Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-1,253

  • Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-1,175
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-1,114
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(a) The Kansas health policy authority created by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-7401, and amendments thereto, is hereby abolished.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of the Kansas health policy authority under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-7401 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any other statute, are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of health and environment and its division of health care finance and the secretary and the director of health care finance.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1,252 through 65-1,258, and amendments thereto, all powers, duties, and functions of any state agency, department, board, commission or council, providing services and creating systems in order to comply with the provisions of the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), and the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010), are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the department of health and environment and its division of health care finance and the secretary and the director of health care finance or their designees.