State security hospital at Larned; purposes; management; superintendent

76-1305. State security hospital at Larned; purposes; management; superintendent. The secretary for aging and disability services is authorized and directed to establish, equip and maintain, in connection with and as a part of the Larned state hospital, suitable buildings to be known as the "state security hospital" for the purpose of holding in custody, examining, treating and caring for such mentally ill persons as may be committed or ordered to the state security hospital by courts of criminal jurisdiction or inmates with mental illness who are transferred for care or treatment to the state security hospital from a correctional institution under the control of the secretary of corrections, or patients with a mental illness, other than minors, who are transferred for care or treatment to the state security hospital from any institution under the jurisdiction of the secretary for aging and disability services. The secretary for aging and disability services is hereby authorized and empowered to supervise and manage the state security hospital. The superintendent of the Larned state hospital shall act as the superintendent of the state security hospital. History: R.S. 1923, 76-2460; L. 1937, ch. 344, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 345, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 323, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 472, § 35; L. 1963, ch. 254, § 4; L. 1965, ch. 499, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 473, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 412, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 80; L. 1998, ch. 163, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 423; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1911, ch. 299, § 1; Revised, 1923. Cross References to Related Sections: Discharge of person committed, see 22-3428. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Case in annotation No. 4 below mentioned in note on criminal law, ability to stand trial, and amnesia, 8 K.L.R. 132, 133 (1959). "The 1986 Kansas Involuntary Commitment Statute: Is Easier Necessarily Better?" Warren F. Frost, Ryan E. Karaim, 26 W.L.J. 131, 164 (1986). Attorney General's Opinions: Corrections ombudsman board; authority to investigate complaints of inmates housed at Larned state hospital. 85-56. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Attendants and employees of hospital are employees of the penitentiary. Jones v. Botkin, 92 Kan.242, 244, 139 P. 1196. 2. Murder; acquitted on ground of insanity; asylum for dangerous insane. In re Beebe, 92 Kan.1026, 142 P. 269. 3. Insane person transferred to asylum for dangerous insane; discharge; jurisdiction. In re Wadleigh, 108 Kan.682, 684, 197 P. 217. 4. Construed with K.S.A. 62-1531 in determining who criminal courts may commit. In re Light, 147 Kan.657, 661, 78 P.2d 23. 5. Noted in holding conservator liable for maintenance, care and treatment of conservatee found incompetent to stand trial and committed to state security hospital. State Department of Social Welfare v. Richards, Conservator, 209 Kan.403, 407, 496 P.2d 1287. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026