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210.040 Powers and duties of cabinet.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall:
(1) Exercise all functions of the state in relation to the administration and operation
of the state institutions for the care and treatment of persons with mental
illness;
(2) Establish or acquire, in accordance with the provisions of KRS 56.440 to
56.550, other or additional facilities for psychiatric care and treatment of
persons who are or may become state charges;
(3) Cooperate with other state agencies for the development of a statewide mental
health program looking toward the prevention of mental illness and the
post-institutional care of persons released from public or private mental
hospitals;
(4) Provide for the custody, maintenance, care, and medical and psychiatric
treatment of the patients of the institutions operated by the cabinet;
(5) Provide psychiatric consultation for the state penal and correctional institutions,
and for the state institutions operated for children or for persons with an
intellectual disability;
(6) Administer and supervise programs for the noninstitutional care of persons with
mental illness;
(7) Administer and supervise programs for the care of persons with chronic mental
illness, including but not limited to provision of the following:
(a) Identification of persons with chronic mental illness residing in the area to
be served;
(b) Assistance to persons with chronic mental illness in gaining access to
essential mental health services, medical and rehabilitation services,
employment, housing, and other support services designed to enable
persons with chronic mental illness to function outside inpatient
institutions to the maximum extent of their capabilities;
(c) Establishment of community-based transitional living facilities with
twenty-four (24) hour supervision and community-based cooperative
facilities with part-time supervision; provided that, no more than either one
(1) transitional facility or one (1) cooperative facility may be established in
a county containing a city of the first class or consolidated local
government with any funds available to the cabinet;
(d) Assurance of the availability of a case manager for each person with
chronic mental illness to determine what services are needed and to be
responsible for their provision; and
(e) Coordination of the provision of mental health and related support
services with the provision of other support services to persons with
chronic mental illness;
(8) Require all providers who receive public funds through state contracts, state
grants, or reimbursement for services provided to have formalized quality
assurance and quality improvement processes, including but not limited to a
grievance procedure; and
(9) Supervise private mental hospitals receiving patients committed by order of a
court.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 301, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts
ch. 346, sec. 200, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426,
sec. 246, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 55. -Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 2. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 4.
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