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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5308f Powers, duties and functions transferred to and imposed upon commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities; previous orders and directives continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed.

75-5308f.
Powers, duties and functions transferred to and imposed upon commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities; previous orders and directives continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed.
(a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing mental health and retardation services and the existing commissioner of mental health and retardation services are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order, except as is herein otherwise provided.
(b) The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the commissioner of mental health and retardation services in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this order, except as is herein otherwise provided. Every act performed under the authority of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the commissioner of mental health and retardation services in which such functions were vested prior to the effective date of this order.
(c) Whenever the commissioner of mental health and retardation services, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order.
(d) Whenever the mental health and retardation services, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by law, contract or other document, such reference shall be deemed to apply to mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order.
(e) All orders or directives of the commissioner of mental health and retardation services or mental health and retardation services in existence on the effective date of this order shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the orders or directives of the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
(f) The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities created by this order shall be a continuation of the commissioner of mental health and retardation provided to be appointed under K.S.A. 75-5308b.
History:
L. 1995, ch. 234, § 13; January 1, 1996.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5309 Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified service.

75-5309. Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified service.
Except as otherwise provided in this order, or in K.S.A. 75-5310, and amendments thereto, the secretary for children and families shall appoint, subject to the Kansas civil service act, all subordinate officers and employees of the Kansas department for children and families, and all such subordinate officers and employees shall be within the classified service.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 9; L. 1980, ch. 272, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 41; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5309a Coordinator of medical services job class, employees in unclassified service; home and community based services program, attendant care services, personnel in unclassified service, salary plan, definitions.

75-5309a. Coordinator of medical services job class, employees in unclassified service; home and community based services program, attendant care services, personnel in unclassified service, salary plan, definitions.
(a) All employees of the Kansas department for aging and disability services in the coordinator of medical services job class, or any successor job class that may be approved under K.S.A. 75-2938, and amendments thereto, and has substantially the same duties and responsibilities, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.
(b) (1) All persons appointed to provide attendant care services under the home and community based services program shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act.
(2) Subject to available appropriations, the governor is authorized and directed to approve a salary plan for persons appointed to provide attendant care services under the secretary for aging and disability services. Such salary plan for persons appointed to provide attendant care services shall be subject to modification and approval by the governor and to any enactments of the legislature applicable thereto and shall be effective on a date or dates specified by the governor.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term "persons appointed to provide attendant care services" means persons appointed to perform attendant care services directed by or on behalf of an individual in need of in-home care, the term "home and community based services program" has the meaning ascribed thereto under K.S.A. 39-7,100, and amendments thereto, and the terms "attendant care services" and "individual in need of in-home care" have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto under K.S.A. 65-6201, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1985, ch. 278, § 4; L. 1990, ch. 326, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 346; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5310 Appointment of personnel for department; compensation; application to persons appointed after effective date of act.

75-5310. Appointment of personnel for department; compensation; application to persons appointed after effective date of act.
The secretary for children and families may appoint a chief attorney and other attorneys for the Kansas department for children and families. The chief attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary and approved by the governor. The secretary may also appoint staff assistants. Such staff assistants and attorneys other than the chief attorney shall be in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act. The secretary may appoint one public information officer, one personal secretary and one special assistant who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive annual salaries fixed by the secretary and approved by the governor. The secretary may appoint a deputy secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary and approved by the governor.
The secretary may appoint commissioners and deputy commissioners as determined necessary by the secretary to effectively carry out the mission of the department. All commissioners and deputy commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary and approved by the governor. The secretary may also appoint a director for each of the department's management areas. Each area director shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall receive an annual salary fixed by the secretary and approved by the governor. Nothing in this act shall affect the classified status of any person employed as a deputy commissioner or area director on the day immediately preceding the effective date of the act and the unclassified status shall apply only to persons appointed to such positions on or after the effective date of the act.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 10; L. 1978, ch. 332, § 49; L. 1987, ch. 347, § 6; L. 1996, ch. 271, § 16; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 347; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5310a Service contracts for preparation of expert testimony; exempt from competitive bidding.

75-5310a. Service contracts for preparation of expert testimony; exempt from competitive bidding.
The secretary for children and families is hereby authorized to contract for the services of persons to assist in the preparation of expert testimony for litigation and to act as expert witnesses in litigation. Any such contracts shall be exempt from the competitive bid requirements of K.S.A. 75-3739, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 371, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 348; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5313 Advisory committees; creation; allowances and expenses.

