Licensing & Certification

Legislative Policy Updates

Involuntary Discharge

Also through budget proviso, the Legislature created for State Fiscal Year 2025 a requirement for all assisted living facilities, residential healthcare facilities, home plus, and boarding care homes to submit a report to KDADS upon the completion of every involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident. The reports shall not include personally identifiable information and shall include:

  1. The date when notice of transfer or discharge was provided;
  2. the date when the resident left the facility;
  3. the type of facility where the resident was transferred or discharged;
  4. the reason that required the transfer or discharge of the resident pursuant to K.A.R. 26-39-102(d);
  5. if the resident was transferred or discharged pursuant to K.A.R. 26-39-102(f), the reason that required such transfer or discharge;
  6. if the resident filed a complaint regarding the notice of transfer or discharge; and
  7. any other relevant information required by the secretary.

Any facility that fails to submit a report within 60 days of the completion of the transfer or discharge or resolution of a formal complaint shall be subject to a civil penalty.  KDADS will compile the information into a report for the 2025 Legislature.

You can send questions about reporting to KDADS.InvoluntaryDischarge@ks.gov. Watch your e-mails as there will be more information provided via e-mail in the near future.

ACH Involuntary Discharge Survey User Guide for KDADS

ACH Involuntary Discharge Survey for ACH Facilities

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)

In response to an audit from the Medicaid Inspector General, HB 2784 makes several policy changes related to Continuing Care Retirement Communities.  It creates a statutory definition of what a CCRC is, "Continuing care retirement community" means any place or facility that combines a range of housing and services to encompass the continuum of aging care needs provided at an independent living facility, an assisted living facility, a residential healthcare facility, home plus or a skilled nursing care facility within a single place or facility to avoid the need for residents to relocate to a separate place or facility. Community care includes the multiple levels of care provided as part of a continuing care retirement community.”  Additionally, effective July 1, 2024, the legislation moves registration of CCRCs from the Kansas Insurance Department to the Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services. You can send correspondence related to CCRCs to KDADS.CCRCRegistrations@ks.gov.

CCRC Application

CCRC Annual Disclosure Statement

Staffing Agencies

Through budget proviso, the Legislature created for State Fiscal Year 2025 oversight of supplemental nursing services agencies through annual registration and quarterly reporting.  It requires a supplemental nursing services agency to register with KDADS, pay a registration fee of $2,035, and report every quarter for each healthcare facility that participates in Medicare or Medicaid with which the supplemental nursing services agency contracts a detailed list of the average amount that the supplemental nursing services agency charged the healthcare facility for each agency employee category and the supplemental nursing services agency paid to employees in each employee category.  KDADS will compile the reports into a report for the 2025 Legislature to review. Additionally, KDADS is anticipating an interim legislative committee to focus on supplemental nursing services agencies and how to improve healthcare workforce development.  You can send correspondence related to staffing to KDADS.shsa@ks.gov.

Staffing Agencies Memo and Application