Chapter 39.--MENTALLY ILL, INCAPACITATED AND DEPENDENT PERSONS; SOCIAL WELFARE
Article 17.--CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, FAMILIES; INTERAGENCY PROVISION OF SERVICES
39-1702.Definitions.As used in this act:
(a) "Children and adolescents who require multiple levels and kinds ofspecialized services which are beyond the capability of one agency" meanschildren and adolescents who are residents of Kansas, and with respect to whomthere is documentation that: (1) Various agencies haveacknowledged the need for a certain type of service and have taken action toprovide that level of care; (2) various agencies havecollaborated to develop a program plan to meet the needs of the child oradolescent; and (3) various agencies have collaborated todevelop programs and funding to meet the need of the child or adolescent, andthat existing or alternative programs and funding have been exhausted or areinsufficient or inappropriate in view of the distinctive nature of thesituation of the child or adolescent.
(b) "Agency" means and includes county health departments, area offices ofthe department of social and rehabilitation services, district offices of thedepartment of health and environment, local offices of the department oflabor, boards of education of public school districts,community mentalhealth centers, community facilities for the mentally retarded/developmentallydisabled, district courts, county commissions, and law enforcementagencies.
(c) "Authorized decision makers" means agency representatives who have theauthority to commit the resources of the agency they represent in the provisionof services to any child or adolescent whose needs are brought before aregional interagency council.
(d) "District court" means the chief judge for ajudicialdistrict.
(e) "Parent" means a natural parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent, afoster care provider of a child or adolescent for whom servicesare needed from more than one agency,or aperson acting as parent of achild or adolescent for whom services are needed from more than one agency.
(f) "Person acting as parent" means a guardian or conservator, or a person,other than a parent, who is liable by law to maintain, care for, or support achild or adolescent, or who has actual care and custody of the child oradolescent and is contributing the major portion of the cost of support of thechild or adolescent, or who has actual care and control of the child oradolescent with the written consent of a person who has legal custody of thechild or adolescent, or who has been granted custody of the child oradolescent, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History: L. 1992, ch. 264, § 2;L. 1999, ch. 57, § 46;L. 2004, ch. 179, § 3; July 1.
Chapter 39.--MENTALLY ILL, INCAPACITATED AND DEPENDENT PERSONS; SOCIAL WELFARE
Article 17.--CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, FAMILIES; INTERAGENCY PROVISION OF SERVICES
39-1702.Definitions.As used in this act:
(a) "Children and adolescents who require multiple levels and kinds ofspecialized services which are beyond the capability of one agency" meanschildren and adolescents who are residents of Kansas, and with respect to whomthere is documentation that: (1) Various agencies haveacknowledged the need for a certain type of service and have taken action toprovide that level of care; (2) various agencies havecollaborated to develop a program plan to meet the needs of the child oradolescent; and (3) various agencies have collaborated todevelop programs and funding to meet the need of the child or adolescent, andthat existing or alternative programs and funding have been exhausted or areinsufficient or inappropriate in view of the distinctive nature of thesituation of the child or adolescent.
(b) "Agency" means and includes county health departments, area offices ofthe department of social and rehabilitation services, district offices of thedepartment of health and environment, local offices of the department oflabor, boards of education of public school districts,community mentalhealth centers, community facilities for the mentally retarded/developmentallydisabled, district courts, county commissions, and law enforcementagencies.
(c) "Authorized decision makers" means agency representatives who have theauthority to commit the resources of the agency they represent in the provisionof services to any child or adolescent whose needs are brought before aregional interagency council.
(d) "District court" means the chief judge for ajudicialdistrict.
(e) "Parent" means a natural parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent, afoster care provider of a child or adolescent for whom servicesare needed from more than one agency,or aperson acting as parent of achild or adolescent for whom services are needed from more than one agency.
(f) "Person acting as parent" means a guardian or conservator, or a person,other than a parent, who is liable by law to maintain, care for, or support achild or adolescent, or who has actual care and custody of the child oradolescent and is contributing the major portion of the cost of support of thechild or adolescent, or who has actual care and control of the child oradolescent with the written consent of a person who has legal custody of thechild or adolescent, or who has been granted custody of the child oradolescent, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History: L. 1992, ch. 264, § 2;L. 1999, ch. 57, § 46;L. 2004, ch. 179, § 3; July 1.
Chapter 39.--MENTALLY ILL, INCAPACITATED AND DEPENDENT PERSONS; SOCIAL WELFARE
Article 17.--CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, FAMILIES; INTERAGENCY PROVISION OF SERVICES
39-1702.Definitions.As used in this act:
(a) "Children and adolescents who require multiple levels and kinds ofspecialized services which are beyond the capability of one agency" meanschildren and adolescents who are residents of Kansas, and with respect to whomthere is documentation that: (1) Various agencies haveacknowledged the need for a certain type of service and have taken action toprovide that level of care; (2) various agencies havecollaborated to develop a program plan to meet the needs of the child oradolescent; and (3) various agencies have collaborated todevelop programs and funding to meet the need of the child or adolescent, andthat existing or alternative programs and funding have been exhausted or areinsufficient or inappropriate in view of the distinctive nature of thesituation of the child or adolescent.
(b) "Agency" means and includes county health departments, area offices ofthe department of social and rehabilitation services, district offices of thedepartment of health and environment, local offices of the department oflabor, boards of education of public school districts,community mentalhealth centers, community facilities for the mentally retarded/developmentallydisabled, district courts, county commissions, and law enforcementagencies.
(c) "Authorized decision makers" means agency representatives who have theauthority to commit the resources of the agency they represent in the provisionof services to any child or adolescent whose needs are brought before aregional interagency council.
(d) "District court" means the chief judge for ajudicialdistrict.
(e) "Parent" means a natural parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent, afoster care provider of a child or adolescent for whom servicesare needed from more than one agency,or aperson acting as parent of achild or adolescent for whom services are needed from more than one agency.
(f) "Person acting as parent" means a guardian or conservator, or a person,other than a parent, who is liable by law to maintain, care for, or support achild or adolescent, or who has actual care and custody of the child oradolescent and is contributing the major portion of the cost of support of thechild or adolescent, or who has actual care and control of the child oradolescent with the written consent of a person who has legal custody of thechild or adolescent, or who has been granted custody of the child oradolescent, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History: L. 1992, ch. 264, § 2;L. 1999, ch. 57, § 46;L. 2004, ch. 179, § 3; July 1.
