment. The purpose of the state palliative care consumer and professional information and education program is to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in the state by ensuring that comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care is available to the public, health care providers and health care facilities.(b) The department of health and environment:(1) Shall publish information and resources on its website, including links to external resources, about palliative care for the public, health care providers and health care facilities. The information shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(A) Continuing education opportunities for health care providers;(B) information about palliative care delivery in home, primary, secondary and tertiary environments; and(C) consumer educational materials and referral information for palliative care, including hospice;(2) may develop and implement any other initiatives regarding palliative care services and education that it determines would further the purposes of this section; and(3) shall consult with the palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council.(c) "Palliative care" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 65-1,260, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2018, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 2 - Local Boards Of Health; Clinics|65-203 Obstetrical patients.

65-203. Obstetrical patients. County boards of health may make a special contract with the state board of regents for the care and maintenance in the hospital conducted by the said board of regents in connection with the state university, of such obstetrical patients as are public charges in their respective institutions: Provided, It is necessary to secure professional attention other than that furnished by the institutions of which such public charges are inmates.History: R.S. 1923, 65-203; Dec. 27.