Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-415

  • Medical facilities: means diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in title VI of the United States public health service act (42 U. See Kansas Statutes 65-424a
  • Medical facility: includes public health centers; psychiatric hospitals; health maintenance organizations as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-411
  • Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-411
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The secretary is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing medical facilities to survey the need for modernization or construction of medical facilities or for the conversion of existing medical facilities in order to provide new health services; and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the construction, modernization or conversion of such medical facilities as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate medical facility services to all the people of the state.