This regulation defines the geographic catchment areas for Kansas state psychiatric hospitals, specifying which counties are served by Larned State Hospital, Osawatomie State Hospital, and the Rainbow Mental Health Facility for both voluntary and involuntary admissions. It also addresses admissions to the state security hospital at Larned for persons committed under criminal statutes, and provides a fallback process when county of residence cannot be determined. Facility operators and participating mental health centers must route admissions to the designated hospital based on the patient's county of residence or the committing court's county.
View official sourceKansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 26.—State Psychiatric Hospitals; Catchment Areas; Assistance to Counties; Patient Funds; and Medical Information 30-26-1a. State hospital catchment areas. (a) Persons residing in the following counties authorized by a participating mental health center to seek voluntary admission to a state psychiatric hospital or ordered to be involuntarily admitted by a district court acting pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2945 , et seq., shall be admitted to or committed to the Larned state hospital: Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McPherson, Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Smith, Sherman, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita. (b) Persons residing in the following counties authorized by a participating mental health center to seek voluntary admission to a state psychiatric hospital or cordered to be involuntarily admitted by a district court acting pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2945 , et seq., shall be admitted to or committed to either the Osawatomie state hospital or the Rainbow mental health facility as designated by the participating mental health center authorizing the admission: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley, Crawford, Doniphan, Douglas, Elk, Franklin, Geary, Greenwood, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, Marshall, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Nemaha, Neosho, Osage, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Woodson, and Wyandotte. (c) The state security hospital at Larned shall admit persons from all counties as ordered committed there, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3302 , 22-3303 , 22-3428 , 22-3428a , 22-3428b , 22-3429 , or 22-3430 . (d)(1) Persons ordered committed to a state psychiatric hospital other than the state security hospital at Larned pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3302 , 22-3303 , 22-3428 , 22-3428a , 22-3428b , 22-3429 , 22-3430 , or 38-1655 shall be admitted to the Larned state hospital if the person's county of residence is a county listed in subsection (a), or to the Osawatomie state hospital if the person's county of residence is a county listed in subsection (b). (2) If the county of residence of the person ordered committed under paragraph (d)(1) cannot be reasonably determined, then that person shall be admitted to the Larned state hospital if the court committing that person is the court for a county listed in subsection (a), or to the Osawatomie state hospital if the court committing that person is the court for a county listed in subsection (b). (e) Persons proposed to be committed by a court to a state psychiatric hospital pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3219 , 38-1623 , 38-1637 , 38-1638 , 38-1662 , 59-29a05 , 59-29a07 or any other provisions of law not provided for in this regulation, shall be admitted to the hospital designated by the secretary as the secretary may determine is a suitable place to which the person may be committed and at which space is available. (Authorized by K.S.A. 75-3304 and 76-12a07 ; implementing K.S.A. 22-3219 , 22-3302 , 22-3303 , 22-3428 , 22-3428a , 22-3428b , 22-3429 , 22-3430 , 38-1623 , 38-1637 , 38-1638 , 38-1655 , 38-1662 , 59-2968 , 59-29a05 , and 29a07; effective June 13, 1997.) ***** Authenticated Kansas Administrative Regulation *****