75-7301. State long-term care ombudsman; office attached to department of administration; technical and other assistance; authority of ombudsman; budget estimates and expenditures. (a) The office of the state long-term care ombudsman is hereby attached to the department of administration. The office of the state long-term care ombudsman shall be in Topeka, Kansas. The secretary of […]
75-7302. Same; financial assistance from and monitoring by the Kansas department for aging and disability services; agreements; required amounts; increases. (a) The secretary for aging and disability services and the state long-term care ombudsman shall enter into agreements for the provision of financial assistance to the office by the Kansas department for aging and disability […]
75-7303. Definitions. As used in the long-term care ombudsman act: (a) “Ombudsman” means the state long-term care ombudsman, any regional long-term care ombudsman or any individual designated as an ombudsman under K.S.A. 75-7306(h), and amendments thereto, who has received the training required under K.S.A. 75-7306(f), and amendments thereto, and who has been designated by the […]
75-7304. State long-term care ombudsman; office established; qualifications; appointment, senate confirmation; term of office; appointment of regional long-term care ombudsman, other officers and employees; prior office abolished. (a) On the effective date of this act, the office of the state long-term care ombudsman in existence on the day preceding such effective date is hereby abolished […]
75-7305. State long-term care ombudsman duties; avoidance of conflicts of interest; availability of legal counsel; resources to provide remedies; contracts for services, limitation, bidding exemption; grants and donations. (a) The state long-term care ombudsman shall ensure that: (1) No individual involved in the authorization of any individual to represent the office as an ombudsman or […]
75-7306. Same; powers and duties. The state long-term care ombudsman shall be an advocate of residents in facilities throughout the state. The state long-term care ombudsman shall: (a) Investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of the residents: (1) Relating to action, inaction or decisions of providers, or representatives of providers, of long-term […]
75-7307. Training requirement for investigation of complaints. No individual shall investigate any complaint filed with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman unless the individual has received the training required under subsection (f) of K.S.A. 75-7306, and amendments thereto, and has been designated by the state long-term care ombudsman as an ombudsman or a […]
75-7308. Ombudsman right of entry to facilities; access to patients. (a) An ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman is hereby authorized to enter any facility and any area within such facility at any time with or without prior notice and shall have access to the residents of a facility at all times. (b) An ombudsman or […]
75-7309. Ombudsman access to records and documents concerning residents. (a) With the consent of the resident of the facility, the resident representative or next of kin of a deceased resident, an ombudsman shall have access to all records and documents kept for or concerning the resident. (b) An ombudsman shall have access to all records […]
75-7310. Confidentiality of information, records and reports; reports of health and safety of residents to state officials; summary report and publication on website. All information, records and reports received by or developed by an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman which relate to a resident of a facility, including written material identifying a resident or other […]
75-7311. Ombudsman access to certain records and documents of department of health and environment, department for children and families and department for aging and disability services. An ombudsman shall have access to all records and documents kept by the department of health and environment, the Kansas department for children and families and the Kansas department […]
75-7312. Ombudsman not liable for good faith performance of duties. No ombudsman or volunteer ombudsman shall be liable for the good faith performance of official duties. History: L. 1990, ch. 328, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 101, § 13; June 14.
75-7313. Interference with lawful action or activity of ombudsman prohibited; action against individuals for communications with ombudsman prohibited; misdemeanor violation. (a) No person shall willfully interfere with any lawful action or activity of an ombudsman or a volunteer ombudsman, including the request for immediate entry into a facility. (b) No person shall take any discriminatory, […]
75-7314. Short title. The provisions of K.S.A. 75-7301 through 75-7314, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the long-term care ombudsman act. History: L. 1990, ch. 328, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 101, § 15; June 14.
