2006 Kansas Code - 46-2701

      46-2701.   SRS transition oversight committee; membership; chairperson; meetings, compensation and allowances; duties and reports; committee abolished. (a) There is hereby created the SRS transition oversight committee. In accordance with this section, the SRS transition oversight committee in existence on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act is hereby continued in existence. On and after July 1, 1999, the oversight committee shall consist of 12 members as follows:

      (1)   Three members who shall be appointed by the chairperson of the house appropriations committee, from among the members of the house appropriations committee, of whom two are members of the majority party and one is a member of the minority party;

      (2)   three members who shall be appointed by the chairperson of the senate ways and means committee, from among the members of the senate ways and means committee, of whom two are members of the majority party and one is a member of the minority party;

      (3)   two members who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives from among the members of the house committee on health and human services, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party;

      (4)   two members who shall be appointed by the president of the senate from among the members of the senate committee on public health and welfare, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party; and

      (5)   two members appointed jointly by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate from among the members of the health care reform legislative oversight committee, one of whom shall be a member of the majority party and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party.

      (b) (1)   The terms of office of all members of the SRS transition oversight committee serving on June 30, 1999, are hereby continued until June 30, 2001. The vice-chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee on June 30, 1999, shall on July 1, 1999, become chairperson of such committee, and the chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee on June 30, 1999, shall on July 1, 1999, become vice-chairperson of such committee. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee serving in such offices on July 1, 1999, shall continue in such offices until June 30, 2000. The vice-chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee on June 30, 2000, shall on July 1, 2000, become chairperson of such committee, and the chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee on June 30, 2000, shall on July 1, 2000, become vice-chairperson of such committee. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the SRS transition oversight committee serving in such offices on July 1, 2000, shall continue in such offices until June 30, 2001.

      (2)   If a vacancy occurs in the office of any member of the SRS transition oversight committee, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment.

      (c)   The oversight committee shall meet on call of the chairperson. All such meetings shall be held in Topeka unless authorized to be held in a different place by the legislative coordinating council. Members of the oversight committee shall receive compensation and travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212 and amendments thereto, when attending meetings of such committee.

      (d) (1)   The oversight committee shall monitor the long-term care programs that were transferred from the secretary of social and rehabilitation services to the secretary of aging. The oversight committee shall ensure that the transfer of the long-term care programs does not lead to a loss of services by consumers.

      (2)   The oversight committee shall monitor, review and make recommendations relating to privatization efforts at the state hospitals, the closure of hospital beds, the downsizing of staff, the closure of Topeka state hospital and Winfield state hospital and training center, the funding of community services and the availability of adequate community services.

      (3)   The oversight committee shall monitor, review and make recommendations relating to (A) privatization of children service programs of the department of social and rehabilitation services including family preservation, foster care and adoption programs, (B) privatization of child support collection programs and any other programs of the department of social and rehabilitation services, and (C) privatization of any programs of the department on aging.

      (4)   The SRS transition oversight committee shall monitor, review and make recommendations relating to federal social welfare reform laws and the regulations and policies implementing such laws and the activities of the department of social and rehabilitation services relating to such federal laws, regulations and policies and the operation of the home and community based services programs.

      (5)   The oversight committee shall:

      (A)   Prepare an interim report on findings and recommendations which shall be provided to the legislature on or before the first day of the legislative session;

      (B)   prepare a final report on findings and recommendations which shall be provided to the legislature on or before the first day of the 2001 legislative session.

      (e)   The SRS transition oversight committee is hereby abolished on July 1, 2001.

      History:   L. 1996, ch. 271, § 19; L. 1999, ch. 118, § 3; July 1.