75-5313. Advisory committees; creation; allowances and expenses.
The secretary for children and families may create advisory committees and appoint the members thereof when the secretary determines that such advisory committees are needed for the efficient administration of the program and, when such advisory committees are approved by the governor. Such advisory committees shall consult with and advise the secretary with reference to the management, control and operation of institutions or programs under the jurisdiction of the department. Members of any advisory committee created under authority of this section attending meetings of such committee or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such committee shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto, but shall receive no compensation for services as such members. The secretary is authorized to expend funds to provide space for holding meetings, including the cost of a meal, for the committee members not receiving subsistence allowances and may pay to or on behalf of any committee members who are clients of the agency child care or travel expenses occasioned by their attendance at the meeting.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 13; L. 1974, ch. 348, § 98; L. 1975, ch. 460, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 349; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5316a Secretary may organize department; powers and duties of personnel.

75-5316a. Secretary may organize department; powers and duties of personnel.
(a) As used in this section and K.S.A. 75-5310, and amendments thereto, "secretary" means the secretary for children and families.
(b) Subject to the limitations of this section, the secretary for children and families may organize the Kansas department for children and families in the manner the secretary determines most efficient. Commission heads, division heads and employees of the Kansas department for children and families not within a particular commission or division shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as are prescribed by law and such other duties as the secretary may prescribe. Such commission heads, division heads and employees shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the secretary to the extent authority to do so is delegated by the secretary.
(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), personnel of each commission and division of the Kansas department for children and families shall perform such duties and shall exercise such powers as the head of the commission or division may prescribe and shall perform such duties and shall exercise powers as are prescribed by law. Personnel of each commission and division shall act for, and exercise the powers of, their commission or division head to the extent the authority to do so is delegated by the commission or division head.
History:
L. 1996, ch. 271, § 15; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 350; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5319 Custody of records, memoranda and writings of departmental transactions.

75-5319. Custody of records, memoranda and writings of departmental transactions.
Except as otherwise provided in this order, the secretary for children and families shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the Kansas department for children and families.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 20; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 351; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5320 Seal of secretary.

75-5320. Seal of secretary.
The secretary for children and families shall keep a seal which shall be surrounded by the words "secretary for children and families of Kansas," which shall be of such diameter and with such device as the governor and the secretary for children and families may prescribe, an impression of which shall be filed in the office of secretary of state.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 21; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 352; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5321 Secretary to adopt all general policies and rules and regulations; social service outreach services.

75-5321. Secretary to adopt all general policies and rules and regulations; social service outreach services.
The secretary for children and families shall adopt all general policies and rules and regulations relating to all forms of social and rehabilitation services which are administered or supervised by or under the Kansas department for children and families. The secretary for children and families may provide social service outreach services to the people of the state including educational and other activities designed to increase the individual's awareness and appropriate use of programs and services provided by the Kansas department for children and families.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 367, § 22; L. 1989, ch. 184, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 353; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5321a Transfer of certain long-term care programs and services to secretary of aging.

75-5321a. Transfer of certain long-term care programs and services to secretary of aging.
The secretary for children and families shall take necessary actions to transfer the administration of certain long-term care programs and services to the secretary for aging and disability services. The programs shall include the nursing facility services payment program, the home and community based services for the frail elderly waiver program, the case management for the frail elderly program and the income-eligible home care program. Excluding nursing facility programs, the programs to be transferred shall not include long-term care programs for individuals under the age of 65 with mental illness, intellectual disability, other mental disabilities or physical disabilities. All such transfers shall be made only in accordance with federal grant requirements related to such programs.
History:
L. 1996, ch. 271, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 105, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 91, § 61; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 42; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5326 Same; annual report.

75-5326. Same; annual report.
The secretary for children and families shall make an annual report to the governor and to the legislature concerning the activities of the division during the preceding calendar year, together with any findings and recommendations relating to the needs of children and youth in the state.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 362, § 5; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 354; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5328a Purchase of insurance insuring volunteers in family foster care program.

