This regulation establishes the annual contracting process by which a community mental health center may become a 'participating community mental health center' for its designated service area under the Kansas Department for Children and Families. Centers must apply to the secretary, and may be required to submit a compliance plan if they have not previously met applicable requirements. The contract specifies the term during which the center holds participating status and must provide the additional services required by Article 61. A center has no ongoing obligation to maintain participating status beyond the contract term unless it subsequently re-contracts.
View official sourceKansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department for Children and Families Article 61.—Participating Community Mental Health Centers 30-61-5. Annual contracts; application; plan for compliance; term. (a) Each community mental health center desiring to become the participating community mental health center for its service area shall apply to the secretary for a contract on an annual basis at the time and in the manner that shall be announced by the secretary. (b) Each center that desires to become a participating community mental health center may be required by the secretary to submit to the division, in addition to the center's application for a contract, a plan detailing how the center will come into and stay in compliance with the applicable requirements of this article if the center has not before been in compliance. This plan shall be reviewed by the division. A recommendation shall be made by the division to the secretary concerning whether a contract should be awarded or denied. (c) If the parties agree to a contract, the term during which the center is considered to be a participating mental health center shall be specified in the contract. During the term in which the center is considered to be a participating community mental health center, the center shall provide the additional services required to be provided by this article or by the contract. (d) A center shall have no obligation to be a participating community mental health center, or to be in compliance with the requirements of this article, beyond the term specified in the contract if the center does not subsequently contract with the secretary to be a participating community mental health center. (Authorized by K.S.A. 75-3307b ; implementing K.S.A. 39-1603 , 39-1604 (d), 39-1608 (a) and (c), 65-4434 (f), and 75-3304a ; effective Oct. 28, 1991; amended July 7, 2003.) ***** Authenticated Kansas Administrative Regulation *****