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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-912 - Case plans

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Each licensee that has responsibility for case planning for
				children in out-of-home placement or adoptive placements shall develop case
				planning policy and procedures. The policy and procedures shall include:
(a) Case plan time frames, tasks, and goals.
			 Each case plan developed for each child accepted for services shall be
			 time-limited, child-focused, and designed to meet the child's needs for health,
			 safety, well-being, and permanency through identified goals and
			 tasks.
(b) Participants. Each
			 licensee shall develop and implement policies and procedures for case planning
			 participation and shall include individuals who are Significant to the child or
			 who have knowledge of the child.
(c) Signatures. Each case plan and each
			 periodic review shall be dated and signed by the child welfare worker, with the
			 participants identified. The case plan shall include the start and end dates of
			 the case plan.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-913 - Services for birth families and expectant parents

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Each licensee who provides services to birth families and
				expectant parents shall meet the requirements of this regulation.
(a) Each licensee shall develop and implement
			 policies and procedures that include the following:
(1) The right of the birth family to select a
			 specific child-placement agency for services, unless the selection is
			 determined by the court or by another oversight agency or entity;
(2) a description of the range of services
			 offered by the child-placement agency for birth families, including the fee
			 schedule for each service;
(3) a
			 prohibition of coercion of the birth parents in their decision-making process
			 for the child;
(4) the birth
			 family's legal rights under current Kansas statutes;
(5) the requirements of the child-placement
			 agency for any birth family counseling, including the topics to be
			 discussed;
(6) the plans for
			 services to be provided to the birth family following the return home of the
			 child from an out-of-home placement or the placement of a child with an
			 adoptive family; and
(7) when
			 adoption is the plan for the child, the following policies and procedures shall
			 be developed:
(A) The process for sharing with
			 the birth parents any information about potential adoptive parents for the
			 child; and
(B) the child-placement
			 agency's policies and procedures on contacts between the birth parents and the
			 adoptive parents of a child.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-914 - Sponsorship services for placement families and adoptive families

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(a) Provision of reports. Each licensee shall
			 ensure that the following information is made available to each prospective
			 foster family and adoptive family upon request:
(1) A copy of the current child-placement
			 agency license for the agency and contact information for the department for
			 any licensing questions;
(2) a copy
			 of the most current annual report prepared by the child-placement agency
			 required by 30-47-909 ; and
(3) a
			 copy of the grievance and appeal processes of the child-placement
			 agency.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-915 - Complaints and concerns regarding foster families and adoptive families

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(a) Policies and procedures. Each licensee
			 that sponsors foster placement families or adoptive families shall develop and
			 implement policies and procedures for receiving, documenting, reporting and,
			 when appropriate, conducting or participating in the investigations of
			 complaints and concerns that involve foster families and adoptive families. The
			 policies and procedures shall assess the ability of the foster family or
			 adoptive family to protect the health, safety, and well-being of any child,
			 shall include the reporting requirements of 30-47-909, and shall address the
			 roles and responsibilities of the staff members and child-placement agency
			 volunteers.
(b) Investigations by
			 law enforcement or the department. When an agency other than the licensee is
			 conducting an investigation of a foster family or an adoptive family sponsored
			 by the licensee, each licensee shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Cooperate with the investigating agency
			 throughout the investigation;
(2)
			 assist the family during the investigation; and
(3) ensure that no staff member or volunteer
			 of the child-placement agency discloses to the family any of the following
			 without documented approval of the investigating agency:
(A) Information that would compromise the
			 investigation; and
(B) advance
			 notice of an unannounced contact to the family by the investigating agency or
			 child-placement agency staff member.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-917 - Specific services for licensed and child-placement agency-approved family foster homes

