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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 44 - SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 30-44-5 - Scope of services; judgment interest

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection (b), the scope of child support enforcement
			 services related to judgment interest shall be limited to enforcement of a lump
			 sum previously determined by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction, if the
			 judgment interest debt can be enforced in the same manner as that for a debt
			 for child support.
(b) If the
			 director of child support enforcement services determines that conducting or
			 participating in a pilot project is in the best interests of the child support
			 enforcement program, additional services related to judgment interest may be
			 authorized by the director in cases selected for the pilot project.
(c) This regulation shall be effective on and
			 after July 1, 2003.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 44 - SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 30-44-6 - Support arrears forgiveness

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(a) If
			 a child's parent or parents are liable to repay the secretary for state
			 assistance expended on the child's behalf pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 39-718b and amendments thereto, the amount
			 due may be offset by one of the following:
(1) The parent's or parents' participation in
			 an arrears adjustment program; or
(2) the parent's or parents' contributions to
			 a Kansas postsecondary education savings account established on behalf of the
			 child through the child support savings initiative program.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-1 - Adoption-genetic and medical history of parents

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Each person, other than a stepparent, filing a petition to
				adopt a minor, shall file with the petition a statement relative to:
(a) The history of significant illnesses or
			 hospitalizations of the genetic parents; and
(b) the indication of any conditions,
			 ailments, maladies, handicaps, genetically transmitted or communicable diseases
			 which are known to exist within the parent or their family background which
			 might affect the health or development of the child.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-3 - Adoption-social history

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The following information shall be filed with the petition as
				the social history of the biological parents on forms prescribed by the
				secretary:
(a) Each parent's
			 religious background;
(b) each
			 parent's educational background;
(c) each parent's ethnic background;
(d) each parent's tribal
			 membership, if applicable; and
(e)
			 each parent's employment history.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-4 - Adoption-procedures for updating histories

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(a) The person
			 filing the petition to adopt shall provide written notification to the
			 biological parent of the process for notifying social and rehabilitation
			 services of any new genetic or medical information which might affect the
			 child.
(b) The person filing the
			 petition to adopt shall advise the adoptive family in writing that genetic and
			 medical information is permanently filed with social and rehabilitation
			 services.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-10 - Definitions

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(a) "Medical
			 neglect" includes, but is not limited to, the withholding of medically
			 indicated treatment from a disabled infant with a life-threatening condition.
(b) "Withholding of medically
			 indicated treatment" means the failure to respond to the infant's
			 life-threatening conditions by failing to provide treatment, which in the
			 treating physician's reasonable medical judgment, is most likely to ameliorate
			 or correct all life-threatening conditions, except when the treatment would be
			 futile in terms of survival of the infant and the treatment itself under such
			 circumstances would be inhumane. In all circumstances "withholding of medically
			 indicated treatment" shall always include the failure to provide appropriate
			 nutrition, hydration or medication.
(c) "Reasonable medical judgment" means a
			 medical judgment made by a reasonably prudent physician who is knowledgeable
			 about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical
			 conditions involved.
(d) "Infant"
			 means an infant less than one year of age. The reference to less than one year
			 of age shall not be construed to imply that treatment should be changed or
			 discontinued when an infant reaches one year of age. The standards set forth in
			 subsection (b) of this regulation should be consulted thoroughly in the
			 evaluation of any issue of medical neglect involving an infant older than one
			 year of age who has been continuously hospitalized since birth, whose birth was
			 extremely premature, or who has a long-term disability.
(e) "Designated hospital liaison" means the
			 individual designated by the hospital administrator as the person to be
			 contacted by agency personnel upon a report of medically indicated treatment
			 being withheld from a disabled infant. Names of liaisons shall be furnished to
			 the agency annually by each hospital.
(f) "Hospital medical ethics review
			 committee" means the group established by the hospital to review medical
			 treatment and make recommendations to the appropriate medical personnel
			 involved in the case.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-11 - Reports of medically neglected infants

