The secretary for children and families is hereby authorized and directed to develop and administer provisions for health care benefits and related assistance which shall be provided to each person who is a blind person who was employed prior to the effective date of this act at Kansas industries for the blind at facilities on the Topeka state hospital property, as defined by K.S.A. 75-37,123, and amendments thereto, and who voluntarily terminates or retires or who is laid off from such employment due to the closure, abolition or other cessation of operations of the Kansas industries for the blind as a state program at such location.
K.S.A. 75-4378