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Each licensee that sponsors licensed or child-placement
				agency-approved foster families shall ensure that the child-placement agency
				policies and procedures meet the requirements of 30-47-906 and 30-47-914 and
				the additional requirements of this regulation.
(a) Application for license or
			 child-placement agency approval as a family foster home.
(1) If a family wants to apply for a family
			 foster home license or to become a child-placement agency-approved family
			 foster home, each licensee shall designate a child welfare worker to oversee
			 the completion of the following requirements as the secretary's designee:
(A) Assist the family with completion of the
			 department's application form and all documentation required to obtain a family
			 foster home license or agency approval;
(B) submit to the department a request for
			 background checks for the family members as specified in 30-47-805 ;
(C) ensure that the designated child welfare
			 worker or a social service staff member operating under the direction of the
			 child welfare worker completes a licensing health and safety inspection of the
			 family's home to determine compliance with statutes and regulations governing
			 family foster home and documents the inspection on forms provided by the
			 department. The inspection shall be completed no later than 60 calendar days
			 after receiving the completed application. The designated child welfare worker
			 shall complete the following additional steps:
(i) Ensure that the designated child welfare
			 worker or a social service staff member operating under the direction of the
			 designated child welfare worker completes any additional licensing health and
			 safety inspections needed to verify the correction of any findings of
			 noncompliance with all applicable family foster home statutes and regulations;
			 and
(ii) after each licensing
			 health and safety inspection, complete a written notice of survey findings, on
			 a form provided by the department. If noncompliance is found, the written
			 findings shall include the specific regulatory references and descriptions for
			 each area of noncompliance; and
(D) submit to the department all
			 documentation required for a family foster home license, on forms provided by
			 the department, no later than 90 calendar days following the date of the
			 application signed by the potential foster family.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-918 - Adoption services

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In addition to meeting the requirements of 30-47-914, each
				licensee who provides adoption services shall ensure that the child-placement
				agency policies and procedures meet the following additional
				requirements.
(a) Placement services
			 to adoptive families and children. Each licensee shall develop and implement
			 policies and procedures for the selection of adoptive families for children and
			 for the preparation of each adoptive family and child.
(1) Selection of adoptive family.
(A) If the licensee is responsible for the
			 selection of an adoptive family for a child, the selection shall be based on
			 the adoptive family that can best meet the child's needs and shall meet the
			 requirements of 30-47-912 . When the birth parent of the child identifies any
			 preferences about the characteristics of a potential adoptive family, each
			 licensee shall consider those preferences.
(B) If the child's birth parent is making the
			 decision for the selection of an adoptive family for a child, a designated
			 child welfare worker shall counsel the birth parent on the selection process
			 and on the important factors to consider in selecting the adoptive
			 family.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-919 - Health-related requirements

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(a) Tobacco use
			 prohibited. Each licensee shall ensure that tobacco products or electronic
			 cigarettes are not used on the premises of the child-placement agency. Tobacco
			 products or electronic cigarettes shall not be used by any staff member or
			 volunteer of the child-placement agency in the presence of a child or a family
			 receiving services from the child-placement agency.
(b) Health of staff members and volunteers at
			 the child-placement agency.
(1) No staff
			 member or volunteer of the child-placement agency shall be under the influence
			 of alcohol or illegal substances or be impaired due to the use of prescription
			 or nonprescription drugs while on duty.
(2) Each staff member and each volunteer
			 shall be free from any infectious or contagious disease specified in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-1-6.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-920 - Environmental standards

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(a) Location and
			 premises. Each licensee shall ensure that the child-placement agency does not
			 provide overnight care for any child in foster care.
(1) Each licensee shall ensure that the
			 child-placement agency is accessible to the children and families receiving
			 services from the child-placement agency, to the staff members and volunteers,
			 and to the community.
(2) Each
			 licensee shall ensure that sufficient space is provided for visitor, staff
			 member, and volunteer parking.
(3)
			 Each licensee shall ensure that public water and sewage systems, where
			 available, are used. If public water and sewage systems are not available, each
			 licensee shall maintain approval by the appropriate health authorities for any
			 private water or sewage systems that are used.
(4) Outdoor areas shall be free of known
			 health, safety, and environmental hazards.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-921 - Safety