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(a) Reports of
			 medical neglect of a disabled infant shall be made to the local social and
			 rehabilitation services office. Receipt of the report and subsequent initiation
			 of an investigation will follow the emergency procedures established under the
			 Kansas code for care of children. Upon receiving notification of withholding of
			 medically indicated treatment from a disabled infant, an agency social worker
			 shall:
(1) Contact the designated hospital
			 liaison at the facility where the infant is located;
(2) contact the hospital medical ethics
			 review committee at the facility housing the infant to obtain the committee's
			 findings or the Kansas perinatal medical council if no hospital medical ethics
			 review committee exists; and
(3)
			 include as a part of the investigative report, information from and reports to
			 the designated hospital liaison and the hospital medical ethics review
			 committee or the Kansas perinatal medical council if no hospital medical ethics
			 review committee exists.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-12 - Responsible reporters

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(a) Physicians,
			 nurses, hospital administrators and others listed in K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 38-1522
			 shall be required to report cases of medical neglect of disabled infants.
(b) Reports to social and
			 rehabilitation services of medical neglect of disabled infants can be initiated
			 by any concerned citizen. The reporter will remain anonymous unless the
			 reporter agrees to the use of the reporter's identity by the agency. The
			 reporter is not liable to prosecution for reports made in good faith pursuant
			 to K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 38-1525 and 38-1526.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 45 - YOUTH SERVICES › Section 30-45-20 - Foster child educational assistance

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Any individual meeting the definition of foster child in K.S.A.
				75-53,112(b), and amendments thereto, and wanting to receive the benefits of
				the foster child educational assistance act may obtain an application form from
				any office of the department of social and rehabilitation services
				("department") or from any Kansas educational institution, as defined in K.S.A.
				75-53,112 and amendments thereto. The individual shall submit the completed
				application to the registrar's office at the educational institution where the
				applicant enrolls. The applicant's eligibility shall be verified by the
				department upon receipt of the application from the educational institution.
				Within 30 days after enrollment, the student shall notify the department of
				that student's enrollment status and intended program of
				study.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-10 - Definitions

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For the purpose of the child abuse and neglect central
				registry, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Abandon" and "abandonment" have the
			 meaning specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 38-2202, and amendments thereto.
(b) "Abuse" means "physical, mental or
			 emotional abuse" or "sexual abuse," as these two terms are defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 38-2202 and amendments thereto and as "sexual
			 abuse" is further defined in this regulation, involving a child who resides in
			 Kansas or is found in Kansas, regardless of where the act occurred. The term
			 "abuse" shall include any act that occurred in Kansas, regardless of where the
			 child is found or resides.
The term "abuse" may include the following:
(1) Terrorizing a child, by creating a
			 climate of fear or engaging in violent or threatening behavior toward the child
			 or toward others in the child's presence that demonstrates a flagrant disregard
			 for the child;
(2) emotionally
			 abandoning a child, by being psychologically unavailable to the child,
			 demonstrating no attachment to the child, or failing to provide adequate
			 nur-turance of the child; and
(3)
			 corrupting a child, by teaching or rewarding the child for unlawful,
			 antisocial, or sexually mature behavior.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-11 - Reporting of abuse or neglect of children who reside in an institution operated by the secretary of social and rehabilitation services

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each person who
			 has reason to suspect that child abuse, neglect or sexual abuse, as defined in
			 K.A.R. 30-46-10, has occurred in an institution operated by the secretary of
			 SRS shall make a report directly to the attorney general's office and shall not
			 be required to report first to the secretary or to any employee of the
			 secretary except when immediate action is necessary to protect a resident or
			 another person.
(b) Each person
			 who has reason to suspect that an SRS employee or a volunteer may be a
			 perpetrator of abuse, neglect or sexual abuse, as defined in K.A.R. 30-46-10,
			 shall not be required to make a report to the suspected perpetrator even though
			 department policy would dictate otherwise.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-12 - Standards for determining abuse, neglect or sexual abuse in a child care facility or institution

