Kansas Statutes 76-12b03. Same; findings; respite care
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 76-12b03
- Care: means supportive services, including, but not limited to, provision of room and board, supervision, protection, assistance in bathing, dressing, grooming, eating and other activities of daily living. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
- Institution: means a state institution for people with intellectual disability including the following institutions: Kansas neurological institute and Parsons state hospital. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
- Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
- Respite care: means temporary, short-term care not exceeding 90 days per calendar year to provide relief from the daily pressures involved in caring for a person with intellectual disability. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
- Superintendent: means the chief administrative officer of the institution or the designee of the chief administrative officer. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
- Training: means the provision of specific environmental, physical, mental, social and educational interventions and therapies for the purpose of halting, controlling or reversing processes that cause, aggravate or complicate malfunctions or dysfunctions of development. See Kansas Statutes 76-12b01
No person shall be admitted to an institution except for the purpose of diagnosis and evaluation unless the superintendent has found such person to be a person with intellectual disability, in need of care and training and that placement in the institution is the least restrictive alternative available. An admission for respite care shall not require a finding that a person is in need of training.