2006 Kansas Code - 19-4001

      19-4001.   Community mental health centers and community facilities for the mentally retarded; services of such facilities; services provided on contract by mental retardation governing board; approval by secretary of social and rehabilitation services of facility establishment. The board of county commissioners of any county or the boards of county commissioners of two (2) or more counties jointly may establish a community mental health center, and/or community facility for the mentally retarded, which shall be organized, operated, and financed according to the provisions of this act. The mental health center may render the following mental health services: Out-patient and inpatient diagnostic and treatment services; rehabilitation services to individuals returning to the community from an inpatient facility; consultative services to schools, courts, health and welfare agencies, both public and private, and conducting, in collaboration with other agencies when practical, in-service training for students entering the mental health professions, educational programs, information and research. The community facilities for the mentally retarded may render, and a mental retardation governing board which contracts with nonprofit corporations to provide services for the mentally retarded may provide, the following services: Pre-school, day care, work activity, sheltered workshops, sheltered domiciles, parent and community education and, in collaboration with other agencies when practical, clinical services, rehabilitation services, in-service training for students entering professions dealing with the above aspects of mental retardation, information and research. It may establish consulting and/or referral services in conjunction with related community health, education, and welfare services.

      No community mental health center, and/or facility for the mentally retarded, shall be established in said community after the effective date of this act unless and until the establishment of the same has been approved by the secretary of social and rehabilitation services.

      History:   L. 1961, ch. 292, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 115, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 103, § 1; April 11.