Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-5915

  • 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
  • Department: means the Kansas department for aging and disability services created by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-5902
  • Services: means those services designed to provide assistance to the aged such as nutritional programs, facilities improvement, transportation services, senior volunteer programs, supplementary health services, programs for leisure-time activities, housing and employment counseling, other informational, referral and counseling programs to aid the aged in availing themselves of existing public or private services or other similar social services intended to aid the senior citizen in attaining and maintaining self-sufficiency, personal well-being, dignity and maximum participation in community life. See Kansas Statutes 75-5902

(a) On July 1, 1977, the balance of all funds appropriated and reappropriated to the department of social and rehabilitation services for the services to the aging section of said department shall be and is hereby transferred to the department on aging and shall be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made.

(b) On July 1, 1977, liability for all accrued compensation or salaries of officers and employees who, immediately prior to said date, were engaged in the performance of powers, duties or functions of the services to the aging section of the department of social and rehabilitation services, and who become officers and employees of the department on aging, shall be assumed and paid by the department on aging.