65-5a10. Diagnostic clinics; supervision; acceptance for diagnosis; rules and regulations.
65-5a10
65-5a10. Diagnostic clinics; supervision; acceptance fordiagnosis; rules and regulations.(a) In accordance with title V of the federal social security act andrules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the secretary of healthand environment is hereby authorized and empowered to organize andconduct, in such places in the state as the secretary shall from timeto time determine, diagnostic clinics for children with special health care needs.
(b) Within the limits of available funds, the department of health andenvironment and designated agents of the secretary of health andenvironment shall accept for diagnosis, pursuant to rules and regulationsadopted by the secretary, a child believed to have a severely handicappingcondition, irrespective of whether the child actually has an eligiblecondition specified in K.S.A. 65-5a01 and 65-5a14, and amendments to such sections.
History: L. 1931, ch. 283, § 5; L. 1971, ch. 251, § 4; L. 1977,ch. 214, § 5; L. 1978, ch. 238, § 5; L. 1984, ch. 226, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 241, § 4; July 1.