Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20,
2024
(a) "Agreement"
means a written understanding between the secretary and a "charitable health
care provider," as defined in
K.S.A.
75-6102 and amendments thereto, regarding the
rendering of professional services to a medically indigent person.
(b) "Department" means Kansas department of
health and environment.
(c)
"Federally qualified health center" means one of the following:
(1) An entity that meets the requirements for
federal funding in 42 USC 1396d(l)(2)(B) and has been designated as a
"federally qualified health center" by the federal government; or
(2) an entity that, based on the
recommendation of the federal health resources and services administration, is
deemed to meet the requirements of the federal grant program and has been
designated a "federally qualified health center look-alike" by the federal
government but does not receive the federal grant funding specified in 42 USC
1396d(l)(2)(B).
(d)
"Indigent health care clinic" has the meaning specified in
K.S.A.
75-6102, and amendments thereto.
(e) "Local health department" has the meaning
specified in
K.S.A.
65-241, and amendments thereto.
(f)
(1)
"Point of entry" means an entity that performs the following:
(A) Determines whether an individual meets
the criteria for a medically indigent person;
(B) refers any medically indigent person to a
charitable health care provider;
(C) has submitted a completed application to
the department on forms prescribed by the department; and
(D) agrees to maintain records and submit an
annual activity report as prescribed by the secretary.
(2) This term may include any of the
following:
(A) An entity meeting the
definition of "federally qualified health center" or "federally qualified
health center look-alike";
(B) an
entity meeting the definition of "indigent health care clinic"; or
(C) an entity meeting the definition of
"local health department."
(g) "Secretary" means secretary of the Kansas
department of health and environment.
