19-4601. As used in this act:
(a) "Board" means a hospital board which is selected in accordance with the provisions of this act and which is vested with the management and control of a county hospital;
(b) "commission" means the board of county commissioners of any county;
(c) "hospital" means a medical care facility as defined in K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto, and includes within its meaning any clinic, school of nursing, long-term care facility, limited care residential facility, child-care facility and joint enterprises for the provision of health care services operated in connection with the operation of the medical care facility;
(d) "hospital moneys" means, but is not limited to, moneys acquired through the issuance of bonds, the levy of taxes, the receipt of grants, donations, gifts, bequests, interest earned on investments authorized by this act and state or federal aid and from fees and charges for use of and services provided by the hospital;
(e) "limited care residential facility" means a facility, other than an adult care home, in which there are separate apartment-style living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms and individual utilities and in which some health related services are available;
(f) "joint enterprises" means a business undertaking by a hospital and one or more public or private entities for the provision of health care services.
History: L. 1984, ch. 98, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 143, § 5; L. 2003, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
County hospitals; hospital moneys; lease and management of hospital facility. 85-70.
County hospitals; investment of funds; purchase and operation of limited care residential facility. 97-14.
Changing method of selection of county hospital board members; frequency in submitting question. 97-56.
Moneys to be used to make payments on revenue bonds issued for limited care residential facility. 1999-37.
Authority for determining compensation of hospital board members vested in county commissioners but hospital board may contract with hospital administrator. 1999-46.
County hospital board; terms of office, election thereto; involvement of county commissioners. 2000-28.
Regional medical center may not use hospital moneys to purchase property located outside the state for a clinic. 2000-30.
County commission may appoint person to fill vacancy on board of directors of county health center. 2001-26.
Tax levy for county hospitals over six mills must be authorized by board of county commissioners and approved by majority of qualified electors. 2002-36.
County hospital organized under K.S.A. 19-4601 not exempt from payment of filing fees under K.S.A. 60-2005. 2005-15.
Private company operating county hospital may receive fees from group purchasing organization provided fees reported pursuant to statute. 2008-22.
County commission authorized to establish clinic separate from or in addition to existing hospital. 2015-13.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. While county hospital board subject to open meetings act (K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq.), management company leasing from board is not. Memorial Hospital Ass'n, Inc. v. Knutson, 239 Kan. 663, 671, 672, 722 P.2d 1093 (1986).