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) An incident may
			 involve abuse, neglect or sexual abuse, as defined in K.A.R. 30-46-10, if,
			 without investigation, it is more likely than not that:
(1) A child has suffered an unexplained or
			 non-accidental injury due to an act or omission of an employee or volunteer in
			 the facility or institution;
(2)
			 an employee or volunteer has had sexual contact with a child;
(3) an employee or volunteer demonstrates a
			 pattern of interaction which impairs the child's social, emotional or
			 intellectual functioning to an observable and material degree;
(4) an employee or volunteer has failed to
			 make a reasonable effort to prevent a child or other person from causing harm
			 or the substantial risk of harm;
(5) an employee or volunteer has failed to
			 make a reasonable effort to remove a child from or supervise a child in a
			 situation that requires judgment or actions beyond the child's level of
			 maturity, physical condition or mental ability and that results in harm or
			 substantial risk of harm to the child;
(6) an employee or volunteer has failed to
			 obtain or follow through with prescribed medical care for a child and such
			 failure resulted in death, disfigurement, serious physical or emotional injury
			 or substantial risk of same to the child; or
(7) an employee or volunteer has failed to
			 provide a child with food, shelter or clothing necessary to sustain the life or
			 health of the child.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-13 - Right to interview

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Each alleged perpetrator shall have an opportunity to be
				interviewed before a finding affirming or substantiating the perpetrator under
				K.A.R.
				30-46-15 is issued.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-15 - Notice of decision

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(a) Each
			 affirmed perpetrator shall be notified in writing of the secretary's decision
			 to affirm the perpetrator for an incident of child abuse or neglect. The notice
			 shall specify the reasons for the finding and shall inform the affirmed
			 perpetrator of the perpetrator's right to appeal the decision.
(b) Each substantiated perpetrator shall be
			 notified in writing of the secretary's decision to substantiate the perpetrator
			 for the purpose of placing the name of the perpetrator in the child abuse and
			 neglect central registry. The notice shall specify the reasons for the finding
			 and shall inform the substantiated perpetrator of the perpetrator's right to
			 appeal the decision.
(c) Each
			 unsubstantiated alleged perpetrator shall be notified in writing of the
			 secretary's decision that based on a preponderance of evidence, the alleged
			 perpetrator has not committed an alleged act of abuse or neglect.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-16 - Child abuse and neglect central registry

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The name of a substantiated perpetrator shall not be entered
				into the department's child abuse and neglect central registry until the person
				has exhausted or failed to exercise the appeal process in
				K.A.R.
				30-7-64 through
				30-7-104.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 46 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 30-46-17 - Expungement of record of perpetrator from child abuse and neglect central registry

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(a)
			 Application for expungement.
(1) Any
			 perpetrator of abuse or neglect may apply in writing to the secretary to have
			 the perpetrator's record expunged from the child abuse and neglect central
			 registry when three years have passed since the perpetrator's name was entered
			 on the child abuse and neglect central registry. Thereafter, if the expungement
			 is denied, an application for expungement may be submitted by the perpetrator
			 to the secretary no more than once every 12 months after the date of the most
			 recent expungement review panel hearing.
(2) Each application for expungement shall be
			 referred to the expungement review panel.
The panel shall consist of the director of prevention and
				protection services or the director's designee, the chief legal counsel of the
				department or the counsel's designee, and a representative of the public
				appointed by the secretary. The director of prevention and protection services
				or the director's designee shall chair the panel.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-100 - License fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each applicant or licensee submitting an application for a
				license or for the renewal of a license shall include the appropriate
				nonrefundable license fee, as follows:
(a) For each child-placement agency as
			 defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-503 and amendments thereto, $75;
(b) for each child care resource and referral
			 agency as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-503 and amendments thereto, $75;
			 and
(c) for each of the following
			 child care facilities with a license capacity of 13 or more children, $35 plus
			 $1 for each child included in the license capacity, with the total not to
			 exceed $75, and for each of the following child care facilities with a license
			 capacity of 12 or fewer children, $15:
(1)
			 Attendant care facility, as defined in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-4-285;
(2) detention center or secure care center,
			 as defined in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-4-350;
(3) residential center or group boarding
			 home, as defined in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-4-268;
(4) secure residential treatment facility, as
			 defined in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-4-330.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-103 - Application process

