Chapter 65 — PUBLIC HEALTH

65-1,229. Same; enforcement. (a) Upon receipt of information that approved environmental use controls are not being implemented in accordance with an approved environmental use control agreement or that property subject to an approved environmental control presents a hazard to hu…

65-1,230. Same; department oversight and tracking. (a) The department shall provide oversight of the environmental use control for property to ensure that the property is being used only for the purposes permitted by the terms of the environmental use control agreement and is not…

65-1,231. Environmental use control fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the environmental use control fund. Moneys from the following sources shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the fund: (1) Moneys collected from the environmental use contro…

65-1,232. Rules and regulations. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. History: L. 2003, ch. 130, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings R…

65-1,233. Publication of approved use controls. The department shall publish annually in the Kansas register a summary of the number of approved environmental use control agreements pursuant to this act. History: L. 2003, ch. 130, § 13; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDIN…

65-1,234. Review of agency actions. Any person adversely affected by any order or decision of the secretary pursuant to this act, within 15 days after service of the order or decision, may request in writing a hearing. Hearings under this section shall be conducted in accordance …

65-1,235. Severability. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end t…

65-1,241. Definitions; establishment of birth defects information system; aspects of implementation of system. (a) As used in K.S.A. 65-1,241 through 65-1,246, and amendments thereto: (1) "Department" means the department of health and environment. (2) "Freestanding birthing cent…

65-1,242. Use of birth defects information system. The birth defects information system may be used for all of the following purposes: (1) To identify and describe congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns; (2) to detect trends and epidemics in congeni…

65-1,243. Confidentiality of records. (a) Except as provided in this section, records received and information assembled by the birth defects information system pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,241, and amendments thereto, are confidential medical records. All medical records reviewed and…

65-1,244. Removal of information from system; form. A child's parent or legal guardian who wants information concerning the child removed from the birth defects information system shall request from the local health department or the child's physician a form prepared by the secre…

65-1,245. Rules and regulations. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the secretary of health and environment shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this act to do all of the following subject to available funding: (a) …

65-1,246. Annual report. Three years after the date a birth defects information system is implemented pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,241, and amendments thereto, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall prepare a report regarding the birth defects information system. The department …

65-1,247. Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits. (a) The department of health and environment shall expedite processing and issuance of any permit required to be issued by the department for construction or operation of a refinery. (b) As used in this section, "ref…

65-1,248. Breastfeeding; where. (a) Breast milk is widely acknowledged to be the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a range of benefits for infant's health, growth, immunity and development and has also been shown to improve maternal health and bonding in addition …

65-1,249. Umbilical cord banks; regulation of operations; rules and regulations; education and training in collection and maintenance procedures; duties and functions of department of health and environment, Kansas bioscience authority. (a) The secretary of health and environment…

65-1,250. Umbilical cord donation information act. (a) This section shall be cited as the umbilical cord donation information act. (b) A health care provider providing health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of such pregnancy, which health care services…

65-1,251. Influenza immunization for children; awareness and participation. The department of health and environment shall work to increase influenza immunization awareness and participation among parents of children aged six months to five years in child care facilities. The off…

65-1,252. Division of health care finance; director; officers and employees. (a) There is hereby established, within the department of health and environment, the division of health care finance. The head of the division shall be director of health care finance, who shall be appo…

65-1,253. Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas health policy authority abolished. (a) The Kansas health policy authority created by K.S.A. 75-7401, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished. (b) Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-1,252 through 65-1,258,…

65-1,254. Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions to division; reference; rules and regulations. (a) The department of health and environment and its division of health care finance shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas healt…

65-1,255. Same; division successor to funds and liability. (a) The balances of all funds or accounts thereof appropriated or reappropriated for the Kansas health policy authority or any state agency, department, board, commission or council, relating to the powers, duties and fun…

65-1,256. Same; division successor to property and rights; conflict resolution. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any property, power, duty or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition or transfer made by or under the…

65-1,257. Transition; preservation of civil actions and proceedings; no abatement of criminal actions. (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency or program mentioned…

65-1,258. Same; transfer of officers and employees; preservation of civil service rights; retirement benefits, leave balances and other rights. (a) All officers and employees of the Kansas health policy authority who, immediately prior to the effective date of K.S.A. 65-1,252 thr…

65-1,259. Prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs; prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness program fund. (a) The Kansas council on developmental disabilities shall authorize and oversee certain activities, including the awarding of gra…

65-1,260. Palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council; creation; membership; duties. (a) There is hereby created the palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council within the department of health and environment. The purpose of t…

65-1,261. State palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; creation; duties of department of health and environment. (a) There is hereby created the state palliative care consumer and professional information and education program in the departme…

65-1,262. Prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions awareness programs; transfer of authorization and oversight to Kansas council on developmental disabilities; transfer of powers, duties and functions; rules and regulations. (a) Authorization and oversight of prenatally an…

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65-101. Health supervision; investigation of causes of disease, sickness and death; sanitation inspections; prevention of spread of disease; outreach services; rules and regulations; injunction; revocation by legislature or legislative coordinating council of certain orders; civi…

65-102. Registration of vital statistics and diseases; forms. The secretary of health and environment shall supervise the registration of marriages, births and deaths, and also the registration of forms of disease prevalent in the state; and the director of the division of public…

65-102a. Materials relating to environmental concerns; public inspection; copies, fee, approval; disposition of moneys. All correspondence, written materials or other documents relating to environmental concerns, for which public release of such information is not prohibited, sha…

65-102b. Confidentiality of information concerning noninfectious diseases; disclosure. Information concerning noninfectious diseases obtained by the secretary under K.S.A. 65-102 is confidential and shall not be disclosed except as provided in this section. The secretary may disc…

65-103. Special sanitary service. The secretary of health and environment shall when he thinks best to do so appoint committees, or engage suitable persons to render special sanitary service, to make or supervise practical or scientific investigations and examinations requiring e…