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347.040 Joint statewide plan to serve developmentally disabled persons.
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The secretaries of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the
Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the chief state school
officer shall jointly develop and implement a statewide plan, with adequate
opportunity for public comment, to serve all persons with developmental
disabilities not otherwise entitled to and receiving the same services under
another state or federal act, which will include provisions for:
(a) Identification and prompt and adequate interdisciplinary assessment;
(b) Case management services; and
(c) Services and residential alternatives as defined by this chapter in the
least restrictive, individually appropriate environment.
The first plan and annual updates shall be presented to the Legislative
Research Commission which shall refer it to an appropriate committee for
review and comment.
The plan shall include:
(a) The number of institution residents on waiting lists for placement in the
community;
(b) The number of persons outside institutions on waiting lists for placement
in the institution;
(c) The number of persons for whom no placement is made nor services
provided because of a lack of community resources;
(d) The number, type, nature, and cost of services necessary for placement
to occur;
(e) The status of compliance with the plan;
(f) The cabinets' specific efforts to increase residential and institutional
services and documentation of the success of these efforts; and
(g) The specific plans for new efforts to enhance the opportunities for
persons with developmental disabilities to move into less restrictive
environments.
The state health plan shall be developed consistently with the plan required
under this chapter.
Effective:June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 84, effective June 25, 2009. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 162, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 613, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky.
Acts ch. 426, sec. 568, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts
ch. 209, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1994.
Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 27,
sec. 12, effective March 2, 1992. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 469, sec. 4,
effective July 15, 1986.
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