Kansas Statutes 39-709c. Report to legislature; medical assistance expenditures and amounts recovered; recommendations for legislation therefor
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-709c
- 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
- Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 39-7,116
- 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
On or before the first day of each regular session of the legislature, the secretary shall prepare and submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report of the total amount of moneys expended by the department for medical assistance, the amount of moneys recovered pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-709, and amendments thereto, and any recommendations for legislation necessary to insure that the factors or methods used to determine eligibility for medical assistance more accurately represent the resources of an applicant for, or recipient of, medical assistance.