Kansas Department of Health and Environment

{{Short description|State agency in Kansas, United States}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Kansas Department of Health and Environment | seal = Great Seal of the State of Kansas Colored.svg | seal_width = 125 px | seal_caption = Great Seal of Kansas | headquarters = Curtis State Office Building<br>1000 SW Jackson St<br>[[Topeka, Kansas]] 66612 | chief1_name = [[Lee Norman]] | chief1_position = Secretary of Health and Environment | website = {{URL|http://www.kdheks.gov/}} }}

The '''Kansas Department of Health and Environment''' is a state agency in [[Kansas]], responsible for the state's public health system, [[vital records|vital]] and medical records, and [[environmental sustainability]].<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About KDHE |website=Kansas Department of Health and Environment |url=https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1548/About-KDHE |access-date=April 17, 2025}}</ref> The department is also responsible for administering the state's [[Medicaid]] program, KanCare, in partnership with the [[Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services]].<ref name="About"/>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.kdheks.gov/}} *[https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll4 Department of Health & Environment publications available at State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library] *[https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/searchterm/L1-Blog-Crumbine/field/all/mode/all/conn/all/order/title/ad/asc Early history of KDHE's predecessor, Kansas State Board of Health] State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library

[[Category:State agencies of Kansas|Aging and Disability Services]] [[Category:State departments of health of the United States]]