76-1951. Institution establishment; operation and control; superintendent; agreement for Winfield state hospital and training center facilities; long-term care annex in Wichita. (a) On and after January 1, 1998, the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall operate a Kansas veterans' home to be located on the grounds of Winfield state hospital and training center. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office and the secretary for aging and disability services shall enter into an agreement concerning property, premises, facilities, installations, equipment and records of Winfield state hospital and training center which will be transferred to the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office for the purpose of establishing and operating the Kansas veterans' home. The agreement shall establish the timing of any such transfers. Any conflict as to the proper disposition of property or records arising under this section shall be determined by the governor, whose decision shall be final.
(b) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall have full control of the Kansas veterans' home, the property, effects, supervision and management of the home.
(c) The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may enter into an agreement with the United States department of veterans affairs for the use and operation of the nursing care unit of the Wichita veterans administration medical center in Wichita, Kansas, as a long-term care unit of the Kansas veterans' home, which shall be known as the Kansas veterans' home long-term care annex. The Kansas veterans' home long-term care annex shall be operated as a part of the Kansas veterans' home and shall be construed to be part of the Kansas veterans' home for all purposes under statutes governing or referring to the Kansas veterans' home.
(d) A superintendent of the Kansas veterans' home shall be appointed by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office in accordance with K.S.A. 73-1210a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1997, ch. 118, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 51; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property
Article 19 - Kansas Veterans' Institutions
76-1902 Institution established.
76-1904 Control of institution; superintendent, appointment, salary, duties and powers.
76-1904b Same; frequency of remittance of moneys received.
76-1906 Disposition of moneys; soldiers' home fee fund.
76-1908 Persons eligible for admission; application; discharges, hearing; priorities for admission.
76-1929 Same; discharge of violating members; notice and hearing.
76-1930 Same; member seeking injunction or restraining order.
76-1931 Same; member refusing to vacate premises, when; forfeiture of rights.
76-1932 Same; legal proceedings.
76-1935 Custodians of members' funds at home; designation of depositories.
76-1936 Transfer of patients from certain institutions to soldiers' home; priorities.
76-1938 Board of managers abolished; transfer of records and property.
76-1939 Farming operations at soldiers' home prohibited; lease of farm lands; disposition of moneys.
76-1953 Disposition of moneys; veterans' home fee fund.
76-1954 Persons eligible for admission; application; discharges, hearing; priorities for admission.
76-1956 Custodians of members' funds at veterans' home; designation of depositories.
76-1958 Transfer of certain patients from certain institutions to veterans' home; priorities.