§ 39-701 Purposes of act
§ 39-702 Definitions
§ 39-708a Payment of claims to medical vendors not filed within fiscal year; limitation
§ 39-708c Powers and duties of secretary for children and families; community work experience programs; disbursal of property including food stamps; division of services for the blind; children and youth service program; medical care for needy persons; payment s
§ 39-708d Same; lease of office or business space
§ 39-709 Eligibility requirements for temporary assistance for needy families, food assistance, child care subsidy and medical assistance; prohibition of medicaid expansion; automatic assignment of support rights for children in custody of the secretary; non-co
§ 39-709b Information concerning applicants for and recipients of assistance; confidentiality, exceptions; publication of statistics
§ 39-709c Report to legislature; medical assistance expenditures and amounts recovered; recommendations for legislation therefor
§ 39-709e Exercise of state’s option from federal law making certain drug abusers ineligible for public assistance
§ 39-709f Medical assistance program and managed care organizations; contract; prompt payment
§ 39-709g Public assistance; duties of secretary for children and families; acceptance of telephonic signatures for applications
§ 39-709h Medical assistance program; patient encounter data; requirements imposed on managed care organizations; audits; rules and regulations
§ 39-709i Medical assistance program; decisions rendered by managed care organizations; appeals process; external independent third-party review; notice and procedure
§ 39-709j Medical assistance program; coverage for speech-language pathology and audiology services
§ 39-710 Social welfare fund; deposits; disbursements; unpaid cancelled warrants, crediting; appropriations
§ 39-711a Meal services for the aging; use of school lunch facilities under agreement with local board of education
§ 39-713c Homes for children
§ 39-713d Funeral and cemetery expenses; limitations
§ 39-714 County home; admission; treatment; ownership by two counties; tax levy, use of proceeds; issuance of bonds in certain counties
§ 39-717 Illegal disposition; purchase, acquisition or possession of assistance; criminal penalties; exemption of assistance from legal process
§ 39-718b Liability of parent or guardian for assistance provided child, exceptions
§ 39-719a Recovery of medical assistance paid; obligation of third party; payment by secretary secondary costs paid proportionately by parties as determined by court
§ 39-719b Duty of recipient to report changes which affect eligibility; actions by secretary; recovery of assistance obtained by or transferred to another person by ineligible recipient
§ 39-719c Proof deemed prima facie evidence assistance unlawfully received
§ 39-719e Medical benefit plan providers to provide information identifying covered medical assistance recipients; procedures; enforcement
§ 39-720 Penalty relating to fraudulent acts; civil actions, evidence
§ 39-721 Severability clause
§ 39-739 Sight handicapped persons; reports to state board of health; forms
§ 39-740 Same; records available to secretary for children and families
§ 39-744 Transfer of powers, duties and functions
§ 39-745 Transition; preservation of civil rights of action and proceedings; criminal actions not to abate
§ 39-746 Positions of certain officers and employees abolished; transfer of employees; rights preserved
§ 39-751 Program for home maintenance; duties of secretary for children and families
§ 39-752 Same; appointment of supervisors
§ 39-753 Title IV-D child support enforcement services; duties of secretary; rules and regulations
§ 39-754 Support rights assigned to secretary; secretary’s rights; court record of support collected by secretary
§ 39-755 Actions by secretary to establish parentage and to enforce support rights; necessary parties to proceedings; counsel; orders; application of section
§ 39-756 Support enforcement services available to certain persons; assignment of support rights; limited power of attorney; continuation of services after discontinuance of public assistance; fees for services; distribution of collections; attorneys representi
§ 39-756a Time assignment of support rights under K.S.A. 39-709 remains in effect; assignment of rights to payment for medical care unaffected
§ 39-757 Secretary to deposit moneys received under K.S.A. 39-709 and 39-756 with state treasurer; dispositions; expenditure from funds
§ 39-758 Location of absent parents or their assets; cooperation of governmental units with secretary; availability of information
§ 39-759 Unlawful acts relating to information concerning absent parents; penalty
§ 39-760 Establishment of system for reporting suspected abuse or fraud in welfare or medical assistance programs; notice of existence of system
§ 39-782 Hearing required prior to certifying adult care home for participation in state medical assistance program as intermediate care facility for mental health; notice
§ 39-783 Notice to affected healthcare provider groups of reduction in scope or reimbursement of services under medical assistance program; contents; effect of failure to give notice
