65-1,158. Community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program; behavioral and educational objectives; grants, proposals and requirements, competitive awards and administration; duties of secretary; receipt of federal and other grants; rules and regulations. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall establish a comprehensive community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program with the goal of reducing the rate of pregnancies among minors in urban and rural communities through the development of locally controlled community-based educational interventions to accomplish certain behavioral and educational objectives. The behavioral objectives of the program shall include delaying the onset of sexual activity and promotion of the value of sexual abstinence among minor females and males. The educational objectives of the program shall include training as many community members as possible to be able to assist minor females and males, who are 10 through 17 years of age, in: (1) Recognizing the value and importance of postponing sexual intercourse; (2) developing knowledge and attitudes which promote comfort in choosing not to participate in sexual intercourse; (3) preventing pregnancy by other means when the program has been unable to assist minor females and males in postponing or suspending sexual intercourse, including a description of the risks and benefits of different methods of contraception; (4) recognizing the personal, parental, familial, religious, legal, social and health consequences of irresponsible sexual decisions; (5) developing assertiveness skills to resist undue sexual pressure from peers and society; (6) improving self-concept and sense of worth and developing responsible behavior based on their family values; and (7) fostering communication within the family as well as an appreciation of the supportive role families can play in the life of each individual.
(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the secretary of health and environment may award grants on a competitive basis to local public and private community groups and agencies, including but not limited to, counties, cities and other local governments, schools, colleges, universities, youth groups, 4-H clubs, local public health departments and local charitable, civic, religious, educational and other not-for-profit organizations, to provide locally controlled community-based educational interventions to accomplish the objectives of the program in accordance with this section. Each grant shall be for a three-year period, subject to available appropriations and successful annual reviews. In the initial year of the program, not more than three grant proposals shall be awarded, which shall be selected from among grant proposals from both urban and rural community locations.
(c) The secretary of health and environment shall adopt grant requirements in accordance with this section. Proposals for grants under this program shall include provisions for: (1) A community advisory group which shall include parents, school personnel, members of minority population groups, members of the clergy, religious laypersons, public health agency personnel, members of civic groups, public officials, members of health care provider professional groups, representatives of news media agencies and teenagers trained as peer educators; (2) a comprehensive media campaign which targets minors and their families; (3) a strong parent, daughter and son education program with emphasis on communication between parents, daughters and sons; (4) an outcome evaluation component provided from grant funds, which shall include a description and projection of the number of minors that the program will eventually serve and which shall include evaluation protocols prescribing criteria to measure intervention effectiveness, in terms of reductions in the pregnancy rates for the community, and a mechanism to measure the processes of the interventions; (5) a 30% matching requirement from the community which may be satisfied on a cash or in-kind basis from private or public sources, including resources received under the department of education and program for at risk pupil assistance; (6) a three-year commitment to the program; (7) letters of commitment to continue the program after grant funding ends; and (8) the methods proposed for (A) integrating community values, morals and standards into the education message, (B) recruiting, selecting and training the educator participants, (C) recruiting, selecting and training the community member participants, and (D) recruiting, selecting and training peer educators, if applicable to the proposal. Each grant proposal shall illustrate the community need for this program and shall include the annual pregnancy rate for the community for each of the previous five years, including but not limited to the rate for females who are 10 through 17 years of age.
(d) The secretary of health and environment shall administer the community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program established under this section and shall advise and consult with the children and youth advisory committee established by K.S.A. 38-1401 and amendments thereto in establishing and administering the program, including the process of awarding and evaluating grants. The secretary of health and environment is hereby authorized to apply for and receive grants from federal agencies or from any other public or private sources for the purposes of the community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program established under this section.
(e) The secretary of health and environment may adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the program established under this section.
History: L. 1991, ch. 109, ยง 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities
65-102 Registration of vital statistics and diseases; forms.
65-102b Confidentiality of information concerning noninfectious diseases; disclosure.
65-103 Special sanitary service.
65-103a Authority to receive federal or other funds.
65-103b Federal title X funding priorities for family planning services.
