2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 40 ALCOHOLISM AND INTOXICATION TREATMENT
65-4006. Powers of secretary.

65-4006

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 40.--ALCOHOLISM AND INTOXICATION TREATMENT

      65-4006.   Powers of secretary. The secretary may:

      (1)   Plan for, establish, amend, and revise standards for treatment programs as necessary or desirable;

      (2)   make contracts necessary or incidental to the performance of the secretary's duties and the execution of the secretary's powers;

      (3)   solicit and accept for use any gift of money or property, real or personal, made by will or otherwise, and any grant of money, services or property from the federal government, the state or any political subdivision thereof or any private source, and do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government or any of its agencies in making an application for any grant;

      (4)   administer or supervise the administration of the provisions relating to persons with alcohol or other drug addiction of any state plan submitted for federal funding pursuant to federal health, welfare or treatment legislation;

      (5)   coordinate its activities and cooperate with treatment facilities for alcohol or other drug addiction programs in this and other states, and make contracts and other joint or cooperative arrangements with state, local or private agencies in this and other states for the treatment of persons with alcohol or other drug addiction and for the common advancement of treatment facilities;

      (6)   keep records, gather relevant statistics and make and disseminate analysis of same;

      (7)   do other acts and things necessary to execute the authority expressly granted to the secretary.

      History:   L. 1972, ch. 241, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 330, § 7; L. 2007, ch. 95, § 3; July 1.