75-5328a. Purchase of insurance insuring volunteers in family foster care program.
The secretary for children and families may procure a policy of accident, personal liability and excess automobile liability insurance insuring volunteers participating in the family foster care program against loss in accordance with specifications of department of administration guidelines. Such agency may purchase such policy of insurance independent of the committee on surety bonds and insurance without complying with K.S.A. 75-3738 to 75-3744, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1990, ch. 281, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 355; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5331 Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.

75-5331.
Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.
Effective July 1, 1980, officers and employees who were engaged immediately prior to said date in the performance of powers, duties, and functions of any existing division of the department of social and rehabilitation services which is transferred by this order [*], and who, in the opinion of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services, are necessary to perform the powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and rehabilitation services, or of any service, division, section, or other unit thereof shall remain officers and employees of the department of social and rehabilitation services, and shall retain all retirement benefits and all rights of civil service which such officer or employee had before July 1, 1980, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All transfers and any abolishment of positions of personnel in the classified civil service shall be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and regulations. This section shall not apply to members of boards, commissions and councils.
History:
L. 1980, ch. 362, § 15; July 1.
* "This order," see 75-5304a, 75-5304b, 75-5304c, 75-5306a, 75-5306b, 75-5306c, 75-5306d, 75-5306e, 75-5306f, 75-5308a, 75-5308b, 75-5308c, 75-5329, 75-5330.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5338 Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.

75-5338.
Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law.
All officers and employees who were engaged immediately prior to the effective date of this act in the performance of powers, duties and functions of any existing services or division of the department of social and rehabilitation services which is transferred or abolished by this act, and who, in the opinion of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services, are necessary to perform the powers, duties and functions of the department of social and rehabilitation services, or of any service, division, section or other unit thereof shall remain officers and employees of the department of social and rehabilitation services, and shall retain all retirement benefits and all rights of civil service which such officer or employee had before such date, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All transfers and any abolishment of positions of personnel in the classified service shall be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and regulations.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 474, § 4; L. 1982, ch. 357, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5344 Special fund for the developmentally disabled; authorized uses; administration.

75-5344. Special fund for the developmentally disabled; authorized uses; administration.
There is hereby established in the state treasury the special fund for the developmentally disabled which shall be administered by the secretary for aging and disability services. The secretary for aging and disability services may accept money from any source for deposit in the special fund for the developmentally disabled. All moneys in the special fund for the developmentally disabled shall be used for the purposes of providing for the care and treatment of low-income persons who are developmentally disabled, mentally ill or physically handicapped or low-income persons otherwise eligible for assistance or services provided by the Kansas department for aging and disability services. All expenditures from the special fund for the developmentally disabled shall be in accordance with the provisions of appropriations acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for aging and disability services or by the secretary's designee.
History:
L. 1989, ch. 253, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 357; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5345 Employees at industries for the blind workshop, civil service status.

75-5345. Employees at industries for the blind workshop, civil service status.
The positions of persons who are employed at the industries for the blind workshop of the Kansas department for children and families in Topeka, Kansas, and who are not employed in positions within the classified service under the Kansas civil service act, shall be within the unclassified service under such act.
History:
L. 1990, ch. 295, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 358; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5365 Acquisition of certain support enforcement services; competitive bid procedure.

75-5365. Acquisition of certain support enforcement services; competitive bid procedure.
The secretary for children and families services [*] may enter into contracts with one or more public or private entities for the performance of any or all support enforcement services that the secretary is required to provide under part D of title IV of the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. Such contracts shall be based on competitive bids in accordance with the statutes governing state agency contracts.
History:
L. 1994, ch. 265, § 21; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 359; July 1.
* "services" should be deleted.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5366 Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; agreement; procedures; requirements; rules and regulations.

75-5366. Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; agreement; procedures; requirements; rules and regulations.
(a) The secretary for children and families is authorized to enter into an agreement with any entity that engages in the business of matching information about child support debtors against information about insurance claimants. Any such agreement shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 39-759, and amendments thereto, concerning confidential information. If the entity is a consortium or similar joint venture of two or more states, or if the entity is an agency of the United States, the requirements of K.S.A. 75-5365, and amendments thereto, shall not apply.
(b) Pursuant to an agreement made under subsection (a), the secretary for children and families may disclose information about any individual who owes past due support in a title IV-D case if the support debtor owes at least $25 in past due support. "Title IV-D" means part D of title IV of the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.
(c) To the extent feasible, the secretary for children and families shall require or provide secure electronic processes for disclosing information about support debtors to any entity conducting matches pursuant to this section and for any insurers disclosing information about claimants to such an entity.
(d) The secretary for children and families shall have the authority to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 136, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 360; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5367 Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; requirements; procedure.

