Chapter 65, PUBLIC HEALTH

65-6139. Same; contracts with state agencies or political subdivisions; requirements; equipment to remain property of state. For the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining the emergency medical services communications system, the board may enter into contracts with an…

65-6140. Same; acceptance of moneys and acquisition of property. For the purposes of establishing, operating and maintaining an emergency medical services communications system, the emergency medical services board may accept any grant of money or property, including any federal …

65-6144. Emergency medical responder; authorized activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, after successfully completing an approved course of instruction, local specialized device training and competency validation and when authorized by medical pro…

65-6145. Emergency medical services; limitations of act. Nothing in this act shall be construed: (a) To preclude any municipality from licensing or otherwise regulating emergency medical responders operating within its jurisdiction, but any licensing requirements or regulations i…

65-6149a. Automated external defibrillator; use and possession, immunity from liability; registration of unit; placement of units in state facilities. (a) (1) Any person who in good faith renders emergency care or treatment by the use of or provision of an automated external defi…

65-6150. Unlawful acts; criminal penalty. (a) It shall be unlawful for any individual to represent oneself as an emergency medical service provider unless such individual holds a valid certificate as such under this act. (b) Any violation of subsection (a) shall constitute a clas…

65-6151. Emergency medical services operating fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury an emergency medical services operating fund. Expenditures from the emergency medical services operating fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the…

65-6153. Emergency medical services data collection system; information collected; rules and regulations. (a) Within the limits of appropriations therefor, the board of emergency medical services shall develop and maintain a statewide data collection system to collect and analyze…

65-6154. Same; confidentiality; exceptions; reports open records. (a) Any emergency medical services information provided to the board shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed or made public, upon subpoena or otherwise, except such information may be disclosed if: (1) No …

65-6155. Same; disclosure of information; liability. Any operator who reports emergency medical services information, in good faith, and in accordance with the requirements of this act and the rules and regulations prescribed by the board, shall have immunity from any liability, …

65-6156. Act supplemental to article 61 of chapter 65 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. K.S.A. 65-6153 through 65-6155, and amendments thereto, shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 61 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the…

65-6157. EMS revolving fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the EMS revolving fund. All moneys credited to the EMS revolving fund shall be used by the emergency medical services board to improve and enhance emergency medical services in the state. All expenditures …

65-6158. Interstate compact for recognition of emergency personnel licensure. This act may be cited as the interstate compact for recognition of emergency medical personnel licensure. THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR RECOGNITION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL LICENSURE ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE In ord…

65-6159. Medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services; supplemental medicaid reimbursement; rate; requirements; federal approval. (a) An eligible provider, as described in subsection (b), in addition to the rate of payment that the provider would otherwise receive fo…

65-6160. Same; intergovernmental transfer program; duties of department of health and environment; requirements; no additional state general fund expenditures; federal approval. (a) The department of health and environment shall design and implement, in consultation and coordinat…

65-6201. Individuals in need of in-home care; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Attendant care services" means those basic and ancillary services which enable an individual in need of in-home care to live in the individual's home and community rather than in an institution a…

65-6202. Hospice certified to participate in medicare program may hold itself out to public as hospice or licensed hospice; prohibitions; enforcement. (a) Each hospice located in this state which is certified to participate in the medicare program under 42 code of federal regulat…

65-6203. Discharges detrimental to water or soil; allocation of responsibility. (a) It shall be the duty of any person responsible for an accidental release or discharge of materials detrimental to the quality of the waters or soil of the state to: (1) Compensate the owner of the…

65-6204. Background information on certain applicants for employment; secretary of health and environment to provide for processing information requested. The secretary of health and environment shall provide for the implementation of the processing of information requested from …

65-6205. Background information on certain applicants for employment; request for information by certain entities; exemption from civil liability for certain actions taken in good faith based on such information. (a) A community service provider as defined in K.S.A. 39-1803, and …

65-6207. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-6207 to 65-6220, inclusive, and amendments thereto, the following have the meaning respectively ascribed thereto, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Department" means the Kansas department for aging and disability services or th…

65-6208. Assessment imposed on hospital providers; rate. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6209, and amendments thereto, an annual assessment on services is imposed on each hospital provider in an amount not greater than 6% of each hospital's net inpatient and outpatient…

65-6209. Exemption from assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208 for certain hospital providers. (a) A hospital provider that is a state agency, the authority, as defined in K.S.A. 76-3304, and amendments thereto, a state educational institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amen…

65-6210. Payment date of assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208 for hospitals; delayed payment schedules; legal action; penalties. (a) The assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208, and amendments thereto, for any state fiscal year to which this statute applies shall be due and payable …

65-6211. Same; notice of assessment; method of payment; assessment adjustment when a hospital ceases operations. (a) After December 31 of each year, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and on or before March 31 of the succeeding year, the department shall send a noti…

