(a) The fee for license to operate an adult care home shall be a base amount plus an additional amount for each bed of such home which shall be paid to the secretary for aging and disability services before the license is issued. The fee shall be fixed by rules and regulations of the secretary for aging and disability services. The amount received for the license fee shall be deposited in the state treasury in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto, and shall be credited to the state licensure fee fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and which shall be administered by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.

(b) If the evaluation and inspection was made by a county, city-county or multicounty health department at the direction of the secretary for aging and disability services and the papers required are completed and filed with the secretary, then the amount equal to 40% of the fee collected shall be paid to such county, city-county or multicounty health department. If a facility has a change of administrator after the commencement of the licensing period, the fee shall be $15 and shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state licensure fee fund.

(c) All expenditures from the state licensure fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary for aging and disability services or by the secretary’s designee.