Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Article 26 - STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS; CATCHMENT AREAS; ASSISTANCE TO COUNTIES; PATIENT FUNDS; AND MEDICAL INFORMATION
Section 30-26-3 - Payment for care and treatment

Payment for the maintenance, care and treatment of persons admitted to a state hospital, state hospital and training center or the Kansas neurological institute, shall be made in accordance with K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 59-2006 and K.S.A. 59-2006a or any other Kansas statute particularly pertaining to said hospitals or institutions. At the same hospitals and institutions the maximum rate to be charged for the evaluation, care and treatment of outpatients (any patient not admitted as an inpatient such as day-treatment, night-treatment, part-time treatment patients or patients in study units, or other special non-inpatient programs) shall be set by the state director of mental health and retardation services at a reasonable rate not in excess of the actual costs for the particular services being given. The director may delegate to the superintendent the authority to grant allowances which will reduce the amount to be paid by the patient. In granting allowances the superintendent may take into consideration the therapeutic or treatment value of the charge to the patient, the ability of the individual being charged to pay, as well as the actual costs to the state for the services being performed. On past due outpatient accounts which have not been collected in full and the hospital or institution superintendent responsible for the setting of the charge determines that the unpaid balance is then unreasonable or uncollectible the same may be modified or cancelled but may not be increased from the original amount.

The state hospitals or institutions shall make collections for maintenance, care and treatment, but the final determination as to a compromise on any claim due shall be by the legal division of the state department of social and rehabilitation services.