75-5367. Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; requirements; procedure.
(a) As used in K.S.A. 75-5366 and 75-5367, and amendments thereto:
(1) "Insurer" means any entity regulated under chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, that provides coverage for liability insurance.
(2) "Claimant" means any individual who has submitted a claim for payment under a liability insurance contract.
(b) An insurer shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section only after the secretary for children and families has entered into an agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto. The secretary for children and families shall make available to insurers information about the data matching process, including instructions for disclosing claimant information.
(c) (1) An insurer shall have the option of receiving request for information about an identified claimant from either the secretary for children and families or from the entity responsible for the data matching pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto.
(2) An insurer shall respond by disclosing the requested information about the claimant only if the amount of the claim totals $1,000 or more.
(d) A disclosure required pursuant to subsection (c) shall be made as soon as reasonably possible after the first submission of the claim.
(e) An insurer, including any agent of the insurer, shall not be liable under any state law to any person for any disclosure required or authorized by this section, or for any other action taken in good faith in accordance with this section.
(f) At the insurer's discretion, an insurer may disclose information as provided in this section about a claimant whose aggregate claim is less than $1,000.
(g) Nothing in K.S.A. 75-5366 or 75-5367, and amendments thereto, shall require an insurer to make any payment that is not otherwise required under the contract of insurance. An insurer shall not be assessed any fee by the secretary for children and families or by any entity that has entered into an agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5366, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 136, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 361; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5371 Donated dental services program for needy, disabled, aged and medically-compromised individuals; administration of program.

75-5371. Donated dental services program for needy, disabled, aged and medically-compromised individuals; administration of program.
The secretary for children and families is hereby authorized in cooperation with the Kansas dental association and the national foundation of dentistry for the handicapped to establish a donated dental services program. The donated dental services program shall provide through volunteers who are licensed dentists comprehensive dental care without charge to needy, disabled, aged and medically-compromised individuals. Volunteer licensed dentists will provide treatment under the donated dental services program in their respective offices or at the location at which the participating dentist agrees to provide the service. Patients will be treated under the program based upon arrangements as to the number of patients and the types of cases the participating volunteer dentists are willing to undertake. The secretary for children and families may adopt rules and regulations as necessary for the administration of this program.
History:
L. 1996, ch. 210, § 5; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 362; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5376 Cooperation of other state agencies.

75-5376. Cooperation of other state agencies.
For the purposes of this act and within the limits of appropriations and resources available therefor, all agencies and officers of the state and political subdivisions thereof shall cooperate fully with the secretary for aging and disability services.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 424, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 364; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5378 Employees.

75-5378.
Employees.
The secretary may employ personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. All such employed personnel shall be included in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act.
History:
L. 1975, ch. 424, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5381 Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse; establishment.

75-5381. Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse; establishment.
The Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse is hereby established and shall be within the Kansas department for aging and disability services as a part thereof.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 365; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5382 Same; duties.

75-5382. Same; duties.
It shall be the duty of the Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse to confer, advise and consult with the commissioner of alcohol and drug abuse services, on behalf of the secretary for aging and disability services, with respect to the powers, duties and functions imposed upon the secretary under K.S.A. 65-4006, 65-4007 and 75-5375, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 366; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5383 Same; composition; terms; vacancies.

75-5383. Same; composition; terms; vacancies.
(a) The Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse shall be composed of 24 members appointed by the secretary for aging and disability services.
(b) In making appointments to the first committee, the secretary shall appoint 1/2 of the members to one-year terms and 1/2 of the members to two-year terms. Members first appointed to the committee shall serve for their appointed terms and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
(c) On the expiration of any member's term of office, the secretary shall appoint a successor who shall serve for a term of two years and until such member's successor has been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the committee which occurs before the expiration of any member's term of office shall be filled by appointment by the secretary for the unexpired term.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 367; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5384 Same; members to be representative of various groups and organizations; definitions.

