Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-2018

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Center: means a community mental health center or crisis intervention center. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Community mental health center: means a center organized pursuant to article 40 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or a mental health clinic organized pursuant to article 2 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Department: means the department for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

There is hereby established in the state treasury the community mental health center improvement fund. All moneys credited to the community mental health center improvement fund shall be used by the Kansas department for aging and disability services only for purposes related to community mental health centers. All expenditures from the community mental health center improvement 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 the secretary’s designee.