Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-116l, and amendments thereto, the expenses incurred in the inpatient care, maintenance and treatment of patients committed under the provisions of K.S.A. 65-116e, and amendments thereto, or of other persons having communicable or infectious tuberculosis who voluntarily agree to accept care and treatment shall be paid from state funds appropriated to the department of health and environment for the purpose of paying medical care facilities and physicians qualified to treat persons infected with tuberculosis.
K.S.A. 65-116i