§ 19-4608 — County hospitals, procedure to establish; deposit of hospital moneys; gifts and other donations; investment of money; financial records; transfer of money to not-for-profit corporation

(a) All hospital moneys, except moneys acquired through the issuance of revenue bonds, shall be paid to the treasurer of the board, shall be allocated to and accounted for in separate funds or accounts of the hospital, and shall be paid out only upon claims and warrants or warrant checks as provided in K.S.A. 10-801 to 10-806, inclusive, and K.S.A. 12-105a and 12-105b, and amendments to these statutes. The board may designate a person or persons to sign such claims and warrants or warrant checks.
(b) The board may accept any grants, donations, bequests or gifts to be used for hospital purposes and may accept federal and state aid. Such moneys shall be used in accordance with the terms of the grant, donation, bequest, gift or aid and if no terms are imposed in connection therewith such moneys may be used to provide additional funds for any improvement for which bonds have been issued or taxes levied.
(c) Hospital moneys shall be deemed public moneys and hospital moneys not immediately required for the purposes for which acquired may be invested in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto. Hospital moneys acquired through the receipt of grants, donations, bequests or gifts and deposited pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, need not be secured as required under K.S.A. 9-1402, and amendments thereto. In addition, hospital moneys may be invested in joint enterprises for the provision of health care services as permitted by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 19-4601, and amendments thereto.
(d) Hospital moneys which are deposited to the credit of funds and accounts which are not restricted to expenditure for specified purposes may be transferred to the general fund of the hospital and used for operation of the hospital or to a special fund for additional equipment and capital improvements for the hospital.
(e) The board shall keep and maintain complete financial records in a form consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, and such records shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time.
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, the board may transfer any moneys or property a hospital receives by donation, contribution, gift, devise or bequest to a Kansas not-for-profit corporation which meets each of the following requirements:
(1) The corporation is exempt from federal income taxation under the provisions of section 501(a) by reason of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1954, as amended;
(2) the corporation has been determined not to be a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1954, as amended; and
(3) the corporation has been organized for the purpose of the charitable support of health care, hospital and related services, including the support of ambulance, emergency medical care, emergency medical responder systems, first responder systems, medical and hospital staff recruitment, health education and training of the public and other related purposes.
(g) The board may transfer gifts under subsection (f) in such amounts and subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations as the board determines but only if the terms of the gift do not otherwise restrict the transfer. Before making any such transfer, the board shall determine that the amount of money or the property to be transferred is not required by the hospital to maintain its operations and meet its obligations. In addition, the board shall determine that the transfer is in the best interests of the hospital and the residents within the county the hospital has been organized to serve.

Legislative History

L. 1984, ch. 98, § 8; L. 1985, ch. 103, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 51, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 119, § 14; January 15, 2011.