Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5321a

  • Secretary: means the secretary for children and families or the designee of the secretary. See Kansas Statutes 75-5399

The secretary for children and families shall take necessary actions to transfer the administration of certain long-term care programs and services to the secretary for aging and disability services. The programs shall include the nursing facility services payment program, the home and community based services for the frail elderly waiver program, the case management for the frail elderly program and the income-eligible home care program. Excluding nursing facility programs, the programs to be transferred shall not include long-term care programs for individuals under the age of 65 with mental illness, intellectual disability, other mental disabilities or physical disabilities. All such transfers shall be made only in accordance with federal grant requirements related to such programs.