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall ensure that the premises are maintained to ensure the safety of children
			 and families receiving services from the child-placement agency, the staff
			 members, volunteers, and others.
(b) Each exit shall be marked. No exit shall
			 be blocked at any time.
(c) A
			 working telephone shall be on the premises and available for use at all times.
			 Emergency telephone numbers shall be readily accessible or be posted next to
			 the telephone for the police, fire department, ambulance, hospital or
			 hospitals, and poison control center.
(d) Each licensee shall develop and implement
			 an emergency plan to provide for the evacuation and safety of staff members and
			 others in emergencies, including fires, tornadoes, storms, foods, and serious
			 injuries. All of the staff members and volunteers of the child-placement agency
			 shall be informed of the emergency plan, which shall be posted in a prominent
			 location.
(e) Each licensee shall
			 develop and implement policies and procedures regarding the storage and
			 handling of firearms and other weapons on the premises. If a licensee prohibits
			 carrying a concealed weapon on the premises of the child-placement agency, the
			 licensee shall post a notice pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 75-7c10, and amendments thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-922 - Transportation

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Each licensee shall ensure that the requirements of this
				regulation are met when any foster child receiving services from the
				child-placement agency is transported by a staff member or a volunteer of the
				child-placement agency.
(a) The driver
			 shall be 18 years of age or older and shall hold an operator's license of a
			 type appropriate for the vehicle being used, a copy of which shall be provided
			 to the child-placement agency.
(b)
			 The transporting vehicle shall be maintained in a safe operating
			 condition.
(c) The vehicle shall be
			 covered by accident and liability insurance as required by the state of
			 Kansas.
(d) Trailers pulled by
			 another vehicle, camper shells, or truck beds shall not be used for the
			 transportation of any child.
(e)
			 The use of seat belts and child safety seats shall include the following:
(1) Each foster child shall be secured by the
			 use of a seat belt or a child safety seat when the vehicle is in
			 motion.
(2) No more than one foster
			 child shall be secured in any seat belt or child safety seat.
(3) Each seat belt shall be properly anchored
			 to the vehicle.
(4) When a child
			 safety seat, including a booster seat, is required, the seat shall meet the
			 following requirements:
(A) Have current
			 federal approval;
(B) be installed
			 and used according to the manufacturer's instructions and the vehicle owner's
			 manual;
(C) be appropriate to the
			 height, weight, and physical condition of the child, according to the
			 manufacturer's instructions and meet the requirements of
			 K.S.A.
			 8-1344 and amendments thereto;
(D) be properly maintained;
(E) have a label with the date of manufacture
			 and model number, for use in case of a product recall; and
(F) have no missing parts or cracks in the
			 frame or have been in a collision.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-1 - Scope

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The regulations set forth in this article shall provide for the
				licensing of, and set the standards for the services and programs required of,
				community mental health centers, including the following:
(a) Each center organized as a community
			 mental health center pursuant to the provisions of
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(b) each center organized as a
			 mental health clinic pursuant to the provisions of
			 K.S.A.
			 65-211 et seq., and amendments thereto; and
(c) each affiliated center meeting
			 the exception specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 75-3307b(b), and amendments
			 thereto.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-5 - Two types of license; requirements

