76-1952. Rates and charges to members and patients; authority of director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office shall establish rates of charges to be made to members and patients of the Kansas veterans' home. The charges in the first year of operation of the Kansas veterans' home shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas soldiers' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is less, and thereafter the charges shall not exceed an amount equal to the per diem cost of care for the Kansas veterans' home for the preceding year or the charge made against patients under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments thereto, whichever is the lesser amount. No action shall be commenced by the director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office against a member or patient or the estate of a member or patient for the recovery of any such charges unless such action is commenced within five years after the date such charges are incurred. The director of the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office may compromise and settle any claim for charges under this section, and may, upon payment of a valuable consideration by the member or patient or the estate of the member or patient, discharge and release such member, patient or estate of any or all past liability incurred under this section due or claim to be due from a member or a patient or the estate of the member or patient, no action shall thereafter be brought or claim made for any amounts due for charges incurred prior to the effective date of the agreement entered into, except for the amounts provided for in the agreement. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to extend the period specified in K.S.A. 59-2239, and amendments thereto, for the purposes therein specified.
History: L. 1997, ch. 118, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 83, § 52; 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.