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A set of 37 historical documents provided by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and its predecessors with resources and information on various programs and services.

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and some of the programs and services that it provides.

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and some of the programs and services that it provides.

Presentation giving an overview of the KanCare program with particular regard to home and community based services, long-term care, behavioral health, receiverships, and state hospitals.

"To clarify the laws surrounding the admission process to the Kansas State Psychiatric Hospitals."

Presentation giving an overview of the seven HCBS Waiver Programs in Kansas and the services that each provides: Autism, Frail Elderly, Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Physical Disability, Serious Emotional Disturbance, Technology Assisted, and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, its history, budget, responsibilities, organizational structure, various Commissions, State psychiatric hospitals, and programs and services.

"The final rule established requirements for the qualities of settings that are eligible for reimbursement for the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services. ... CMS is moving away from defining HCBS settings by what they are not and toward defining them by the nature and quality of individuals' experience, to enhance the quality of HCBS and provide additional protections, and to ensure full access to the benefits of community. ... Concerns: Lease, Day programs, Apartment or buildings that are segregated from the larger community, Settings that have qualities of an institution, Sheltered Workshops, Group settings, Provider owned or controlled settings, Conflict of interest, Person centered planning (providers)."

"Formally establish[es] the processes and procedures concerning crisis and exception requests for the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Intellectual/Developmental Disability (IDD) waiver program."

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, its divisions, and its programs and services.

"In 1963, individuals with developmental disabilities faced exclusion from many spheres of public and private life, including most schools and community spaces. Many spent nearly their entire lives in large, state-run institutions. These institutions were often grossly underfunded and reports of systemic abuse and neglect were common. It is in this context that what is now known as the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy. ... The DD Act was reauthorized in 2000."

"The following Policy Informational Memorandum for HCBS Programs is related to the effective date for implementation of proposed changes to the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Programs, including the Frail Elderly (FE) Program, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Program, Physical Disability (PD) Program, and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program."

"This Standardized ICF-IID Policy is designed to provide the standardized requirements and a procedure for admission into public and private Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF-IID)."

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, its divisions, and its programs and services.

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, its divisions, and its programs and services.

Presentation giving an overview of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and its programs.

"Testimony on SB210, which would enact an assessment on providers of home and community based services for the developmental disability waiver program."

"Kansas' state hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with severe mental illness as part of a statewide provider network which includes a wide range of community and inpatient services."

"Kansas' state developmental disability hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with developmental disabilities as part of a statewide provider network which includes a wide range of community services ... SRS has tried to absorb any hospital reduction in the SRS budget, because hospitals are budgeted at cost. Because of the reductions to the SRS budget, it has become increasingly difficult to absorb the reduced resource reductions and Governor's budget allotments in SRS."

"Kansas' state hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with severe mental illness as part of a statewide provider network which includes a wide range of community and inpatient services."

Testimony to present an overview of mental health services funding, discussing the major categories of mental health services funding from FY 2002 through the FY 2012 Governor's Budget Recommendation.

"Kansas' state developmental disability hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with developmental disabilities as part of a statewide provider network which includes a wide range of community services ... SRS has tried to absorb any hospital reduction in the SRS budget, because hospitals are budgeted at cost. Because of the reductions to the SRS budget, it has become increasingly difficult to absorb the reduced resource reductions and Governor's budget allotments in SRS."

"Twice in recent months SRS had to delay voluntary admissions to its state mental health hospitals' (SMHHs) civil psychiatric programs for short periods of time. At these times the SMHHs continued to accept involuntary admissions. The SMHHs operate with real physical and staffing constraints that limit the number of persons they can safely and effectively serve at any one time. Extremely high census jeopardizes patient and staff safety, threatens licensing and accreditation, and can exceed the maximum number of patients the state Fire Marshal allows. The difficult decision to delay voluntary admissions was only made when the census at all three SMHHs simultaneously reached levels beyond which it was too dangerous to accept any more voluntary admissions."

Information provided to the Joint Committee on HCBS Oversight by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

"Kansas' state DD hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with severe developmental disabilities as part of a statewide provider network which includes a wide range of community and inpatient services. Changes in one part of these service systems affect other parts," so reduced budgets in the larger developmental disabilities system will affect appropriations for the hospitals.