65-6212. Hospital provider assessments not imposed or discontinued, when; disbursement or refund of proceeds. (a) The assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208, and amendments thereto, shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed and any moneys remaining in the fund attributable…

65-6213. Assessment imposed on health maintenance organizations, rate. The department shall assess each health maintenance organization that has a medicaid managed care contract awarded by the state and administered by the department an assessment fee that equals 5.9% of nonmedic…

65-6214. Same; payment date for health maintenance organizations; delayed payment schedules; penalties. (a) The assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, for any state fiscal year to which this statute applies shall be due and payable in equal installments on …

65-6215. Same; notice of assessment; method of payment; assessment adjustment when a health maintenance organization ceases operations. (a) After December 31 of each year, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and on or before March 31 of the succeeding year, the depar…

65-6216. Health maintenance organization assessments not imposed or discontinued, when; disbursement or refund of proceeds. (a) The assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed and any moneys remaining in the fun…

65-6217. Health care access improvement fund; amounts credited; authorized expenditures; interest earnings; accrual accounting procedure. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the health care access improvement fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of hea…

65-6218. Assessment revenues; guidelines for disbursement; supplemental funding prohibited; healthcare access improvement panel; composition, organization and annual report; federal approval of changes. (a) (1) Assessment revenues generated from the hospital provider assessments …

65-6219. Administration and enforcement of act. To the extent practicable, the department shall administer and enforce this act and collect the assessments, interest and penalty assessments imposed under this act using procedures generally employed in the administration of the de…

65-6220. Rules and regulations. The secretary for aging and disability services with the advice and subject to the approval of the health care access improvement panel may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this act. History: L. 2004, ch. 89, § 14; L. 2014, ch. 11…

65-6230. Health care compact. This section shall be known and may be cited as the health care compact. THE HEALTH CARE COMPACT ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) "Commission" means the interstate advisory health care…

65-6231. Health care freedom act. (a) A resident of this state has the right to purchase health insurance or refuse to purchase health insurance. The government shall not interfere with a resident's right to purchase health insurance or with a resident's right to refuse to purcha…

65-6232. Severability for certain acts. If any provision or clause of this act or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisi…

65-6233. Department of health and environment; rules and regulations regarding eligibility requirements for medical assistance; life insurance proceeds, collateral assignment of. (a) The department of health and environment, in conjunction with the Kansas department for aging and…

65-6234. Term of intellectual disability; state official policy. It is hereby declared to be the official policy of the state of Kansas that the term "intellectual disability" be used in place of the term "mental retardation" and the term "person or people with intellectual disab…

65-6235. Use of cannabidiol treatment preparation with tetrahydrocannabinol. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as Claire and Lola's law. (b) As used in this section and K.S.A. 21-5706, and amendments thereto: (1) "Cannabidiol treatment preparation" means an oil con…

65-6301. Purpose. Since the profession of social work profoundly affects the lives of the people of this state, it is the purpose of this act to protect the public by setting standards of qualification, training and experience for those who seek to engage in the practice of socia…

65-6302. Definitions. As used in the social workers licensure act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Board" means the behavioral sciences regulatory board created by K.S.A. 74-7501, and amendments thereto. (b) "Extenuating circumstances" means any condition or s…

65-6303. Prohibited acts; penalty. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of social work for compensation or hold forth as performing the services of a social worker unless such person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this act, nor may any person participate i…

65-6306. Qualifications for licensure, temporary candidacy licensure; baccalaureate social worker; master social worker; specialist clinical social worker; practice of licensed specialist clinical social worker; approval of colleges or universities, criteria; community-based soci…

65-6307. Use of title by licensee; designation thereof by board; penalty for violation. (a) Any person who possesses a valid, unsuspended and unrevoked license issued under the provisions of this act shall have the right to practice and use the title and the abbreviations prescri…

65-6308. Limitations on private practice of social work; penalties. (a) No person may engage in the private, independent clinical practice of social work unless such person: (1) Is licensed under this act as a specialist clinical social worker or specialist social worker; and (2)…

65-6309. Exemption from examination; temporary licensure; professional title. (a) An applicant shall be exempted from the requirement for any examination provided for herein, if the applicant has taken and passed an examination similar to that for which exemption is sought, as de…

65-6309a. Temporary permit to practice; requirements; fees; expiration, extension. (a) Upon written application and board approval, an individual who is licensed to engage in the independent clinical practice of social work at the clinical level in another jurisdiction, who is in…

65-6310. Unlawful acts; penalties. Conviction of any of the following shall constitute a class B misdemeanor: (a) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or certificate or renewal thereof by bribery or fraudulent representation; (b) Knowingly making a false statement in conne…

65-6311. Grounds for suspension, limitation, condition, revocation or refusal to issue or renew license; procedure; licensure of applicant with felony conviction; requirements. (a) The board may refuse to issue, renew or reinstate a license, may condition, limit, revoke or suspen…