65-535. Staff secure facility; requirements; services; rules and regulations.

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(a)A staff secure facility shall:

(1)Not include construction features designed to physically restrict the movements and activities of residents, but shall have a design, structure, interior and exterior environment, and furnishings to promote a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for the residents;

(2)implement written policies and procedures that include the use of a combination of supervision, inspection and accountability to promote safe and orderly operations;

(3)rely on locked entrances and delayed-exit mechanisms to secure the facility, and implement reasonable rules restricting entrance to and egress from the facility;

(4)implement written policies and procedures for staff monitoring of all facility entrances and exits;

(5)implement written policies and procedures for the screening and searching of both residents and visitors;

(6)implement written policies and procedures for knowing the whereabouts of all residents at all times and for handling runaways and unauthorized absences; and

(7)implement written policies and procedures for determining when the movements and activities of individual residents may, for treatment purposes, be restricted or subject to control through the use of intensive staff supervision.

(b)A staff secure facility shall provide the following services to children placed in such facility, as appropriate, for the duration of the placement:

(1)Case management;

(2)life skills training;

(3)health care;

(4)mental health counseling;

(5)substance abuse screening and treatment; and

(6)any other appropriate services.

(c)Service providers in a staff secure facility shall be trained to counsel and assist victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

(d)A staff secure facility may be on the same premises as that of another licensed facility. If the staff secure facility is on the same premises as that of another licensed facility, the living unit of the staff secure facility shall be maintained in a separate, self-contained unit. No staff secure facility shall be in a city or county jail.

(e)The secretary for children and families, in consultation with the attorney general, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section on or before January 1, 2017.

(f)This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.