"The mental health hospitals provide critical services to Kansans with severe mental illnesses as part of Kansas' mental health services network, which includes a wide range of community and inpatient services."

"SRS has undertaken intensive planning efforts to improve how the public mental health system provides a full array of effective supports and services. This planning effort, called the Hospital and Home Initiative, has resulted in numerous recommended action steps for improving public mental health services. SRS is coordinating these recommendations with the Governor's Mental Health Services Planning Council who, along with its subcommittees, also assesses the efficacy and sufficiency of Kansas mental health services."

The objectives of the State Rehabilitation Council of Kansas are to: Build partnerships among people with disabilities, employers, service providers and advocacy organizations -- Build a spirit of trust and partnership between the Council and the agency -- Reach out to people with disabilities and employers throughout the state -- Hear and respond to input from people with disabilities and other stakeholders -- Carry out our responsibilities under the Rehabilitation Act.

"Testimony regarding the impact of changes made to the TCM programs administered by SRS. The programs affected serve individuals with developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and mental illness."

Testimony providing follow up information regarding the HCBS programs administered by SRS.

"SRS has undertaken extensive public mental health system reform, in collaboration with a broad range of system stakeholders, to be responsive to CMS concerns while both preserving the core infrastructure of Kansas' public mental health system and enhancing both the service array and the number of qualified mental health providers."

Testimony regarding the direction of mental health services in Kansas with an update on existing programs.

Testimony discussing Home and Community Based Services Waivers, Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation, and Nursing Facilities for Mental Health.

Testimony in opposition to HB 2319, which would prohibit Community Developmental Disability Organizations from also serving as a provider of community services for persons with developmental disabilities, thus separating administrative functions from service provision and eliminating conflict of interest.

"The interim Special Committee on Appropriations/Ways and Means and the Social Services Budget Committee recommended that SRS create a task force that included parents with children in mental retardation facilities, developmental disability advocates, and community partners to recommend alternative usage of private ICFs/MR and state hospitals."

"SRS' five state hospitals provide critical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to Kansans with severe mental illnesses or developmental disabilities. As a result of the downsizing of state hospitals during the past decade, only people with the most severe disabilities receive services in these facilities. The services provided in Kansas state hospitals are a crucial part of the indispensable social services safety net."

"Senate Bill 531 ... would create the Developmental Disabilities Institutions Closure Commission.

"SRS strongly supports the provisions of H.B. 2488 that would restrict community developmental disability organizations (CDDOs) from being community service providers, resulting in independent CDDOs performing the functions of intake, referral, and case management services. SRS opposes the provisions of HB 2488 that would change the way in which CDDOs are designated and require consolidation of CDDOs. SRS strongly supports current statutory provisions that are based upon local designation and control."

"SRS has proposed this legislation to provide SRS staff and federal auditors access to information about children born out of wedlock, needed to perform their work."

Testimony regarding the completed performance audit, CDDOs: Reviewing the Issues Related to the Funding of Community Services.

Testimony regarding the completed performance audit, CDDOs: Reviewing the Issues Related to the Funding of Community Services.

"An update on the Direct Services Workforce Grant application that SRS has submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)."

Testimony on the effects consolidation of the two Developmental Disabilities facilities would have on the quality of life of those living at KNI as well as the challenges and issues faced when seeking community placement for the individuals supported at KNI.

"Testimony regarding the Legislative Post Audit that was conducted by the Legislative Division of the Post Audit related to the compensation that is made to payroll agents for the Home and Community-Based Waiver programs. This 100-hour performance audit was to address the question: Are there less costly options for processing payments to those who provide services under the Home and Community Based Waiver programs?"

"The 1995 DD Reform Act created Community Developmental Disabilities Organizations (CDDOs), and charged them with the responsibility of local system management for the Kansas community developmental disabilities system. SB 242 makes three key alterations to the DD Reform Act by providing that: (1) the Secretary, rather than the county governments, will designate the CDDOs; (2) there will be no more than thirteen CDDOs; and (3) CDDOs will not provide direct services."

Comments on redesign of the community developmental disability organization (CDDO) system such as a reduction in the number of CDDOs, reducing administrative costs, the potential for enhanced federal funding, and the making CDDOs independent of service provision.