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(a) Two types of
			 license shall be issued by the secretary in accordance with this article. One
			 shall be titled "community mental health center." The other shall be titled
			 "affiliated community mental health center." To be eligible for either license,
			 the applicant agency shall demonstrate that it can and will comply with all of
			 the applicable requirements contained within this article. However, the
			 applicant agency shall not be required to meet the requirements contained
			 within article 61 that provide for those additional services and programs that
			 a center must be capable of and willing to provide in order to be eligible to
			 contract with the secretary to become a participating community mental health
			 center.
(b)
(1) Only one license shall be issued by the
			 secretary to operate a "community mental health center" within a designated
			 service area, which shall be stated upon the license issued.
(2) If the board of county commissioners for
			 any county within the service area of a licensed center, pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 and amendments thereto, notifies the
			 secretary of the board's withdrawal of its designation of that licensed center
			 as the community mental health center for that county and requests that the
			 secretary either approve the establishment of a new community mental health
			 center for that county, as provided for in K.A.R. 30-60-10, or approve the
			 realignment of the service area of another existing licensed center to include
			 that county within its service area, as provided for in K.A.R. 30-60-12, and if
			 the secretary approves either request, then at least one of the following
			 actions shall be taken by the division:
(A)
			 If the secretary's action involves the establishment of a new community mental
			 health center to replace the existing licensed center and that existing center
			 will not afterwards be serving any other county, the license of the existing
			 center from which the board of county commissioners withdrew its designation
			 shall be revoked.
(B) If the
			 secretary's action involves the realignment of the service area of one or more
			 existing licensed centers, a new license shall be issued to each involved
			 center. Each new license shall state upon it the new service area of that
			 center.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-7 - Suspension; revocation of a license; procedure; voluntary surrender

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(a) Any license
			 issued by the secretary in accordance with this article may be suspended or
			 revoked for failure of the licensee to be in compliance with the applicable
			 requirements of this article.
(b)
			 A license may be suspended only upon a determination by the division that
			 continued operations by the licensee during any license revocation proceedings
			 would constitute a serious threat to the health and safety of consumers
			 receiving the licensee's services. A copy of this determination shall be
			 provided to the licensee, in writing, and shall clearly state the reasons for
			 it.
(c) Before revocation of a
			 license, a written notice of the proposal to revoke the license shall be sent
			 by registered mail to the executive director of the licensee, along with a copy
			 of the division's determination to suspend the license during the revocation
			 proceedings, if applicable. The notice shall include the following:
(1) A clearly written statement of the
			 reasons for the proposed revocation of the license;
(2) the date upon which the revocation of the
			 license will become effective, unless appealed; and
(3) notice to the licensee that this proposal
			 to revoke its license may be appealed to the office of administrative hearings
			 within the Kansas department of administration in accordance with article 7.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-8 - Notice of need of a license; order to cease; appeal

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(a) Upon the
			 division's notice to any person or agency of the division's determination that
			 the person or agency is providing services for which a license issued in
			 accordance with this article is required, that person or agency shall either
			 submit an application for the applicable license in accordance with K.A.R.
			 30-60-6 or cease provision of those services.
(b) If any person or agency so notified fails
			 or refuses to submit, within 60 days, an application for the applicable license
			 but continues to provide the services, a written order addressed and delivered
			 to that person or agency may be issued by the division, requiring the person or
			 agency to cease provision of those services until the person or agency is
			 licensed in accordance with this article.
(c) Any order to cease provision of services
			 may be appealed to the office of administrative hearings within the Kansas
			 department of administration in accordance with article 7.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-10 - Establishment of a new community mental health center; altered service area

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(a) Pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 and amendments thereto, the
			 establishment of a new community mental health center shall not be approved by
			 the secretary if the proposed center's service area is already being served by
			 one or more existing licensed centers, unless the respective board or boards of
			 county commissioners notify the secretary of the following:
(1) The intent of the board or boards to
			 withdraw their designation of the existing licensed center serving that area as
			 their community mental health center; and
(2) the request of the board or boards that
			 the secretary approve the establishment of a new community mental health
			 center, as requested in accordance with K.A.R. 30-60-11.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-11 - Necessary elements for a proposal to establish a new community mental health center or to realign the service area of one or more existing centers

