Kansas Statutes 39-782. Hearing required prior to certifying adult care home for participation in state medical assistance program as intermediate care facility for mental health; notice
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-782
- 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
- Secretary: means the secretary for children and families, unless otherwise specified. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Prior to certifying an adult care home for participation in the state medical assistance program as an intermediate care facility for mental health, the secretary for aging and disability services shall hold a public hearing in the area in which the facility is located. At least 10 days prior to the hearing, the secretary for aging and disability services shall give notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the facility is located that the facility has applied for certification for participation in the state medical assistance program as an intermediate care facility for mental health and that a public hearing is to be held to obtain public comment in regard to such application. In addition, the notice shall state the time and place of the public hearing and the manner in which interested parties may present their views at the hearing. The secretary for aging and disability services shall consider the public comments at the hearing in determining whether to grant such certification.