Printable Format39-701. Purposes of act. It is hereby declared the purpose and policy of the state in supervising the directing of the welfare work therein, to provide an effective uniform system of welfare work for the state; to promote efficiency in the work; and to comply with the conditions provided for obtaining federal grants for welfare work as set forth in federal laws and federal rules and regulations. It is not the policy of the state to discourage or interfere with the universally recognized moral obligations of kindred to provide, when possible, for the support of dependent relatives, but rather it is the policy of the state to assist the needy and where necessary, the relatives in providing the necessary assistance for dependents.
History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 1; January 1, 1974.
Revisor's Note:
Part-time state board abolished in 1973; powers and duties transferred to the secretary for children and families, see 75-5301 et seq.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Community mental health services; federal funds as matching contributions; funds as freely alienable property. 88-85.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Act repealed K.S.A. 39-313 by implication. State v. Lange, 148 Kan. 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 83 P.2d 653.
2. Cited; county required to raise fund produced by three-mill levy; application sales tax residue. State, ex rel., v. Jackson County Board of Social Welfare, 161 Kan. 672, 675, 171 P.2d 651.
3. Cited in holding insurance protection provided by K.S.A. 74-4707 through 74-4713 is applicable to county welfare director under facts of case. Mott, Executor v. Mitchell, 209 Kan. 476, 486, 496 P.2d 1297.
4. This and following sections cited in holding that where S.R.S. was obligor under contract, it had duty to pay nursing homes for bills of welfare patients. Seneca Nursing Home v. Secretary of S.R.S., 604 F.2d 1309, 1310, 1315.
5. Cited; in absence of specific statutory authority the S.R.S. cannot maintain action for punitive damages. State ex rel. Secretary of S.R.S. v. Fomby, 11 Kan. App. 2d 138, 141, 144, 715 P.2d 1045 (1986).
6. Inadequacy of notice by medicaid agency of major policy changes affecting reimbursability of claims examined. Riverside Hospital, Inc. v. State Department of SRS, 248 Kan. 609, 614, 808 P.2d 1348 (1991).
7. Fact that conception results from violation of K.S.A. 21-3503 does not relieve victim of duty of support. State ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 252 Kan. 646, 655, 847 P.2d 1273 (1993).
8. Parent required to repay all assistance provided on child's behalf under K.S.A. 39-718b; liability not discretionary with district court. In re Morgan, 24 Kan. App. 2d 324, 943 P.2d 77 (1997).