39-1602. Definitions. - Kansas Statutes

39-1602

Chapter 39.--MENTALLY ILL, INCAPACITATED AND DEPENDENT PERSONS; SOCIAL WELFARE Article 16.--MENTAL HEALTH REFORM

      39-1602.   Definitions.As used in K.S.A. 39-1601 through 39-1612 andamendments thereto:

      (a)   "Targeted population" means the population group designated by rulesand regulations of the secretary as most in need of mental health serviceswhich are funded, in whole or in part, by state or other public fundingsources, which group shall include adults with severe and persistent mentalillness, severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and otherindividuals at risk of requiring institutional care.

      (b)   "Community based mental health services" includes, but is notlimited to, evaluation and diagnosis, case management services, mentalhealth inpatient and outpatient services, prescription and management ofpsychotropic medication, prevention, education, consultation, treatment andrehabilitation services, twenty-four-hour emergency services, and anyfacilities required therefor, which are provided within one or more localcommunities in order to provide a continuum of care and support services toenable mentally ill persons, including targeted population members, tofunction outside of inpatient institutions to the extent of theircapabilities. Community based mental health services also includeassistance in securing employment services, housing services, medical anddental care, and other support services.

      (c)   "Mental health center" means any community mental health centerorganized pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-4001 to 19-4015,inclusive, and amendments thereto, or mental health clinic organizedpursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-211 to 65-215, inclusive, andamendments thereto, and licensed in accordance with the provisions ofK.S.A. 75-3307b and amendments thereto.

      (d)   "Secretary" means the secretary of social and rehabilitation services.

      (e)   "Department" means the department of social and rehabilitation services.

      (f)   "State psychiatric hospital" means Osawatomie state hospital,Rainbow mental health facility, Topeka state hospital or Larned state hospital.

      (g)   "Mental health reform phased program" means the program in threephases for the implementation of mental health reform in Kansas as follows:

      (1)   The first phase covers the counties in the Osawatomie state hospitalcatchment area and is to commence on July 1, 1990, and is to be completedby June 30, 1994;

      (2)   the second phase covers the counties in the Topeka state hospitalcatchment area and is to commence on July 1, 1992, and is to be completedby June 30, 1996; and

      (3)   the third phase covers the counties in the Larned state hospitalcatchment area and is to commence on July 1, 1993, and is to be completedby June 30, 1997.

      (h)   "Screening" means the process performed by a participating communitymental health center, pursuant to a contract entered into with thesecretary under K.S.A. 39-1610 and amendments thereto,to determinewhether aperson, under either voluntary or involuntary procedures, can be evaluatedor treated, or can be both evaluated and treated, in the community orshould be referred to the appropriate state psychiatric hospital for suchtreatment or evaluation or for both treatment and evaluation.

      (i)   "Osawatomie state hospital catchment area" means,except as otherwise defined by rules and regulations of the secretary adoptedpursuant to K.S.A. 39-1613 and amendments thereto,the area composedof the following counties:   Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler,Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson,Labette, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson andWyandotte.

      (j)   "Topeka state hospital catchment area" means,except as otherwise defined by rules and regulations of the secretary adoptedpursuant to K.S.A. 39-1613 and amendments thereto,the area composed ofthe following counties:   Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson,Doniphan, Douglas, Ellsworth, Geary, Greenwood, Harvey, Jackson, Jewell,Lincoln, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha,Osage, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee,Wabaunsee and Washington.

      (k)   "Larned state hospital catchment area" means,except as otherwise defined by rules and regulations of the secretary adoptedpursuant to K.S.A. 39-1613 and amendments thereto,the area composed ofthe following counties:   Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche,Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley,Hamilton, Harper, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, Logan,Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins,Reno, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith,Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wallace and Wichita.

      (l)   "Catchment area" means the Osawatomie state hospital catchment area,the Topeka state hospital catchment area or the Larned state hospital catchmentarea.

      (m)   "Participating mental health center" means a mental healthcenter which has entered into a contract with the secretary of social andrehabilitation services to provide screening, treatment and evaluation,court ordered evaluation and other treatment services pursuant to the careand treatment act for mentally ill persons, in keeping with the phasedconceptof the mental health reform act.

      History:   L. 1990, ch. 92, § 2;L. 1993, ch. 225, § 2;L. 1996, ch. 167, § 51; Apr. 18.