Wichita provider says state rules force community programs to accept people they cannot safely serve
Starkey Incorporated CEO Colin McKenney told the Committee on House Health and Human Services that Kansas rules and limited inpatient capacity are sending people with extreme support needs into community programs that lack staff and resources, producing injuries and repeated crises.
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Colin McKenney, chief executive officer of Starkey Incorporated in Wichita, told the Committee on House Health and Human Services that Kansas’ rules requiring local systems to develop plans to serve any eligible person are being interpreted in ways that send people with extreme behavioral and medical support needs into community programs that are not equipped to keep them or others safe.
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