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 and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care and […]
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 regulations, chapter IV, section 418.1 et seq. and amendments thereto shall be known […]
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 property where the release or discharge occurred for […]
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 the department of health and environment on an incremental basis. This implementation shall be completed so that adult […]
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 amendments thereto, a mental health center as defined in K.S.A. 65-4432, and amendments thereto, 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 the Kansas department of health and environment, or both. (b) “Fund” means the health care access improvement […]
65-6208. Assessment imposed on hospital providers; rate; submission to United States centers for medicare and medicaid services; notice of approval. (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 less than 1.83% of each hospital’s net inpatient operating […]
65-6209. Same; exemption 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 amendments thereto, or a critical access hospital, as defined in K.S.A. 65-468, and amendments thereto, is exempt from the […]
65-6210. Same; payment date for hospitals; delayed payment schedules; 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 in equal installments on or before June 30 and December 31, commencing with whichever date first occurs after the hospital […]
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 notice of assessment to every hospital provider subject to assessment under […]
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 to assessments imposed under K.S.A. 65-6208, and amendments thereto, shall be refunded to […]
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 nonmedicare premiums collected by that health maintenance organization. The assessment shall be calculated by reference to […]
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 or before June 30 and December 31, commencing with whichever date first occurs after […]
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 department shall send a notice of assessment to every health maintenance organization subject […]
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 fund attributable to the assessment imposed by K.S.A. 65-6213, and amendments thereto, shall be […]
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 health and environment. All moneys received for the assessments imposed by K.S.A. 65-6208 and 65-6213, and amendments […]
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 shall be disbursed as follows: (A) Not less than 80% of assessment revenues shall be disbursed to hospital providers through a combination of […]
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 department’s other powers, duties and functions. History: L. 2004, ch. 89, § 6; Apr. 22.
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. 115, § 277; July 1.
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 commission. (b) “Effective date” means the date upon which this compact […]
