The Legislature passed HB 2016 during the 2020 Special Session requiring KDADS to complete infection control inspections for all nursing facilities, state licensed facilities, assisted living facilities, Home Plus and Adult Board and Care homes within 90 days of the effective date of the bill. HB 2016 also requires KDADS provide the necessary PPE, sanitizing supplies and testing kits appropriate to the needs of each facility on an ongoing basis, based upon the current number of residents; the current number of full-time and part-time staff members; the number of residents and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days; the ability to separate COVID-19 residents from non-COVID-19 residents; and any other factors deemed relevant by the Secretary of KDADS. The agency is in the process of evaluating the logistics of supplying PPE, supplies and testing kits through existing supply channels at KDHE and KDEM.
KDADS is planning a survey of adult care homes and nursing facilities to gather information from facilities about their PPE supplies, ability to purchase or use the KDEM distribution process, and adequacy of staffing levels and access to COVID-19 testing supplies.
KDADS leadership is organizing the efforts of the 50 certified surveyors and seven state licensed facility surveyors to conduct all the required infection control surveys by the 90-day deadline in HB 2016. CMS requires Kansas to complete infection control surveys in the CMS certified facilities by July 31. To meet that deadline, KDADS has entered an emergency contract with a consulting firm that can supply certified surveyors to complete infection control surveys, while having enough capacity to conduct follow-up surveys, respond to repeat outbreaks and conduct surveys for abuse and neglect complaints.
July 17, 2020 - Secretary Laura Howard announced today that KDADS has completed focused infection control surveys (FICS) in all federally certified nursing facilities in the state as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more than two weeks ahead of the federal deadline. Full story:
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August 17,2020 - KDADS is pleased to announce infection controls surveys have been conducted in all Adult Care Homes in Kansas. Below you will find a special edition of our deficiency free survey list to reflect this special survey activity. In addition to these survey reports, please see
Survey Process, a document outlining the survey process for both a federal infection control survey as well as a state infection control survey that also compares and contrasts the two survey processes.