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(a) Each applicant
			 shall submit a complete application on forms provided by the department. The
			 application shall be submitted at least 90 calendar days before the planned
			 opening date of the juvenile crisis intervention center and shall include the
			 following:
(1) A description of the program
			 and services to be offered, including the following:
(A) A statement of the center's purpose and
			 goals;
(B) the number, ages, and
			 gender of prospective juveniles;
(C) specification of how the center has
			 consulted with and will maintain ongoing communications with local authorities,
			 including city officials, county officials, and law enforcement officials;
			 and
(D) policies and procedures to
			 individually assess and stabilize juveniles upon admission;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-104 - Terms of temporary permit or license

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(a) Temporary
			 permit or license required. No person shall operate a center unless the person
			 has been issued a temporary permit or a license by the secretary.
(b) Requirements. Each permittee and each
			 licensee shall ensure that the following requirements are met:
(1) Each temporary permit or license shall be
			 valid only for the permittee or licensee and for the address specified on the
			 temporary permit or the license. When an initial or amended license becomes
			 effective, all temporary permits or licenses previously granted to the
			 permittee or licensee at the same address shall become void.
(2) The maximum number, the age range, and
			 the gender of juveniles authorized by the temporary permit or the license shall
			 not be exceeded.
(3) The current
			 temporary permit or the current license shall be posted in an area accessible
			 to the public.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-105 - Background checks

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(a) With each
			 initial application or renewal application, each applicant or licensee shall
			 submit a request to conduct a background check by the Kansas bureau of
			 investigation and a background check by the department in order to comply with
			 K.S.A.
			 65-516, and amendments thereto. Each request
			 shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall list the
			 required information for each individual 14 years of age and older who will be
			 residing, working, or volunteering in the center.
(b) Each applicant, each permittee, and each
			 licensee shall submit a request to the department to conduct a background check
			 by the Kansas bureau of investigation before each individual begins working,
			 residing, or volunteering in the center.
(c) Each applicant, each permittee and each
			 licensee shall submit a request for a fingerprint-based criminal records check
			 of national crime information databases, conducted before an individual aged 14
			 or older begins working, residing or volunteering in the center.
(d) Background checks shall not be required
			 for any juvenile admitted to a juvenile crisis intervention center.
(e) A copy of each request for a background
			 check shall be kept on file at the center.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-106 - Operations

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(a) Each permittee
			 and each licensee shall be responsible for the operation of the juvenile crisis
			 intervention center, including the following:
(1) Developing an organizational chart
			 designating the hierarchy of authority and ensuring that all staff members know
			 the hierarchy of authority;
(2)
			 developing and implementing administrative policies and procedures for the
			 operation of the juvenile crisis intervention center, which shall include
			 sufficient staff members to supervise and provide services to
			 juveniles;
(3) employing an
			 administrative director; and
(4)
			 employing a clinical director.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-107 - Environmental requirements

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(a) General
			 building requirements.
(1) Each applicant,
			 each permittee, and each licensee shall ensure that the center is connected to
			 public water and sewage systems, where available. If public water and sewage
			 systems are not available, each applicant shall obtain approval for any private
			 water and sewage systems by the health authorities having jurisdiction over
			 private water and sewage systems where the center is located.
(2) Each applicant, each permittee, and each
			 licensee shall retain a licensed architect to develop the plans for any newly
			 constructed building or for any major addition or major alteration to an
			 existing building.
(A) For a new building,
			 preliminary plans and outline specifications, including plot plans, shall be
			 submitted to the department for review before beginning the final working
			 drawings and specifications. Each applicant, each permittee, and each licensee
			 shall submit the final working drawings, construction specifications, and plot
			 plans to the department for review and written approval before the letting of
			 contracts.
(B) For an addition or
			 alteration to an existing building, each applicant, each permittee, and each
			 licensee shall submit a written statement defining the proposed use of the
			 construction and detailing the plans and specifications to the department for
			 review and written approval before beginning construction.
(C) If construction is not begun within one
			 year of submitting a proposal for a new building or an addition or alteration
			 to an existing building, each licensee shall re-submit the plans and proposal
			 to the department before proposed construction begins.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-109 - Professional development; training

