Chapter 39 — DEPENDENT PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; SOCIAL WELFARE

39-709i. Medical assistance program; decisions rendered by managed care organizations; appeals process; external independent third-party review; notice and procedure. (a) (1) Any managed care organization providing state medicaid services pursuant to a contract with the Kansas pr…

39-709j. Medical assistance program; coverage for speech-language pathology and audiology services. (a) On and after January 1, 2019, the department of health and environment and any managed care organization providing state medicaid services under the Kansas medical assistance p…

39-710. Social welfare fund; deposits; disbursements; unpaid cancelled warrants, crediting; appropriations. There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known and designated as the social welfare fund. All moneys received by the secretary as grants, g…

39-711. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 10; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 186, § 42; January 1, 1974. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Discussed in holding lien provision (now repealed) constitutional. Hawkins v. Social Welfare Board, 148 Kan. 760, 762, 84 P.2d 930. 2. County board without authority to…

39-711a. Meal services for the aging; use of school lunch facilities under agreement with local board of education. The board of education of any school district may enter into an agreement with any private nonprofit organization or any public board, council or agency, which is a…

39-712. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 11; L. 1947, ch. 270, § 1; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 186, § 43; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. County director is not official successor to overseer of the poor. State v. Lange, 148 Kan. 614, 617, 83 P.2d 653. 2. Director without authority to author…

39-713. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 12; L. 1939, ch. 200, § 4; L. 1941, ch. 251, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 266, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 276, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 288, § 4; L. 1953, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 204, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 255, § 4; L. 1967, ch. 245, § 6; L. 1969, …

39-713a. History: L. 1969, ch. 229, § 1; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 186, § 42; January 1, 1974. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance D…

39-713b. History: L. 1973, ch. 186, § 8; L. 1977, ch. 186, § 6; Repealed, L. 1978, ch. 159, § 5; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sch…

39-713c. Homes for children. The secretary shall find suitable homes for children who are children in need of care, as defined in K.S.A. 38-2202, and amendments thereto, referred to the secretary by the district court, and place and supervise the children in such homes. This shal…

39-713d. Funeral and cemetery expenses; limitations. (a) The secretary, on the death of a recipient of assistance, if the estate of the deceased or other available resources are insufficient to pay the decedent's funeral and burial expenses, may pay funeral and cemetery expenses …

39-714. County home; admission; treatment; ownership by two counties; tax levy, use of proceeds; issuance of bonds in certain counties. The poor farm or infirmary of any county shall be referred to as "the county home." The board of county commissioners shall supervise the county…

39-715. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 13; L. 1957, ch. 270, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 205, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 375, § 16; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 186, § 42; January 1, 1974. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; mandatory to raise fund produced by three-mill levy; application sales-tax residue. State, …

39-716. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 14; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 288, § 7; June 30. Revisor's Note: Later provisions, see 39-708c. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act repealed K.S.A. 39-313 by implication. State v. Lange, 148 Kan. 614, 617, 83 P.2d 653. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATIN…

39-717. Illegal disposition; purchase, acquisition or possession of assistance; criminal penalties; exemption of assistance from legal process. (a) Assistance granted under the provisions of this act shall not: (1) Be sold or otherwise disposed of to others by the client or by an…

39-718. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 16; L. 1947, ch. 268, § 1; Repealed, L. 1951, ch. 289, § 23; June 30. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see chapter 39, article 9. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Parents liable to reimburse SRS for support provided children prior to severa…

39-718a. History: L. 1973, ch. 189, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 115, § 44; Repealed, L. 1988, ch. 218, § 6; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Parent released by court order from contributing to support could not be sued for reimbursement for aid to dependent children. Harder v. Towns, 1 Kan. App…

39-718b. Liability of parent or guardian for assistance provided child, exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a child's parent, parents or guardian shall be liable to repay to the secretary for children and families any assistance expended on the child's behalf, r…

39-719. History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 17; Repealed, L. 1939, ch. 203, § 1; April 4. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Lien provision held constitutional. Hawkins v. Social Welfare Board, 148 Kan. 760, 761, 762, 764, 84 P.2d 930. 2. History of section and similar sections discussed in construing…

39-719a. Recovery of medical assistance paid; obligation of third party; payment by secretary secondary costs paid proportionately by parties as determined by court. (a) Where medical assistance has been paid by the secretary and a third party has a legal obligation to pay such m…

39-719b. Duty of recipient to report changes which affect eligibility; actions by secretary; recovery of assistance obtained by or transferred to another person by ineligible recipient. (a) If at any time during the continuance of assistance to any person, the recipient thereof b…

39-719c. Proof deemed prima facie evidence assistance unlawfully received. In any action or proceeding for the recovery of assistance paid to an alleged ineligible recipient of assistance, proof that the recipient of assistance possesses or did possess property or income which do…

