Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Article 22 - LICENSING OF PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS; FUNDING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND FACILITIES FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS › Section 30-22-33 - Special purpose grants to community mental retardation centers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Community
			 mental retardation centers may receive special purpose grants from the
			 secretary of social and rehabilitation services or the secretary's designee.
			 These grants are for the purpose of expanding the availability of
			 non-institutional services for persons with mental retardation/developmental
			 disabilities. These grants are distinct from the state financing provided under
			 provisions of K.A.R. 30-22-32.
(b)
			 Grants subject to appropriations. The total funds disbursed by the secretary in
			 accordance with these regulations shall not exceed the amount appropriated.
(c) General eligibility for
			 grants. Only community mental retardation centers having been established
			 pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 to
			 19-4015 inclusive, or agencies
			 with affiliation agreements with these centers that have been approved by the
			 secretary or the secretary's designee, and that have been licensed in
			 accordance with the provisions of
			 K.S.A.
			 75-3307b shall be eligible to receive special
			 purpose grant funding. Providers that have not been established pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 19-4001 to
			 19-4015, but have been licensed in
			 accordance with the provisions of
			 K.S.A.
			 65-501 instead of
			 K.S.A.
			 75-3307b, may also receive special purpose
			 grant funding if services offered by these providers allow the diversion or
			 discharge of persons 18 years or less from state mental retardation hospitals.
(d) Application for funds.
			 Eligible centers shall apply to the secretary or the secretary's designee to
			 receive special purpose grant funding. Applications must be submitted in a
			 manner prescribed by the secretary or the secretary's designee and must be
			 submitted by the date and time specified by the secretary or the secretary's
			 designee.
(e) Calculation of
			 assistance. Centers may receive assistance on the basis of a written commitment
			 by the center to provide eligible programs, as defined in K.A.R. 30-22-32, to
			 eligible clients, as defined in K.A.R. 30-22-32. Eligible providers may receive
			 assistance in accordance with the provisions of the mental health and
			 retardation services commissioner's letter on supported family living.
(1) Funds may be awarded to centers on the
			 basis of the number of eligible program units, as defined in K.A.R. 30-22-32,
			 that are proposed to be provided by the center during the fiscal year for which
			 the grant is awarded. For newly awarded grants, program units must be in
			 addition to the number of total units provided during the preceding fiscal
			 year. For continuation grants initially awarded in previous years, the number
			 of program units may equal the number of units funded by the grant in the
			 previous fiscal year. This unit number is in turn multiplied by the program
			 unit per diem rates established by the secretary or the secretary's designee.
			 For new grants, centers may receive start-up funds in addition to those awarded
			 for provision of program units to allow purchase of necessary materials,
			 supplies and equipment.
(2) If the
			 appropriation is insufficient to fund the cumulative number of program units
			 proposed to be provided by all eligible centers, eligible centers may receive
			 funding on the basis of the percentage of the state's population included
			 within the center's catchment area and the percentage of the statewide total
			 number of program units not funded by the special purpose grants or medicaid
			 that are provided by the respective center.
(3) If the center fails to provide the number
			 of program units on which the grant award was based, the center will be
			 required to return a prorated amount of special purpose grant funding to social
			 and rehabilitation services.