75-5384.
Same; members to be representative of various groups and organizations; definitions.
(a) The secretary shall appoint members so that the Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse will broadly represent groups interested in the problems of abuse of alcohol and drugs. The secretary shall appoint members representing both governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the field and shall provide for representation of providers and consumers from both the alcohol and drug field, consumer advocates and other interested groups and shall provide for equitable representation of geographic areas within the state.
(b) (1) "Provider" means any private or public treatment facility or any person or institution licensed or authorized to give care or treatment to anyone seeking its services for alcohol or other drug abuse.
(2) "Consumer" means any person receiving the services of a provider.
(3) "Consumer advocate" means any interested group or person promoting the treatment and prevention of alcohol or other drug abuse or any self-help group.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 4; L. 1982, ch. 268, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5385 Same; compensation.

75-5385.
Same; compensation.
Members of the Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse attending meetings of the committee, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the committee, shall be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5386 Same; organization; records and minutes; meetings; bylaws.

75-5386. Same; organization; records and minutes; meetings; bylaws.
(a) The Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse shall organize at its first meeting after this law takes effect and thereafter at the first meeting held in each calendar year by electing one of its members as chairperson, one as chairperson-elect and one as recorder.
(b) The Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse shall keep records and minutes of its business and official actions, which shall be filed with the secretary for aging and disability services and be open to public inspection. The secretary shall provide to the committee all necessary clerical services.
The committee shall meet at least quarterly and special meetings of the committee may be called by the chairperson of the committee or by the secretary for aging and disability services.
(c) The committee may adopt such bylaws, which are not in conflict with the provisions of this act, as may be necessary or desirable to regulate its procedures and actions.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 6; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 368; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5387 Same; successor to Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol abuse and alcoholism and Kansas citizens' committee on drug abuse.

75-5387.
Same; successor to Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol abuse and alcoholism and Kansas citizens' committee on drug abuse.
The Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol abuse and alcoholism established by K.S.A. 65-4004 and the Kansas citizens' committee on drug abuse established by K.S.A. 75-5377 in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this act are hereby abolished, and the Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and drug abuse established by this act shall be the successor to all powers and duties thereof.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 353, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5393b Unlawful acts related to interpreting; exceptions; civil actions.

75-5393b. Unlawful acts related to interpreting; exceptions; civil actions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it shall be unlawful for any person who is not registered with the commission, or whose registration has been suspended or revoked, to:
(1) Practice as an interpreter;
(2) hold out to the public the intention, authority or skill to interpret;
(3) provide video remote interpreting services; or
(4) use any title or abbreviation to indicate the person is an interpreter registered with the commission.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it shall be unlawful to:
(1) Cause or permit a person to interpret in Kansas, either in-person or remotely, with knowledge that such person is not a registered interpreter;
(2) represent that a person is a registered interpreter, when the entity knows or reasonably should know that such person is not a registered interpreter;
(3) hold out to the public, on behalf of a person, the intention, skill or authority to interpret, when the entity knows or reasonably should know that such person is not a registered interpreter; or
(4) accept payment for securing an interpreter under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4355a through 75-4355d, and amendments thereto, when the person provided by the entity to interpret is not a registered interpreter.
(c) This section shall not apply to a person:
(1) Interpreting during a religious event;
(2) interpreting as a volunteer without compensation after receiving approval from the commission or the executive director;
(3) interpreting during an emergency, until the services of a registered interpreter can be obtained; or
(4) a student who is enrolled in and pursuing a degree or credential in interpreting or an interpreter training program or a provisional interpreter with a supervision plan overseen by the commission, while such student or provisional interpreter is under the supervision of a registered interpreter.
(d) When it appears to the commission that any person or entity is violating this section, the commission may bring an action in the name of the state of Kansas in a court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction against such violation without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the commission or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.
History:
L. 2022, ch. 50, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5393c Regulation of communication access services; rules and regulations; fees.

