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75-5301Secretary for children and families; appointment and confirmation; creation of department; department and office of secretary subject to K-GOAL75-5308dMental health and retardation services and commissioner of mental health and retardation services abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas department for aging and disability services75-5308eMental health and developmental disabilities established; administration of mental health and developmental disabilities; commissioner of community services and programs, appointment and compensation75-5308fPowers, duties and functions transferred to and imposed upon commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities; previous orders and directives continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed75-5309Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified service75-5309aCoordinator of medical services job class, employees in unclassified service; home and community based services program, attendant care services, personnel in unclassified service, salary plan, definitions75-5310Appointment of personnel for department; compensation; application to persons appointed after effective date of act75-5310aService contracts for preparation of expert testimony; exempt from competitive bidding75-5313Advisory committees; creation; allowances and expenses75-5316aSecretary may organize department; powers and duties of personnel75-5319Custody of records, memoranda and writings of departmental transactions75-5320Seal of secretary75-5321Secretary to adopt all general policies and rules and regulations; social service outreach services75-5321aTransfer of certain long-term care programs and services to secretary of aging75-5326Same; annual report75-5328aPurchase of insurance insuring volunteers in family foster care program75-5331Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law75-5338Officers and employees; rights preserved; application of civil service law75-5343Self-sufficiency trust fund; agreements with trusts, deposits; interest transfers; expenditures and administration; rules and regulations75-5344Special fund for the developmentally disabled; authorized uses; administration75-5345Employees at industries for the blind workshop, civil service status75-5365Acquisition of certain support enforcement services; competitive bid procedure75-5366Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; agreement; procedures; requirements; rules and regulations75-5367Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; requirements; procedure75-5371Donated dental services program for needy, disabled, aged and medically-compromised individuals; administration of program75-5375Drug abuse treatment and prevention duties of secretary for aging and disability services75-5376Cooperation of other state agencies75-5378Employees75-5381Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol and other drug abuse; establishment75-5382Same; duties75-5383Same; composition; terms; vacancies75-5384Same; members to be representative of various groups and organizations; definitions75-5385Same; compensation75-5386Same; organization; records and minutes; meetings; bylaws75-5387Same; successor to Kansas citizens' committee on alcohol abuse and alcoholism and Kansas citizens' committee on drug abuse75-5391Establishment of commission; duties; development and oversight of programs concerning interpreters; management functions75-5392Same; composition; qualifications of members; terms; vacancies; meetings; officers; quorum; expenses75-5393Executive director; employment; compensation and expenses; duties; qualifications75-5393aInterpreter registration; requirements; fingerprinting; criminal history record check; renewals; fees; rules and regulations75-5393bUnlawful acts related to interpreting; exceptions; civil actions75-5393cRegulation of communication access services; rules and regulations; fees; fingerprinting; criminal history record check75-5393dDeaf and hard of hearing registration fee fund75-5394Same; cooperation by state agencies75-5395Same; arrangements and contracts authorized for carrying out purposes75-5396Same; reception of funds, gifts, grants, bequests; expenditures75-5397Same; state agencies to provide services to deaf and hard of hearing75-5397aFees for interpreter services; registration; communication access services and sign language instruction75-5397bSame; continuation of former commission; application of references to former commission; preservation of orders and directives75-5397cRights saved in legal actions and proceedings75-5397dMotor vehicle symbol for deaf and hard of hearing; requirements75-5397eLanguage assessment program; given, when; advisory committee; recommendations; reports; definitions75-5397fDefinitions75-5399Transition planning services for individuals with disabilities; definitions75-53,100Same; transition planning required75-53,101Same; compilation of background information75-53,102Same; transition councils75-53,105Secretary access to criminal history, court records; nationwide search; fees; unauthorized disclosure, penalty75-53,111Foster child educational assistance act; purpose75-53,112Foster child educational assistance act; definitions75-53,113Same; eligibility for assistance continuous where eligible under preexisting law75-53,114Same; waiver of tuition or fees; reimbursement of other qualified expenses75-53,115Same; continuing requirements for program participation75-53,116Same; enrollment not contingent on available appropriations75-53,117Same; rules and regulations75-53,118Same; annual report to legislature75-53,120Same; eligibility for tuition waiver continuing, when75-5364Electronic funds transfer remittance plan for cash, food stamp and medical assistance; approval; implementation; report to governor and legislature