Statute 39-416: County hospital fund for medically indigent persons in certain
counties; tax levy, use of proceeds.
The board of county commissioners in any county having a population of
not less than 175,000 or more than 250,000 may levy each year a tax upon
all taxable tangible property in their respective counties and the
proceeds thereof, except for an amount to pay a portion of the principal
and interest on bonds issued under the authority of
K.S.A. 12-1774,
and amendments thereto, by cities located in the county, shall be placed
into a separate fund designated as "the
county hospital fund," which fund is hereby created, and shall be used
only to provide and pay for hospitalization for medically indigent
persons who have resided in any such county for a period of not less
than one year immediately preceding any application for hospitalization
as a medically indigent person, and resided in the state for not less
than two years during the four years immediately preceding any
application for hospitalization as a medically indigent person. The
provisions of this act shall not abrogate or amend any other existing
laws relating to hospitalization of any person or persons.
History: L. 1951, ch. 237, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 265, § 1; L.
1970, ch. 100, § 38; L. 1975, ch. 162, § 34; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 151; July 1.