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(a) A written
			 request for approval of the establishment of a new community mental health
			 center, or of the realignment of the service area of any licensed center, shall
			 be made by the respective board or boards of county commissioners to the
			 secretary, pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 and amendments thereto, and shall
			 include, or contain as an attachment, the following:
(1) The rationale for the proposal;
(2) a specific plan for providing
			 mental health services to persons living within the proposed new service area;
(3) an endorsement of the proposal
			 by the governing boards and executive directors of any licensed centers that
			 might be affected by the proposal, as appropriate;
(4) any written comments that have been
			 received from other governmental agencies existing within any affected service
			 area; and
(5) any written comments
			 received from the public and a summary of any public comments made at a public
			 hearing held for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposal. The
			 division shall be consulted in advance of this public hearing and shall have
			 approved of the procedures utilized in obtaining the public comments.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-12 - Approval or disapproval of a proposal to establish a new community mental health center or to realign the service area of one or more existing centers

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(a) Each proposal
			 to establish a new community mental health center, or to realign the service
			 area of one or more licensed centers, and the materials required to be
			 submitted to the secretary by K.A.R. 30-60-11 shall be reviewed by the division
			 to determine whether or not the proposal contributes to the state's overall
			 plan for providing mental health services. Additional comments from the
			 following may be received or sought out by the division:
(1) Other divisions within the department;
(2) appropriate representatives of
			 the district court for the proposed service area or areas;
(3) consumer organizations;
(4) representatives or advocates of
			 consumers; and
(5) other
			 individuals or agencies as the division deems appropriate.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-13 - Responsibility for compliance

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(a) Each center
			 shall comply with the requirements of this article.
(b) Each center shall ensure compliance with
			 the applicable requirements of this article by any affiliated center,
			 affiliate, or contractor with which the center has entered into an affiliation
			 agreement or contract to provide any service specified in this article.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-14 - Departmental assistance; cooperation with compliance monitoring

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One or more employees of the division may be assigned by the
				department to provide technical assistance to a licensee or to assist a
				licensee in developing its quality improvement program or other similar
				responsibilities. Each licensee shall cooperate with that employee's efforts
				and with that employee's monitoring of the licensee's ongoing compliance with
				the requirements of this article. This cooperation shall include providing that
				employee with reasonable access to all of the facilities and administrative
				records of the licensee and to all clinical records and treatment or service
				activities of the licensee.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-15 - Access; identification; information

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(a) Each center
			 shall make every reasonable effort to overcome any barriers that consumers may
			 have to receiving services, including the following:
(1) Physical disabilities;
(2) disabilities specifically resulting from
			 any mental illness;
(3) language
			 or other communication barriers;
(4) barriers associated with cultural,
			 social, ethnic, and religious factors; and
(5) barriers associated with economic issues,
			 including a consumer's access to public transportation, child care needs, and
			 the demands of the consumer's employer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-16 - No denial of required services; exceptions; requirements; rights, documentation

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(a) No center shall
			 deny necessary and appropriate services to any person requesting mental health
			 services from that center unless any of the following conditions is met:
(1) The person requires services that are not
			 required by K.A.R. 30-60-64 to be provided by a center and that are not
			 provided by the center.
(2) The
			 person refuses to pay the fees charged for any services provided, even after
			 those fees have been adjusted or reduced in compliance with K.A.R. 30-60-17,
			 unless the center is required by K.A.R. 30-60-64 to provide those services.
(3) The person is determined by
			 the executive director to have engaged in behavior that threatens the safety of
			 center staff or other individuals present at the center, but only if every
			 reasonable effort has been made to address those issues. The denial of services
			 may continue only as long as the behavior continues.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-17 - Prohibition against denial of required services because of an inability to pay fees; establishment of a schedule of fees; adjustment; disclosure; reviews; collection of fees