§ 39-784 Fees for providing home health services for recipients served under medicaid home and community based services program; disposition; Kansas department for aging and disability services temporary deposit fund
§ 39-785 Definitions
§ 39-786 Division of aggregate resources authorized for purpose of determining medical assistance eligibility; conditions and limitations; written interspousal agreement; written statement of Kansas department for children and families; lien authorized, limitat
§ 39-787 Division of aggregate income authorized for purpose of determining medical assistance eligibility; conditions and limitations; written interspousal agreement; written statement of secretary for children and families; rules and regulations
§ 39-788 Act not in conflict with federal statute or regulation until final determination by federal secretary of health and human services that conflict exists; judicial review of such determination; notification of appropriate committees of legislature
§ 39-789 Persons unable to give consent for transfers eligible for assistance under act; court order of maintenance, conservatorship or property and income division required
§ 39-790 Court-ordered child support obligation or family maintenance allowance not available income
§ 39-791 Application of K.S.A. 39-785 through 39-790 suspended; expiration of section
§ 39-7,100 Home and community based services program; definitions; program requirements; demonstration projects
§ 39-7,100a Home and community based services; expansion to include services provided under senior care act; funding
§ 39-7,100b Individuals with disabilities; reinstatement of eligibility; home and community based services; definitions; rules and regulations
§ 39-7,112 Implementation of managed care system to provide medicaid services; contracts; areas of state selected for implementation; waivers; managed care implementation committee; reports; managed care project at university of Kansas medical center terminated
§ 39-7,116 Definitions
§ 39-7,118 Drug utilization review program
§ 39-7,119 Same; medicaid drug utilization review board created; members; terms; chairperson; closed or executive meetings; required meetings
§ 39-7,120 Limitations on restrictions of patient access to prescription-only drugs through prior authorization or restrictive formulary; rules and regulations; factors to consider
§ 39-7,121 Electronic pharmacy claims management system; limitations on utilization of system; implementation of system; reporting requirements
§ 39-7,121a State medicaid preferred drug formulary; advisory committee; evaluation of drugs and drug classes; rebates; discounts and services; review of formulary
§ 39-7,121b Limitations on restrictions on medications used to treat mental illness; medications available without restrictions; review by mental health medication advisory committee and medicaid drug utilization review board; mental health medication advisory com
§ 39-7,121c Certain medications not subject to prior authorization
§ 39-7,121d Program of differential dispensing fees for certain pharmacies; provisions for differential ingredient cost reimbursement; prescriber’s unique identification number
§ 39-7,121e Limitation of reimbursement to multisource generic equivalent drugs, when; pharmacists not required to dispense certain drugs
§ 39-7,121g Donor human breast milk; hospital eligible for reimbursement, when; rules and regulations; federal waiver
§ 39-7,123 State individual assistance support trust fund; agreements with trusts; interest transfers; expenditures and administration; rules and regulations
§ 39-7,124 Aid to families with dependent children; no grant payments for unmarried minor who has a child unless residing with parent; exceptions
§ 39-7,125 Same; reduction in incremental aid for certain additional children, exception; adjustment to earned income disregard
§ 39-7,127 Same; work-and-earn incentive program; waivers from federal program requirements before implementation
§ 39-7,128 Same; eligibility determination; exclusion of income earned and saved by minor for educational purposes; rules and regulations
§ 39-7,129 Same; compliance with child immunization and vaccination requirements for continuing eligibility for aid
§ 39-7,130 Same; requiring waiver applications for certain federal eligibility requirements for two-parent families, women in first month of pregnancy, and children in foster care
§ 39-7,131 Same; application for waivers of federal requirements prior to implementation of act
§ 39-7,132 Aid to families with dependent children; financial support for persons otherwise eligible for such aid; Kansas income tax credit for corporations; agreement with secretary, use of moneys
§ 39-7,133 Severability of act
§ 39-7,134 Establishment of system
§ 39-7,135 Title IV-D agency designated; maintenance of Kansas payment center for collection and disbursement of support payments; contracts for administration and operation; disposition of certain payments under unclaimed property act
§ 39-7,136 Access to information relating to a IV-D case
§ 39-7,137 Construction
§ 39-7,138 Definitions
§ 39-7,139 Powers and remedies of the secretary concerning IV-D services
