State requirements
Kansas in-service training requirements for home care agencies
Kansas requires orientation at hire and training annually — by topic. The current rules set no annual hour count, and the 10-hours-a-year figure circulating in industry materials does not appear in the regulation text.
For each program type below: the license and survey status, the training requirement, and the citation — from the rule text and official program manuals, not vendor marketing.
Private pay
Recommended target8 hours a year — recommended defensibility target, not a state hour mandate
Licensed and surveyed. Private-pay and private-duty ADL assistance requires the non-medical supportive care services home health agency license from KDHE, which licenses and inspects these agencies.
Kansas requires orientation at hire and training annually by topic, but the current rules set no annual hour count (K.A.R. art. 28-51) — the “10 hours a year” figure you may have heard isn't in the regulation text. This recommended 8-hour target documents a defensible annual program.
K.A.R. 28-51-103(g)(1), 28-51-117(d) — topic mandates, no hour count
Medicaid in-home services
Recommended target8 hours a year — recommended defensibility target, not a state hour mandate
Licensed and surveyed. Agencies providing attendant care services under HCBS waiver programs must hold a home health agency license; waiver and MCO contracts may layer additional training requirements on top of the licensure rules.
Kansas requires training topics at hire and annually, with no hour count in the current rules (K.A.R. 28-51-103, 28-51-118). This recommended 8-hour target documents a defensible annual program.
K.A.R. 28-51-103(g)(1), 28-51-118(c)-(d)
State-licensed agency
Recommended target8 hours a year — recommended defensibility target, not a state hour mandate
Licensed and surveyed. KDHE licenses and inspects home health agencies under K.S.A. 65-5102, across the skilled, HCBS, and non-medical supportive care service types.
Licensed Kansas home health agencies: orientation and annual in-service are required by topic, with no hour count in the current rules (K.A.R. art. 28-51). This recommended 8-hour target documents a defensible annual program.
K.A.R. 28-51-103, 28-51-117 — topic mandates, no hour count
Other arrangements in Kansas
Companion or homemaker-only services
KDHE's licensure guidance treats chore and companionship services as covered by the same non-medical supportive care services license. The statutory definition itself (K.S.A. 65-5101(k)) describes ADL assistance rather than pure companionship, so whether companion-only agencies are truly captured is unsettled — confirm with counsel.
K.S.A. 65-5101(k)
Skilled home health services
Aides on the skilled side must be Kansas-certified home health aides (a CNA credential plus a 20-hour state-approved course and a state test) under RN supervision. Medicare-certified agencies additionally face the federal 12-hour annual in-service.
K.A.R. 28-51-112, 28-51-113; 42 C.F.R. 484.80
Self-directed Medicaid attendants
The licensure statute reaches agencies, not individuals employed directly by consumers under self-directed HCBS — those arrangements are governed by KDADS waiver rules and MCO/FMS requirements instead.
K.S.A. 65-5102
The summaries above are drawn from the rule text and official program manuals cited with them. Your agency remains the training provider of record. AideReady is not a substitute for legal or regulatory advice.
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