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(a) No center shall
			 deny to any consumer requesting services from that center any necessary and
			 appropriate services that the center is required to provide by K.A.R. 30-60-64,
			 solely because of the consumer's inability to pay the fees charged by the
			 center for those services, even after those fees have been adjusted or reduced
			 in compliance with this regulation.
(b) Each center shall print upon all center
			 stationery used to communicate with the public and any preprinted materials
			 prepared for use in communicating with consumers a statement indicating that
			 the center will not deny to any consumer necessary and appropriate services
			 that the center is required by K.A.R. 30-60-64 to provide, solely because of
			 the consumer's inability to pay the fees charged by the center for those
			 services. This statement shall also indicate that the fees charged by the
			 center may be adjusted or reduced in compliance with this regulation.
(c) Each licensee shall
			 periodically establish the fees that the licensee charges for its services.
			 These fees shall be published in a schedule of fees, which shall be made
			 available to anyone upon request.
(d) Each licensee shall adopt and adhere to
			 written policies and procedures specifying when staff shall have the authority
			 to adjust from the published schedule of fees the actual fee that will be
			 charged for any service provided to any consumer. These policies and procedures
			 shall require that a consumer's ability to pay that fee, or any responsible
			 party's ability to pay that fee, shall be considered in making any adjustments.
			 These policies and procedures shall further specify the circumstances in which
			 the services provided by the licensee would be provided to a consumer free of
			 any charge.
(e) Each licensee
			 shall perform the following:
(1) Require its
			 staff to disclose to any consumer seeking services from the licensee that
			 licensee's schedule of fees for those services, and the policies and procedures
			 under which designated staff members have the authority to adjust those
			 scheduled fees; and
(2) require
			 its staff to periodically review the circumstances of every consumer receiving
			 services from the licensee to determine whether any adjustments to the fees
			 being charged that consumer should be made.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-18 - Coordination and community involvement

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Each center, in order to facilitate the coordination of
				services between itself and other agencies and the referral of consumers, both
				to the center by others and by the center to other providers of services, shall
				establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those local
				public and private agencies who are also likely to provide services to
				consumers, including the following:
(a) The department of social and
			 rehabilitation services local area office and any applicable divisions or
			 contractors of the department;
(b)
			 public health agencies, public and private hospitals and clinics, other health
			 care providers, and providers of specialized mental health services, including
			 private mental health treatment facilities, nursing facilities for mental
			 health, and residential care facilities for the mentally ill;
(c) community developmental disability
			 organizations and community mental retardation and developmental disabilities
			 service providers;
(d) the local
			 regional alcohol and drug abuse assessment center and other treatment agencies
			 for alcohol or substance abuse;
(e) public and private schools and other
			 education agencies;
(f) law
			 enforcement agencies, including jails and other adult detention facilities;
(g) the district court for each
			 county within the service area of the center;
(h) juvenile justice agencies, including
			 juvenile detention facilities;
(i)
			 public housing authorities;
(j)
			 area agencies on aging;
(k)
			 employment service agencies;
(l)
			 homeless shelters; and
(m)
			 agencies run by or specifically oriented to consumers.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-19 - Data and statistical reporting

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(a) Each center
			 shall compile and report to the division data and statistics concerning the
			 operations of the center and its utilization by the community as the division
			 may require.
(b) These data and
			 statistical reporting requirements shall be developed by the division after
			 consultation with the association of community mental health centers, inc. and
			 other parties as the division deems appropriate.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-25 - Governing or advisory board; powers; bylaws

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(a) Each center
			 shall have a governing board empowered to perform the following:
(1) Adopt bylaws and establish policies and
			 procedures for the center;
(2) set
			 goals and adopt necessary plans and a budget for the center; and
(3) exercise general supervisory authority
			 over the center, including having the authority to hire, evaluate, and fire the
			 executive director of the center, appointed in compliance with K.A.R. 30-60-40.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-26 - Conflict of interest prohibited

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Each licensee shall ensure that no individual serving on the
				licensee's governing or advisory board or as an employee, contractor, or
				consultant engages in activities constituting a conflict of interest between
				the licensee's provision of services and the private, remunerative activities
				of that individual, employee, contractor, or consultant.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-27 - Annual audit

