This regulation authorizes the state director of mental health and retardation services to assist communities in establishing outpatient mental health clinics or centers, including temporarily providing staff from state mental hospitals until the local clinic secures permanent personnel. It governs the state's role in supporting the creation of outpatient mental health facilities at the county/community level.
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 30-26-8. Assistance to counties in establishing outpatient mental health treatment center or clinic. The state director of mental health and retardation services shall have authority to assist communities in establishing outpatient mental health clinics or centers, following determination of need and the advisability of such facility, and the director may provide staff for the local clinics from the state mental hospitals to the extent he determines possible; such staffing to be on a temporary basis until the local clinic can secure permanent personnel. (Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 75-3303a ; effective Jan. 1, 1967, amended Jan. 1, 1974.) ***** Authenticated Kansas Administrative Regulation *****