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(a) Each staff
			 member shall complete at least 10 clock-hours of orientation training within
			 seven calendar days after the initial date of employment. The orientation
			 training shall include the following topics:
(1) The center's policies and procedures,
			 including emergency procedures, behavior management, and discipline;
(2) individual job duties and
			 responsibilities;
(3)
			 confidentiality;
(4) security
			 procedures;
(5) recognition of harm
			 as a result of physical, mental, or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse
			 and the reporting requirements of K.S.A. 2019 Supp.
			 38-2223, and amendments
			 thereto;
(6) the symptoms of
			 infectious disease, infection control, and universal precautions;
(7) statutes and regulations governing
			 juvenile crisis intervention centers;
(8) the schedule of daily
			 activities;
(9) principles of
			 trauma-informed care;
(10)
			 indicators of self-harming behaviors and suicidal tendencies; and
(11) care and supervision of
			 juveniles.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-110 - Scheduling and direct supervision

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(a) Each permittee
			 and each licensee shall develop and implement a written schedule for
			 professional staff members and shall include requirements for scheduling staff
			 members as follows:
(1) A psychiatrist or
			 advanced practice registered nurse shall be available 24 hours per day, seven
			 days per week.
(2) Nursing staff
			 shall be available on-site from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(3) A qualified mental health professional
			 shall be available for consultation 24 hours per day, seven days per week and
			 on-site from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-111 - Emergency plan; safety; security

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(a) Emergency plan.
			 Each permittee and each licensee shall implement an emergency plan to provide
			 for the safety of juveniles, staff members, volunteers, and visitors in
			 emergencies.
(1) The emergency plan shall
			 include the following information:
(A) Input
			 from local emergency response entities, including fire departments, law
			 enforcement, and local health care providers;
(B) the types of emergencies likely to occur
			 in the center or near the center, including fire, weather-related events,
			 missing or runaway juveniles, chemical releases, utility failure, intruders,
			 and an unscheduled closing;
(C) the
			 types of emergencies that could require evacuating the center and the types
			 that could require the juveniles, staff members, volunteers, and visitors to
			 shelter in place;
(D) participation
			 in community practice drills for emergencies;
(E) procedures to be followed by staff
			 members in each type of emergency;
(F) designation of a staff member to be
			 responsible for each of the following:
(i)
			 Communicating with emergency response resources, including the fire department,
			 law enforcement, and local health care providers;
(ii) ensuring that all juveniles, staff
			 members, volunteers, and visitors are accounted for;
(iii) taking the emergency contact numbers
			 and a cell phone; and
(iv)
			 contacting the parent, legal guardian, or placing agent of each
			 juvenile;
(G) the
			 location and means of reaching a shelter-in-place area in the center, including
			 safe movement of any juvenile, staff member, volunteer, or visitor with special
			 health care or mobility needs; and
(H) the location and means of reaching an
			 emergency site if evacuating the center, including the following:
(i) Safely transporting the juveniles,
			 including juveniles with special health care or mobility needs;
(ii) transporting emergency supplies,
			 including water, food, clothing, blankets, and medications; and
(iii) obtaining emergency medical
			 care.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-112 - Admission policies

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(a) A juvenile
			 shall be admitted if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The clinical director determines that the
			 juvenile is in need of treatment and likely to cause harm to self or
			 others.
(2) A qualified mental
			 health professional has given written authorization for the juvenile to be
			 admitted to a juvenile crisis intervention center.
(3) No other more appropriate treatment
			 services are available and accessible to the juvenile at the time of
			 admission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-113 - Rights of juveniles

