75-3373. Privatization of Larned state hospital or Osawatomie state hospital prohibited; act of legislature required. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Kansas department for aging and disability services, solely or in consultation or cooperation with any other state agency, shall not enter into any agreement or take any action to outsource or privatize any operations or facilities of the Larned state hospital or Osawatomie state hospital without prior specific authorization by an act of the legislature or an appropriation act of the legislature.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Kansas department for aging and disability services from renewing, in substantially the same form as an existing agreement, any agreement in existence prior to March 4, 2016, for services at the Larned state hospital or the Osawatomie state hospital.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Kansas department for aging and disability services from entering into an agreement for services at the Larned state hospital or the Osawatomie state hospital with a different provider if such agreement is substantially similar to an agreement for services in existence prior to March 4, 2016.

History: L. 2016, ch. 105, § 18; July 1.