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(a) Each center
			 shall annually obtain an independent audit of the financial affairs and records
			 of the center.
(b) The reports of
			 this audit shall be made available to anyone upon request.
(c) A copy of the two most recently completed
			 audit reports shall be attached to the center's application for renewal of its
			 license, submitted to the division in accordance with K.A.R. 30-60-6, unless
			 previously provided to the division in accordance with K.A.R. 30-60-19 or any
			 separate grant or contract compliance requirement.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-28 - Mission and vision statements; strategic plan; coordination with quality improvement program

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(a) Each center
			 shall develop, adopt, and display at appropriate locations a statement of its
			 mission, including a concise statement of the purpose for which the center
			 exists, the general nature of the services it provides, and the population to
			 whom it provides those services.
(b) Each center shall develop and adopt a
			 vision statement of its goals for the future and the values it holds with
			 regard to the consumers it serves.
(c) Each center shall develop and adopt a
			 statement of its strategic plan, including specific, measurable, short-term,
			 and long-term goals, and the specific means or methods by which it intends to
			 accomplish those goals.
(d) Each
			 center shall ensure consistency between its strategic plan and its quality
			 improvement program required by K.A.R. 30-60-55.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-30 - Solicitation and consideration of consumer comments and suggestions

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(a) Each center
			 shall adopt and adhere to written policies and procedures that provide for
			 regular and ongoing solicitation of comments and suggestions from its
			 consumers. Each center shall utilize both formal and informal means of
			 soliciting these comments or suggestions and shall ensure the solicitation of a
			 diverse group of consumers to whom the center, and each affiliated provider
			 with which the center has an affiliation agreement, provides services.
(b) Each center shall ensure
			 coordination between the solicitation of consumer comments and suggestions and
			 its quality improvement program required by K.A.R. 30-60-55.
(c) Records that demonstrate each center's
			 compliance with this requirement shall be centrally maintained for at least
			 five years.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-40 - Personnel

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall vest the following duties in an executive director, to be appointed by
			 and responsible to the governing board of a center, or as provided for in the
			 bylaws or other policies and procedures of an affiliated provider:
(1) Responsibility for the day-to-day
			 operations of the licensee;
(2)
			 assurance of the quality of the services provided; and
(3) the effective and efficient management of
			 the licensee's resources.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-41 - Personnel policies and procedures

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall adopt and adhere to written personnel policies and procedures providing
			 for the rights, duties, and responsibilities of all members of the licensee's
			 staff.
(b) These policies and
			 procedures shall require the following, at a minimum:
(1) That a written job description exist for
			 each position and that it be reviewed by supervisory staff with the employee
			 and revised on a regular basis;
(2) that each employee will receive, at least
			 annually, a written performance evaluation based upon the duties and
			 responsibilities assigned to that staff member within the job description for
			 that position;
(3) that any
			 professional staff obtain and maintain the skills necessary to meet the
			 individual needs of the consumers to whom the licensee provides services; and
(4) at any time a consumer is
			 employed by a licensee, that the licensee will abide by guidelines for the
			 employment of consumers that may be established by the division. These
			 guidelines shall be available from the division, and each licensee shall be
			 responsible for obtaining these guidelines from the division.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-45 - Administrative records

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Each licensee shall adopt and adhere to written policies and
				procedures providing for the creation, retention, and destruction of accurate
				administrative and business records that shall clearly reflect the business,
				financial, and administrative operations of the licensee.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-46 - Clinical records