65-116b Tuberculosis suspects; order by health officer; scope of examination; care and treatment.
65-116c Precautions to prevent spread of infection, when; investigations.
65-116d Failure to do required acts; proceedings by county attorney.
65-116e Commitment to medical care facility; restraint; discharge, when; recommitment.
65-116g Penalty for violations of act or regulations.
65-116h Preservation of individual rights.
65-116i Expenses of care, maintenance and treatment; payment from state funds.
65-116l Use of funds for care, maintenance or treatment; limitations.
65-116m Recovery of cost of care, maintenance or treatment from third parties.
65-122 Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions and exclusions; readmissions, when.
65-126 Quarantine of city, township or county.
65-129 Penalties for unlawful acts.
65-129d Same; unlawful discharge from employment.
65-153 Child hygiene; duties of division of public health.
65-153b Newly born infant; treatment of eyes.
65-153c Same; duty of physician and others.
65-153d Same; rules and regulations.
65-153e Same; penalty for violating 65-153b to 65-153e.
65-157 Same; analysis by office of laboratory services; disposition of fees.
65-159 Abatement of nuisances; failure to remove, penalties.
65-160 Same; duty of county attorney.
65-162a Public water supply systems; definitions.
65-163a Same; cessation of water delivery, when; order by secretary, judicial review.
65-163d Public water supply project loan program; definitions.
65-163g Same; project priority system development; priority list preparation, considerations.
65-163h Same; intended use plan for available moneys.
65-163l Same; authority to issue bonds.
65-163m Same; bond resolutions, contents; authorities of secretary relating to issuance of bonds.
65-163o Same; issuance of refunding bonds.
65-163p Same; disposition of revenue derived from bond sales.
65-163q Same; income from bonds exempt from taxation.
65-163r Same; bonds deemed legal and proper securities for investment by governmental entities.
65-163s Same; powers supplemental to other powers of the secretary; severability.
65-163t Same; publication of notice of bond issuance, contents; actions to contest, timing.
65-164 Sewage; definition; complaints, investigations, orders; administrative review.
65-166 Application for permit to discharge sewage.
65-166b Water program management fund.
65-169 Same; penalties for failure to comply with requirements of secretary.
65-170a Public water supply systems, water pollution, sewage discharge; "person" defined.
65-170b Same; access to properties and facilities; inspection and monitoring requirements.
65-170c Penalties for making false statement, representation or certification.
65-170d Public water supply systems; pollution violations; penalties; procedure; hearings.
65-170f Same; disposition of recovered penalties.
65-170g Disclosure of information; trade secrets; confidential information.
65-171a Stream pollution detrimental to animal or aquatic life.
65-171c Same; technical advisers.
65-171e Same; investigations, services and orders; fees.
65-171f Same; penalties for failure to comply with rules and regulations.
65-171g Protection of water and air from sewage contamination.
65-171h Minimum standards for sanitary water and sewage systems.
65-171i Feedlot law administration not affected by this act.
65-171j Discharge of substances containing mercury into waters of state prohibited; penalty.
65-171l Same; analyses to performed by laboratory certificated by secretary.
65-171n Same; development of emergency plans by secretary.
65-171o Public water supply systems; suppliers to provide notice, when; form of notice.
65-171r Same; prohibited acts.
65-171s Same; violation of standards; penalties; procedure; hearing; judicial review.
65-171t Same; attorney general to seek injunctive relief.
65-171x Application of acts to federal agencies.
65-171y Public water supply system regulation of lawn irrigation systems.
65-172 Sanitary supervision by secretary of health and environment.
65-173 Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty.
65-178 Same; nonliability for furnishing information for studies.
65-179 Same; unauthorized disclosure; penalty; construction of act.
65-181 Same; tests in accordance with rules and regulations of secretary.
65-182 Same; provisions inapplicable where parents object on religious grounds.
65-183 Same; report by physicians to secretary.
65-187 Powers and duties of secretary.
65-188 Enforcement of act; injunction, mandamus or quo warranto.
65-189e Act inapplicable to certain lands.