75-5393c. Regulation of communication access services; rules and regulations; fees.
(a) The commission shall develop and administer a program to provide guidelines for the utilitization of communication access services, communication access service providers and interpreter service agencies. The executive director of the commission may adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations may include, but not be limited to:
(1) Fees necessary to fund the expenses and operating costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of this section;
(2) determination of the qualifications of communication access service providers;
(3) minimum standards of training of communication access service providers;
(4) registration of communication access service providers and interpreter service agencies;
(5) a code of professional conduct governing communication access service providers;
(6) standards for equipment or technology supporting communication access services;
(7) a system of statewide coordination of communication access services; and
(8) any other matter that the executive director deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
(b) (1) The commission may require communication access service providers to be fingerprinted and to submit to a state and national criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be used to identify the applicant and to determine whether the applicant has a record of criminal history in this state or another jurisdiction. The commission is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a state and national criminal history record check. The commission may use the information obtained from fingerprinting and the applicant's criminal history for purposes of verifying the identification of any individual and in the official determination of the qualifications and fitness of the individual to provide communication access services.
(2) Local and state law enforcement officers and agencies shall assist the commission in taking the fingerprints of individuals. Local and state law enforcement officers and agencies may charge a fee as reimbursement for expenses incurred in taking and processing fingerprints under this section. The Kansas bureau of investigation shall release all records of an individual's adult convictions to the commission.
(3) The commission may fix and collect a fee for fingerprinting and conducting a state and national criminal history record check of individuals pursuant to this section as may be required by the commission in an amount equal to the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check.
History:
L. 2022, ch. 50, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5393d Deaf and hard of hearing registration fee fund.

75-5393d. Deaf and hard of hearing registration fee fund.
(a) The commission shall remit all moneys received from fees, charges or penalties under K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-5393a through 75-5393c, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount into the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing registration fee fund.
(b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the commission for deaf and hard of hearing registration fee fund. All moneys credited to the fund shall be used to carry out the powers, duties and functions of the commission. The fund shall be administered by the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing. All expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the executive director of the commission or the executive director's designee.
History:
L. 2022, ch. 50, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5394 Same; cooperation by state agencies.

75-5394.
Same; cooperation by state agencies.
The commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, such data as might be needed to enable it to properly carry out its activities under this act. Avoidance of unnecessary duplication of state-delivered services to the deaf and hard of hearing shall be the primary objective of such cooperation.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 308, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 334, § 5; L. 1992, ch. 162, § 4; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5395 Same; arrangements and contracts authorized for carrying out purposes.

75-5395.
Same; arrangements and contracts authorized for carrying out purposes.
The Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may make arrangements with other state agencies, and may contract with other individuals, organizations, corporations, associations other legal entities, including private agencies, or any department or agency of the federal government, state or any political subdivision of the state, to carry out the purposes of the commission.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 308, § 5; L. 1984, ch. 334, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 162, § 5; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5396 Same; reception of funds, gifts, grants, bequests; expenditures.

75-5396.
Same; reception of funds, gifts, grants, bequests; expenditures.
The Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing is authorized to receive moneys from any source, including federal funds, gifts, grants and bequests which shall be expended for the purposes designated in this act.
History:
L. 1982, ch. 308, § 6; L. 1984, ch. 334, § 7; L. 1992, ch. 162, § 6; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5397 Same; state agencies to provide services to deaf and hard of hearing.

75-5397.
Same; state agencies to provide services to deaf and hard of hearing.
The governor is authorized to designate existing departments of state government, or division thereof, to provide statewide services to the deaf and hard of hearing as specified in this act.
History: L. 1982, ch. 308, § 7; L. 1984, ch. 334, § 8; L. 1992, ch. 162, § 7; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5397a Fees for interpreter services; registration; communication access services and sign language instruction.

75-5397a. Fees for interpreter services; registration; communication access services and sign language instruction.
(a) The Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may fix, charge and collect reasonable fees for providing interpreter services, interpreter registration, communication access services and sign language instruction.
(b) The secretary for children and families shall remit all moneys received by the commission for providing interpreter services, communication access services and sign language instruction to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas department for children and families enterprise fund.
History:
L. 1984, ch. 334, § 9; L. 1992, ch. 205, § 8; L. 1995, ch. 219, § 15; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 401; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 371; L. 2022, ch. 50, § 12; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees › Article 53 - Department For Children And Families › 75-5397b Same; continuation of former commission; application of references to former commission; preservation of orders and directives.

75-5397b.
Same; continuation of former commission; application of references to former commission; preservation of orders and directives.
(a) The Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing established by this act shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hearing impaired in which the same were vested prior to the effective date of this act.
(b) Whenever the Kansas commission for the deaf and hearing impaired, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing.
(c) All orders or directives of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hearing impaired in existence on the effective date of this act shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the orders or directives of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
(d) The Kansas commission for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be a continuation of the Kansas commission for the deaf and hearing impaired.
History:
L. 1984, ch. 334, § 10; L. 1992, ch. 162, § 9; April 30.