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The rights of juveniles while in the permittee's or licensee's
				care or control shall not be diminished or denied for disciplinary reasons.
				Each administrative director shall establish and implement written policies and
				procedures concerning the rights of the juveniles. These policies and
				procedures shall provide that juveniles are ensured their rights, unless it is
				necessary to maintain order and security in the center or these rights are
				contrary to a juvenile's approved case plan. These policies and procedures
				shall ensure the following:
(a)
			 freedom from personal abuse, corporal or unusual punishment, excessive use of
			 force, humiliation, harassment, mental abuse, and punitive interference with
			 the daily functions of living, including eating and sleeping;
(b) freedom from discrimination based on
			 race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, or disability, including
			 full and equal enjoyment of programs, services, facilities, privileges,
			 advantages, or accommodations of the facility by persons with
			 disabilities;
(c) equal access to
			 services for both male and female juveniles in coed facilities;
(d) receipt and explanation of written rules
			 and grievance procedures of the center, in a language that the juvenile can
			 understand;
(e) opportunity for
			 physical exercise on a daily basis, including outdoor exercise if weather
			 permits;
(f) participation in
			 religious worship and religious counseling on a voluntary basis, subject only
			 to the limitations necessary to maintain order and security;
(g) reasonable religious diets;
(h) the right to wear personal clothing
			 consistent with center guidelines. If the center provides clothing, it shall be
			 of proper size and shall be consistent with center guidelines;
(i) access to the courts and confidential
			 contact with attorneys, judges, parents, social workers, and other
			 professionals, including telephone conversations, visits, and
			 correspondence;
(j) medical
			 treatment and emergency dental care, a medically proper diet, and the right to
			 know what and why medications are being prescribed;
(k) the right to send and receive uncensored
			 mail in accordance with the center's policies;
(l) the right to receive visitors and
			 communication in accordance with the center's visitation policies;
(m) the right to determine the length and
			 style of hair, unless a licensed physician determines that a haircut is
			 medically necessary; and
(n) the
			 right to keep facial hair, if desired, unless a licensed physician determines
			 that removal is medically necessary for health and safety.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-114 - Release policies

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(a) Within seven
			 days before the release of a juvenile from the center, the administrative
			 director shall give written notice of the date and time of release to the
			 juvenile; the community mental health center serving the area where the
			 juvenile is being released; the juvenile's parent, custodian, or legal
			 guardian; and if the juvenile is a medicaid recipient, the managed care
			 organization. Releases and aftercare plans shall be coordinated with the
			 appropriate community mental health center, managed care organization,
			 substance abuse treatment providers, and other health or mental health care
			 providers after consultation and agreement regarding transitioning the juvenile
			 from the center, transferring treatment plans, and obtaining any needed
			 aftercare services.
(b) Temporary
			 releases for court attendance, medical appointments, placement visits, or other
			 necessary purposes shall be permitted when authorized by the parent or legal
			 guardian or the court.
(c) The
			 administrative director or designee shall provide release forms to be signed by
			 the person to whom the juvenile is released and by the staff member releasing
			 the juvenile.
(d) Procedures and
			 practices for the discharge of juveniles shall include provisions for the
			 following:
(1) Verification of identity of the
			 juvenile and the person to whom the juvenile is released;
(2) completion of any pending actions,
			 including any grievances or claims for damages or lost possessions;
(3) transportation arrangements;
(4) instructions for forwarding mail;
			 and
(5) return of money and
			 personal property to the juvenile. A receipt for all money and personal
			 property shall be signed by the juvenile.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-115 - Case management

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(a) Each permittee
			 and each licensee shall ensure that case management is provided for each
			 juvenile. Each permittee and each licensee shall ensure that a case manager is
			 assigned to provide or coordinate the case management for each
			 juvenile.
(b) Each permittee and
			 each licensee shall ensure that a case plan is developed within three days of
			 each juvenile's admission to the center and implemented with the input, as
			 appropriate, of the juvenile, the placing agent, the juvenile's parent or legal
			 guardian, and staff members. Each case plan shall list goals for the juvenile
			 while at the center and upon release and identify the services needed by the
			 juvenile to meet the goals.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-116 - Program

