Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-7,129

  • Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 39-7,116
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dependent children: means needy children under the age of 18, or who are under the age of 19 and are full-time students in secondary schools or the equivalent educational program who are in the care of a biological or adoptive parent, court appointed guardian, conservator or legal custodian and who are living with any relative, including first cousins, uncles, aunts, and persons of preceding generations are denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great, and including the spouses or former spouses of any persons named in the above groups, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as their own home. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Secretary: means the secretary for children and families, unless otherwise specified. See Kansas Statutes 39-702

The secretary for children and families shall adjust, by rules and regulations, the program requirements for aid to families with dependent children provided through the Kansas department for children and families to include requirements that, as a condition for continued eligibility for aid to families with dependent children, the family comply with laws providing for immunization and vaccination of children attending school or a child care facility. The secretary of health and environment shall provide to the secretary for children and families current information on the requirements of these laws which relate to the immunization and vaccination of children.