65-189f Rules and regulations providing for granting exceptions.
65-197 Advanced training for professional employees; payment of cost; rules and regulations.
65-1,109 Testing human breath for law enforcement purposes; unlawful acts; penalty.
65-1,109a Certification of laboratories performing environmental analyses.
65-1,112 Spinal cord injury treatment program; components.
65-1,113 Health manpower planning; collection of information; confidentiality.
65-1,115 Contract for health data and information relating to diabetes mellitus.
65-1,116 Confidentiality of information; exceptions.
65-1,117 Penalty for disclosure of confidential information.
65-1,118 Act not to effect mode of treatment.
65-1,119 Rules and regulations.
65-1,121 Medication aides; continuing education; requirements; fees.
65-1,134 Rules and regulations.
65-1,135 Payment of claims in subsequent fiscal year; limitation.
65-1,159 Development and submission of proposal; components.
65-1,160 Public awareness program on effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs.
65-1,162 Educational program for health care providers regarding drugs.
65-1,163 Identification and referral of pregnant women at risk for prenatal substance abuse.
65-1,164 Same; service coordination for woman and family.
65-1,166 Toll free information line.
65-1,168 Cancer registry; definitions.
65-1,169 Same; collection of data; rules and regulations; reporting of cases.
65-1,170 Same; uses of nonconfidential data.
65-1,172 Same; uses of confidential data.
65-1,174a Cancer screening program.
65-1,175 Surface water quality standards; definitions.
65-1,179 Permit application; public notice, comment, hearing; department action, when.
65-1,180 Required distances from water.
65-1,181 Manure management plan; lagoon standards; monitoring wells, when.
65-1,182 Nutrient utilization plan; requirements for land application of manure or wastewater.
65-1,183 Waste management system; standards for operators; failure or unplanned release.
65-1,184 Emergency response plan.
65-1,185 Retention of facility's records and plans.
65-1,186 Facility operator; certification; responsibility for employee training.
65-1,188 Dead animal handling plan.
65-1,189 Facility closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.
65-1,190 Lagoon closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.
65-1,192 Preexisting facilities; application of separation distances.
65-1,193 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit; penalties for certain violations.
65-1,194 Application of certain standards to certain large facilities.
65-1,195 Kansas state university; duties.
65-1,196 Standards and requirements; application; powers of secretary of health and environment.
65-1,198 Rules and regulations; reports to legislature.
65-1,199 Rules and regulations for composting dead livestock.
65-1,203 Licensure or certification to perform lead-based paint activities.
65-1,204 Same; qualification requirements.
65-1,206 Lead-based paint hazard fee fund; sources of revenue; expenditures.
65-1,208 Noncompliance; notice; duty to meet compliance requirements.
65-1,209 Violations; criminal penalties.
65-1,211 Same; additional remedies.
65-1,212 Implementation of act by entities engaging in lead-based paint activities; when.
65-1,213 Statutory audit privilege not applicable.
65-1,224 Environmental use control; application; requirements; approval or disapproval.
65-1,225 Same; recording with register of deeds; enforcement.
65-1,226 Same; funding requirements; categories of property.
65-1,227 Same; term; removal or expiration; modification; liability.
65-1,228 Same; restrictions or prohibitions.
65-1,230 Same; department oversight and tracking.
65-1,231 Environmental use control fund.
65-1,232 Rules and regulations.
65-1,233 Publication of approved use controls.
65-1,234 Review of agency actions.
65-1,242 Use of birth defects information system.
65-1,243 Confidentiality of records.
65-1,244 Removal of information from system; form.
65-1,245 Rules and regulations.
65-1,247 Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits.
65-1,248 Breastfeeding; where.
65-1,250 Umbilical cord donation information act.
65-1,251 Influenza immunization for children; awareness and participation.
65-1,252 Division of health care finance; director; officers and employees.
65-1,253 Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas health policy authority abolished.
65-1,255 Same; division successor to funds and liability.
65-1,256 Same; division successor to property and rights; conflict resolution.
65-1,259 Prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs.