Kansas Agrees To Reforms For State-Funded Nursing Homes For Mental Health

On August 10, 2021, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) announced that it had reached a pre-litigation agreement with a group of disability rights advocates intended to improve how the 10 state-funded nursing homes for mental health (NFMHs) serve residents. Over the next five years, the agreement calls for the state to reduce NFMH admissions by 10% per year and reduce the number of long-stay residents (defined a longer than six months) by a target number each year. Additionally, the state will increase, by 20% per year, the number of residents discharged from a . . .