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(a) General
			 requirements.
(1) Each permittee and each
			 licensee shall keep documentation of each juvenile's preadmission evaluation in
			 the juvenile's file. Each evaluation shall include an assessment of the
			 juvenile's mental health and current needs.
(2) An interdisciplinary treatment team shall
			 develop a case plan for each juvenile admitted to the juvenile crisis
			 intervention center within three days of admission. The team shall review the
			 case plan every seven days and shall update the case plan as necessary. Each
			 review shall be documented and signed by the clinical director or the clinical
			 director's designee.
(3) The
			 treatment team shall be headed by the clinical director or the clinical
			 director's designee.
(4) The case
			 plan shall be completed in collaboration with the managed care organization if
			 the juvenile is a medicaid recipient.
(5) Each applicant, each permittee, and each
			 licensee shall maintain a written schedule and daily routine for all juveniles,
			 which shall include the following:
(A)
			 Meals;
(B) rest and
			 sleep;
(C) personal
			 hygiene;
(D) physical
			 exercise;
(E) recreation;
(F) mental health services;
(G) education; and
(H) social services.
(6) Classroom instruction or online
			 education, or both, shall be provided and monitored by teachers holding
			 appropriate certification from the Kansas board of education.
(7) Each permittee and each licensee shall
			 coordinate education services with the local school district. During the local
			 school year, each juvenile shall receive instruction according to the
			 provisions of the juvenile's case plan.
(8) For each juvenile currently enrolled in a
			 Kansas public school, each permittee and each licensee shall maintain contact
			 with the juvenile's home school district to ensure the continuity of each
			 juvenile's education.
(9) The
			 teachers shall provide a regular schedule of instruction and related
			 educational services appropriate to the needs of each juvenile.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-117 - Health care

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(a) Policies and procedures for juvenile
			 health care. Each permittee and each licensee, in consultation with a licensed
			 physician, shall implement written policies and procedures that include
			 provisions for the following:
(1) Completion
			 of a health checklist and review for each juvenile upon admission, including
			 the following:
(A) Current physical health
			 status, including oral health;
(B)
			 all allergies, including medication, food, plant, and animal;
(C) all current pain, including cause, onset,
			 duration, and location;
(D)
			 preexisting medical conditions;
(E)
			 current mood and affect;
(F)
			 history and indicators of self-harming behaviors or suicidal
			 tendencies;
(G) all infectious or
			 contagious diseases;
(H) current
			 immunizations specified in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-1-20 or an exemption for medical or
			 religious reasons pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 65-508, and amendments thereto;
(I) all drug or alcohol use;
(J)  all current medications;
(K) all physical disabilities;
(L) all sexually transmitted diseases;
			 and
(M) if a female juvenile,
			 menstrual history and any history of pregnancy;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-118 - Behavior management

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(a) Each applicant,
			 each permittee, and each licensee shall establish and implement written
			 policies providing for a behavior management system that assists juveniles to
			 develop inner control and manage their own behavior in a socially acceptable
			 manner. The policy shall include expectations that are age-appropriate and
			 allow for special abilities and limitations and positive and negative
			 consequences related to each expectation.
(b) Each applicant shall establish written
			 rules of juvenile conduct that define expected behaviors and related
			 consequences.
(c) A rule book
			 containing expected behaviors, ranges of consequences, and disciplinary
			 procedures shall be given to each juvenile and staff member. An acknowledgment
			 of receipt of the rule book shall be signed by each juvenile and kept in each
			 juvenile's record.
(d) If a
			 literacy or language problem prevents a juvenile from understanding the rule
			 book, a staff member or translator shall assist the juvenile in understanding
			 the rules.
(e) Each staff member
			 shall be familiar with the rules of juvenile conduct, the rationale for the
			 rules, and the intervention options available.
(f) Each permittee and each licensee shall
			 ensure that each juvenile is protected against all forms of neglect,
			 exploitation, and degrading forms of discipline.
(1) No staff member or volunteer shall use
			 any of the following means or methods of punishment of a juvenile:
(A) Punishment that is humiliating,
			 frightening, or physically harmful to the juvenile;
(B) corporal punishment, including hitting
			 with the hand or any object, yanking arms or pulling hair, excessive exercise,
			 exposure to extreme temperatures, and any other measure that produces physical
			 pain or threatens the juvenile's health or safety;
(C) restricting movement by tying or
			 binding;
(D) confining a juvenile
			 in a closet, box, or locked area;
(E) forcing or withholding food, rest, or
			 toilet use;
(F) mental and
			 emotional cruelty, including verbal abuse, derogatory remarks about a juvenile
			 or the juvenile's family, statements intended to shame, threaten, humiliate, or
			 frighten the juvenile, and threats to expel a juvenile from the center;
			 or
(G) placing any substance that
			 stings, burns, or has a biter or unpleasant taste in the juvenile's mouth or on
			 the tongue or any other part of the juvenile's body as
			 discipline.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-119 - Restraint

