Kansas Statutes 39-756a. Time assignment of support rights under K.S.A. 39-709 remains in effect; assignment of rights to payment for medical care unaffected
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-756a
- Assistance: includes such items or functions as the giving or providing of money, food assistance, food, clothing, shelter, medicine or other materials, the giving of any service, including instructive or scientific. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
- Medical assistance: means the payment of all or part of the cost of necessary: (1) Medical, remedial, rehabilitative or preventive care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act and furnished by health care providers who have a current approved provider agreement with the secretary; and (2) transportation to obtain care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
- Recipient: means a person who has received assistance under the terms of this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
- Secretary: means the secretary for children and families, unless otherwise specified. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
An assignment of support rights pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709, and amendments thereto, shall remain in full force and effect so long as the secretary is providing public assistance in accordance with a plan under which federal moneys are expended on behalf of the applicant, recipient or child for: (a) Temporary assistance for needy families; (b) medical assistance; or (c) the expenses of a child in the secretary’s care or custody pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-2201 et seq. or 38-2301 et seq., and amendments thereto, or so long as the secretary is providing support services pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-756, and amendments thereto. Upon discontinuance of all such assistance and support services, the assignment shall remain in effect as to unpaid support obligations due and owing at the time of the discontinuance of assistance until the claim of the secretary for repayment of the unreimbursed portion of any assistance is satisfied. If the secretary’s claim for reimbursement is only for medical assistance, the assignment shall only remain in effect as to unpaid support obligations due and owing at the time of the discontinuance of medical assistance that are designated as medical support. Nothing herein shall affect or limit the rights of the secretary under an assignment of rights to payment for medical care from a third party pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709, and amendments thereto.