2025 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 39 - Dependent Persons And Persons With Disabilities; Social Welfare
Article 11 - Physically Disabled Persons
39-1115 Definitions.
39-1115.
Definitions.
As used in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-1114 through 39-1116, and amendments thereto:
(a) "Blind" or "blindness" means a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less. The term "blind" or "blindness" includes any degenerative condition that reasonably can be expected to result in blindness.
(b) "Family foster home" means a child care facility that is a private residence, including any adjacent grounds, where a person provides care for 24 hours per day for one or more children in foster care and for which a license is required under K.S.A. 65-501 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(c) "Supportive parenting services" means services, including, but not limited to, services, aids and supports that may assist a parent or prospective parent who is blind in the effective use of non-visual techniques and other alternative methods to enable the parent or prospective parent to discharge parental responsibilities as successfully as a parent who is not blind.
History: L. 2022, ch. 75, ยง 2; April 28.