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(a) Each applicant,
			 each permittee, and each licensee shall establish and implement written
			 policies and procedures that govern the use of restraint. Restraint methods and
			 safety intervention programs shall be preapproved by the secretary. These
			 policies and procedures shall include the following:
(1) Limitations on the use of physical
			 restraint when the behavior of the juvenile is a danger to self or others or
			 directly affects an individual's health, safety and welfare.
(2) permission to use physical restraint only
			 if all other less restrictive methods of controlling the juvenile's dangerous
			 behavior were attempted and failed;
(3) a statement that chemical agents are
			 administered only upon order of a licensed physician;
(4) a statement that psychotropic medications
			 are not to be used for disciplinary reasons; and
(5) a statement that psychotropic medications
			 are to be administered only when medically necessary upon order of the
			 juvenile's licensed physician.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-121 - Records

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(a) Recordkeeping
			 system. Each applicant, each permittee, and each licensee shall ensure that
			 there is an organized recordkeeping system for the center, which shall include
			 the following:
(1) Provisions shall be made
			 for the security, confidentiality, preservation, and transfer of all juvenile
			 records.
(2) All records shall be
			 available at the center for review by the department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-122 - Notification and reporting requirements

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(a)
(1) Each permittee and each licensee shall
			 ensure that notification of each of the following is submitted within 12 hours
			 after discovery of the incident or event:
(A)
			 Each incident of suspected child abuse or neglect of a juvenile shall be
			 reported to the department and to law enforcement consistent with the
			 provisions of K.S.A. 2019 Supp.
			 38-2223, and amendments
			 thereto.
(B) Each incident
			 resulting in the death of a juvenile shall be reported in the following order,
			 if possible:
(i) Law enforcement;
(ii) the department;
(iii) the juvenile's parent or legal
			 guardian; and
(iv) the juvenile's
			 placing agent.
(C) Each
			 incident resulting in the death of a staff member or volunteer while on duty at
			 the center shall be reported to the department and to any other entities
			 according to the center's policies.
(D) Each incident resulting in a serious
			 injury to any juvenile, including burns, lacerations, bone fractures,
			 substantial hematomas, and injuries to internal organs, shall be reported in
			 the following order, if possible:
(i) The
			 department;
(ii) the parent or
			 legal guardian of any juvenile involved in the incident; and
(iii) the placing agent of any juvenile
			 involved in the incident.
(E) Each suicide attempt by a juvenile shall
			 be reported to the following:
(i) Law
			 enforcement consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 2019 Supp.
			 38-2223, and amendments thereto;
(ii) the department;
(iii) the juvenile's parent or legal
			 guardian; and
(iv) the juvenile's
			 placing agent.
(F) Each
			 natural disaster shall be reported to the department.
(G) Each instance of work stoppage shall be
			 reported to the department.
(H)
			 Each incident that involves a riot or the taking of hostages shall be reported
			 to the department and to law enforcement.
(I) Each incident resulting in structural
			 damage at the center, whether caused by fire or another means, shall be
			 reported to the department and, if applicable, to law enforcement.
(J) Each incident that involves any suspected
			 illegal act committed by a juvenile while in the center or by a staff member or
			 a volunteer while on duty at the center shall be reported to law enforcement
			 and the department according to the center's policies.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING › Section 30-47-123 - Laundry; bedding

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(a) If laundry is
			 done at the center, each permittee and each licensee shall ensure that the
			 laundry sinks, the appliances, and the countertops or tables used for laundry
			 are located in an area separate from food preparation areas and are installed
			 and used in a manner that safeguards the health and safety of the juveniles.
			 Adequate space shall be allocated for the laundry room and the storage of
			 laundry supplies, including locked storage for all poisonous chemicals used in
			 the laundry area.
(b) Each
			 permittee and each licensee shall ensure that adequate space is allocated for
			 the storage of clean and dirty linen and clothing. Soiled linen shall be stored
			 separately from clean linen.
(c)
			 Each permittee and each licensee shall ensure that blankets are laundered
			 whenever soiled. Blankets shall be laundered or sanitized before
			 reissue.