Lacey Hunter, Commissioner

Lacey began working for KDADS as the Licensure and Certification Enforcement Manager in 2017 during which time she also became the state’s PEAK liaison and Sunflower Connect coordinator. Before her work at KDADS, Lacey was a licensed operator in Kansas and the Executive Director of an assisted living community. Lacey has 13 years of customer service experience, eight years of management and leadership experience, and five years in the public health sector. She has served as a leader inside and outside of her professional career through serving for and with various organizations.

Lacey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University in 2010 with a marketing major and a management minor. Lacey reports to Deputy Secretary of Hospitals and Facilities Scott Brunner and serves on the KDADS leadership team and various committees. Lacey works closely with her team to create and enforce regulatory compliance for various licensure categories overseen by the Commission and has a dedication to creating systems and processes to serve better the people of Kansas.

Dawne Altis, Assistant Commissioner

Dawne Stevenson will be responsible for the oversight of the Adult Care Homes in Kansas. This includes Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities for Mental Health, Long Term Care Units, Assisted Living, Home Plus, Residential Health Care, Boarding Care Homes and Adult Day Cares. Dawne will report to Lacey Hunter, Commissioner of SCCC.

Dawne is a Registered Nurse in the State of Kansas. Dawne has been the Director of SCCC for three years, and prior to that, she was the CARE Program Manager and a Health Facility Surveyor for the State of Kansas. Dawne has 17 years of experience as a nurse, and her passion is the elderly.

She earned an associate degree in Applied Science-Nursing from Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas, in 2003.

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What We Do

The primary function of the Survey, Certification, and Credentialing Commission is to protect public health through the licensure and inspections of adult care homes as defined by K.S.A. 39-923. The Commission develops and enforces state regulations for adult care homes and implements federal certification activities for Medicaid- or Medicare-certified nursing homes. Field staff working out of regional offices across the state conduct annual, unscheduled inspections of adult care homes on a rotation basis and unannounced inspections in response to consumer or provider-reported complaints received by the Commission’s Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation hotline. In addition, the Commission is responsible for the ongoing credentialing of various licensed, certified, and other health careers such as adult care home administrators, certified nurse aides, dieticians, and other professions.