§ 39-7,140 Jurisdiction; service; notice
§ 39-7,141 Waiver of rights
§ 39-7,142 Administrative orders
§ 39-7,143 Same; enforceability
§ 39-7,144 Subpoena; service; enforceability
§ 39-7,145 Genetic tests
§ 39-7,146 Arrearages
§ 39-7,147 Income withholding order
§ 39-7,148 Same; modification or termination
§ 39-7,149 Same; hearing
§ 39-7,150 Administrative levy on cash assets
§ 39-7,151 Redirecting support payments; assignment; change of payee
§ 39-7,152 Execution; arrearages
§ 39-7,155 Past due child support or failure to comply with subpoena, restricted driving privileges; certification by secretary; notice; hearing
§ 39-7,156 Same; prevention of certification
§ 39-7,157 Same; termination of proceedings; issuance of driver’s license
§ 39-7,158 Agreement between secretary of revenue and secretary for children and families; rules and regulations
§ 39-7,159 Comprehensive and coordinated system of long-term care services; cooperation by Kansas department for aging and disability services, Kansas department for children and families and department of health and environment
§ 39-7,160 Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight; members; meetings; reporting; compensation and expenses
§ 39-7,162 Home and community based services savings fund administered by secretary for aging and disability services; certification, transfer and expenditures
§ 39-7,163 Kansas senior task force; topics of study; membership; appointment; meetings; report to the legislature; professional services; compensation

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 39 > Article 7 - Social Welfare

  • Adequate consideration: means consideration equal, or reasonably proportioned to the value of that for which it is given. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicants: means all persons who, as individuals, or in whose behalf requests are made of the secretary for aid or assistance. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assistance: includes such items or functions as the giving or providing of money, food assistance, food, clothing, shelter, medicine or other materials, the giving of any service, including instructive or scientific. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • blind: means not only those who are totally and permanently devoid of vision, but also those persons whose vision is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Conservator: means an individual or corporation appointed by the court to act on behalf of a conservatee and possessed of some or all of the powers and duties set out in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 39-7,116
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dependent children: means needy children under the age of 18, or who are under the age of 19 and are full-time students in secondary schools or the equivalent educational program who are in the care of a biological or adoptive parent, court appointed guardian, conservator or legal custodian and who are living with any relative, including first cousins, uncles, aunts, and persons of preceding generations are denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great, and including the spouses or former spouses of any persons named in the above groups, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as their own home. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Disabled person: includes incapacitated persons and incompetent persons as defined herein. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Guardian: means an individual or a nonprofit corporation certified in accordance with Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intake office: means the place where the secretary shall maintain an office for receiving applications. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Medical assistance: means the payment of all or part of the cost of necessary: (1) Medical, remedial, rehabilitative or preventive care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act and furnished by health care providers who have a current approved provider agreement with the secretary; and (2) transportation to obtain care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Minor: means any person defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Non-cooperation: means the failure of the applicant or recipient to comply with all requirements provided in state and federal law, rules and regulations and agency policy. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt and things in action, and digital assets as defined in the revised uniform fiduciary access to digital assets act, Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery. See Kansas Statutes 39-7,116
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights to them and interest in them, equitable as well as legal. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Recipient: means a person who has received assistance under the terms of this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Secretary: means the secretary for children and families, unless otherwise specified. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Ward: means a person who has a guardian. See Kansas Statutes 77-201