Agency 129

Department of Health and Environment—Division of Health Care Finance

Editor's Note: Pursuant to Executive Reorganization Order No. 38, the Kansas Health Policy Authority was abolished on July 1, 2011. Powers, duties, and functions were transferred to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Division of Health Care Finance. See L. 2012, ch. 102.

Editor's Note: K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 75-7401 through 75-7405 and Section 42 of Chapter 187, 2005 Session Laws of Kansas transferred specific powers, duties, and regulatory authority of the Division of Health Policy and Finance (DHPF) within the Department of Administration to the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA), effective July 1, 2006. The statutes provide that KHPA will be the single state agency for Medicaid, MediKan, and Healthwave in Kansas.

Editor's Note: The Division of Health Policy and Finance was established by 2005 Senate Bill 272. K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 75-7413 transferred specific powers, duties, and regulatory authority of the Secretary of Social and Rehabilitation Services on an interim basis to the now abolished Division of Health Policy and Finance (DHPF) within the Department of Administration. The statute provided that DHPF would be the single state agency for Medicaid, MediKan, and Healthwave in Kansas. The statute also established the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) would eventually assume these programs as well as other medical programs for the state of Kansas.