75-5301. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas department for children and families, the head of which shall be the secretary for children and families. The governor shall appoint the secretary for children and families, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto, and the secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person appointed as secretary shall exercise any power, duty or function as secretary until confirmed by the senate. The Kansas department for children and families shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the secretary for children and families. The secretary for children and families shall receive an annual salary fixed by the governor.
(b) The provisions of the Kansas governmental operations accountability law apply to the Kansas department for children and families, and the department is subject to audit, review and evaluation under such law.
History: L. 1973, ch. 367, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 308, § 74; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 68; L. 1992, ch. 116, § 48; L. 2001, ch. 86, § 13; L. 2008, ch. 121, § 29; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 344; July 1.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Report to legislature by secretaries of social and rehabilitation services and aging of activities and services providing services to older Kansans including transfer of long-term care program, see 75-5954.
Workplace development loan program act, duties, 74-32,160.
Health care access improvement assessments, see 65-6207 et seq.
Administration of certain medical assistance plans and other powers, duties and functions transferred to the director and division of health policy and finance, see 75-7408, 75-7409, 75-7410.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Community mental health services; federal funds as matching contributions' funds as freely alienable property. 88-85.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. The secretary of SRS is the designated representative for service upon that agency. Price v. Kansas Dept. of SRS, 39 Kan. App. 2d 86, 87, 88, 176 P.3d 1002 (2008).