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall adopt and adhere to written policies and procedures providing for a
			 written, consolidated, and current clinical record for each consumer to whom
			 the licensee provides any service.
(b) This record shall meet the following
			 criteria:
(1) Be contemporaneously created
			 during the course of services, in accordance with the policies and procedures
			 of the licensee concerning the format, organization, and content of these
			 records;
(2) be stored in a
			 secured location with access limited to staff providing treatment to that
			 consumer, and to other individuals only as specified in the policies and
			 procedures of the licensee; and
(3) be maintained in accordance with policies
			 and procedures of the licensee that provide for the following:
(A) The retention of inactive records;
(B) the destruction of obsolete
			 records;
(C) the duplication of
			 records; and
(D) the release of
			 copies of records.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-47 - Confidentiality and release of information

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(a) Each licensee
			 shall adopt and adhere to written policies and procedures that shall ensure the
			 confidentiality of the clinical record, and all portions of that record, and
			 any other information concerning each consumer who has at any time requested or
			 received, or who is currently receiving any services from the licensee. These
			 policies and procedures shall be consistent with any applicable federal or
			 state law, regulation, or rule concerning the confidentiality of that
			 information.
(b) The clinical
			 record, any portion of that record, or any information concerning any consumer
			 who has ever requested or received or who is currently receiving any services
			 from a licensee shall be released only as authorized by law or upon the written
			 authorization of that consumer, or, if applicable, of the parent, legal
			 guardian, or other appropriate representative of that consumer. This
			 authorization shall contain the following:
(1) The name of the consumer whose clinical
			 record, or any portion of that record, or about whom information is being
			 authorized to be released;
(2) the
			 name and address of, or other information identifying, the person or agency to
			 whom the consumer's clinical record, any portion of that record, or any other
			 information is being authorized to be released;
(3) the name of the licensee or the staff
			 member employed by the licensee being authorized to release the consumer's
			 clinical record, any portion of that record, or any other information;
(4) the reason or purpose for the
			 release of the consumer's clinical record, any portion of that record, or any
			 other information;
(5)
(A) A clear indication that the entire
			 clinical record is to be released;
(B) a clear description of the specific
			 portion of the clinical record that is to be released; or
(C) a clear description of what other
			 information is being authorized to be released;
(6) the date, event, or condition upon which
			 the authority to release any information or any portion of the clinical record
			 will expire;
(7) a statement that
			 the consumer authorizing the release of the clinical record, any portion of
			 that record, or any other information reserves the right, to, at any time
			 before this authorization would otherwise expire, revoke the authorization
			 except for any information or record or portion of that record that has already
			 been released, and information concerning how this revocation may be effected;
(8) the date on which the
			 authorization is signed; and
(9)
			 the printed name and the signature of the person authorizing the release,
			 whether the consumer or, if applicable, the parent, legal guardian, or other
			 appropriate representative of the consumer.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 60 - LICENSING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS › Section 30-60-48 - De-escalation techniques and emergency behavioral interventions

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(a) Each center
			 shall adopt and adhere to written policies and procedures that require the
			 following:
(1) Each staff member, volunteer,
			 and contractor shall utilize only de-escalation techniques or emergency
			 behavioral interventions that the staff member, volunteer, or contractor has
			 been appropriately trained in or is professionally qualified to utilize. Each
			 use of these techniques and interventions shall be consistent with the rights
			 of consumers as listed in K.A.R. 30-60-50.
(2) No practice utilized shall be intended to
			 humiliate, frighten, or physically harm a consumer.
(3) No practice that becomes necessary to
			 implement shall continue longer than necessary to resolve the behavior at
			 issue.
(4) Physical restraint or
			 seclusion shall be used as a method of intervention only when all other methods
			 of de-escalation have failed and only when necessary for the protection of that
			 consumer or others.
(5) Each
			 instance of the utilization of a physical restraint or the use of seclusion
			 shall be documented in the consumer's clinical record required by K.A.R.
			 30-60-46 and reviewed by supervising staff and the center's risk management
			 program required by K.A.R. 30-60-56.
(6) Each instance in which the utilization of
			 a de-escalation technique or emergency behavioral intervention results in
			 serious injury to the consumer shall be reported to the division.