Kansas Statutes 39-2001. Providers of disability services; purpose of act
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-2001
- Secretary: means the secretary for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
- Services: means the following types of behavioral health, intellectual disability, developmental disability and other disability services, including, but not limited to: Residential supports, day supports, care coordination, case management, workshops, sheltered domiciles, education, therapeutic services, assessments and evaluations, diagnostic care, medicinal support and rehabilitative services. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
The purpose of this act* is the development, establishment and enforcement of standards:
(a) For the care, treatment, health, safety, welfare and comfort of individuals residing in or receiving treatment or services provided by residential care facilities, residential and day support facilities, private and public psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers and providers of other disability services licensed by the secretary for aging and disability services; and
(b) for the construction, maintenance or operation, or any combination thereof, of facilities, hospitals, centers and providers of services that will promote safe and adequate accommodation, care and treatment of such individuals.