65-7403. Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment; eligibility for loan guarantees; rules and regulations.
65-7403
65-7403. Powers and duties of secretary of healthand environment; eligibility for loan guarantees; rules andregulations.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,the secretary is hereby authorized to enterinto agreements with primary care safety net clinics, financial institutions,the Kansas developmentfinance authority and other public or private entities, including agencies ofthe United Statesgovernment to provide capital loan guarantees against risk of default foreligible primary care safetynet clinics in Kansas in accordance with this act. Except as provided in K.S.A.2009 Supp. 65-7406,and amendments thereto, for payment for a loan guarantee for which the primarycare safety netclinic loan guarantee fund is liable, no claim against the state under this actshall be paid by the state,the secretary of health and environment or any other state agency other thanpursuant to anappropriation act of the legislature after such claim has been filed with andconsidered by the joint committee on special claims against the state. Thesecretary may enter into agreements with provider-based indigent care clinicsfor such clinics to act as primary care safety net clinics.
(b) To be eligible for a capital loan guarantee under this act, a primarycare safety net clinic shall offer a sliding fee discount for health care andother services provided that is based upon household income and shall serve allpersons regardless of ability to pay. The policies to determine patienteligibility based upon income or insurance status may be determined by eachprimary care safety net clinic, but shall be posted in the primary care safetynet clinic and available to potential patients. The patient eligibilitypolicies of a primary care safety net clinic shall reflect the mission of theprimary care safety net clinic to provide affordable, accessible primary careto underserved populations in Kansas to be eligible for a capital loanguarantee under this act.
(c) The secretary shall administer the provisions of this act and shall adoptrules and regulations which the secretary deems necessary for theimplementation or administration of this act. The loan guarantee agreement withthe secretary shall include reporting requirements and financial standards thatare appropriate for the type of loan for the borrower. The secretary may enterinto contracts that the secretary deems necessary for the implementation oradministration of this act. The secretary may impose fees and charges as may benecessary to recover costs incurred for the administration of this act.
History: L. 2007, ch. 177, § 7;L. 2008, ch. 164, § 9; July 1.