39-719d. History: L. 1996, ch. 130, § 1; Repealed, L. 2007, ch. 177, § 36; May 17. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

39-719e. Medical benefit plan providers to provide information identifying covered medical assistance recipients; procedures; enforcement. (a) Upon the request of the secretary for aging and disability services or the Kansas department of health and environment, or both, each med…

39-720. Penalty relating to fraudulent acts; civil actions, evidence. Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any other person to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation, collusion, or other fraudulent device, …

39-721. Severability clause. If any section or part of a section of this act shall be held unconstitutional by any court, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have passed this act without such invalid section or part of a section and the remaining provisio…

39-722. History: L. 1939, ch. 205, § 1; Repealed, L. 1941, ch. 252, § 6; April 7. Source or prior law: L. 1938, ch. 66, § 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Do…

39-723. History: L. 1939, ch. 205, § 2; Repealed, L. 1941, ch. 252, § 6; April 7. Source or prior law: L. 1938, ch. 66, § 2. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Do…

39-736. History: L. 1943, ch. 52, § 1; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 289, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents US…

39-737. History: L. 1943, ch. 52, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 212, § 1; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 289, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

39-738. History: L. 1945, ch. 49, § 1; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 277, § 2; April 8. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents US…

39-739. Sight handicapped persons; reports to state board of health; forms. Every health and social agency, attending or consulting physician or nurse, shall report in writing to the state board of health, the name, age and residence of all patients or persons who are handicapped…

39-740. Same; records available to secretary for children and families. The records relating to the blind, as filed in the office of the state board of health, shall be available to the secretary for children and families at all times. History: L. 1949, ch. 279, § 2; L. 2014, ch.…

39-741. History: L. 1949, ch. 53, § 1; Repealed, L. 1967, ch. 245, § 8; May 12. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USE…

39-742. History: L. 1949, ch. 53, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 255, § 5; Repealed, L. 1967, ch. 245, § 8; May 12. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

39-743. History: L. 1970, ch. 169, § 1; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 186, § 42; January 1, 1974. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Do…

39-744. Transfer of powers, duties and functions. From and after January 1, 1974: (a) All the powers, duties and functions of the existing county social welfare boards and the existing county directors are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed, respectively, upon the se…

39-745. Transition; preservation of civil rights of action and proceedings; criminal actions not to abate. From and after January 1, 1974: (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against a…

39-746. Positions of certain officers and employees abolished; transfer of employees; rights preserved. Effective July 1, 1973, all positions of officers and employees appointed by county social welfare boards are hereby abolished. All authorized classified positions and officers…

39-747. History: L. 1973, ch. 186, § 18; Repealed, L. 1988, ch. 144, § 1; April 28. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

39-748. History: L. 1973, ch. 186, § 35; L. 1978, ch. 160, § 1; Repealed, L. 1988, ch. 144, § 1; April 28. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

39-751. Program for home maintenance; duties of secretary for children and families. The secretary for children and families shall hereby establish, maintain and improve, within the limits of funds appropriated therefor, including any grants or funds received from federal agencie…

39-752. Same; appointment of supervisors. The secretary shall employ, subject to the approval of the finance council, supervisors to carry out such program. Such supervisors shall be within the classified service under the Kansas civil service act. History: L. 1975, ch. 420, § 2;…

39-753. Title IV-D child support enforcement services; duties of secretary; rules and regulations. For the purpose of providing title IV-D child support enforcement services, the secretary for children and families shall: (a) Enter into contracts or agreements necessary to admini…

39-754. Support rights assigned to secretary; secretary's rights; court record of support collected by secretary. (a) If an assignment of support rights is deemed to have been made pursuant to K.S.A. 39-709 or 39-756, and amendments thereto, support payments shall be made to the …

39-754a. History: L. 1976, ch. 210, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 125, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 186, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 115, § 45; L. 2006, ch. 200, § 98; Repealed, L. 2007, ch. 195, § 59; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived …

39-755. Actions by secretary to establish parentage and to enforce support rights; necessary parties to proceedings; counsel; orders; application of section. (a) In cases where the secretary for children and families is deemed to have an assignment of support rights in accordance…

39-756. Support enforcement services available to certain persons; assignment of support rights; limited power of attorney; continuation of services after discontinuance of public assistance; fees for services; distribution of collections; attorneys representing Kansas department…

39-756a. Time assignment of support rights under K.S.A. 39-709 remains in effect; assignment of rights to payment for medical care unaffected. An assignment of support rights pursuant to K.S.A. 39-709, and amendments thereto, shall remain in full force and effect so long as the s…

39-756b. History: L. 1976, ch. 210, § 5; L. 1982, ch. 187, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 125, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 200, § 99; Repealed, L. 2007, ch. 174, § 7; Repealed, L. 2007, ch. 195, § 59; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents …