2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 205 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 205.470 Centralized resource and referral center for aging caregivers of individuals with an intellectual disability or other developmental disability.
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205.470 Centralized resource and referral center for aging caregivers of
individuals with an intellectual disability or other developmental
disability.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
As used in this section, "aging caregiver" means an individual age sixty (60) or
older who provides care for an individual with an intellectual disability or other
developmental disability.
If state, federal, or other funds are available, the Kentucky Department for
Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities shall, in
cooperation with the Department for Aging and Independent Living and the
Department for Medicaid Services, establish a centralized resource and referral
center designed as a one-stop, seamless system to provide aging caregivers
with information and assistance with choices and planning for long-term
supports for individuals with an intellectual disability or developmental disability.
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall provide but not be
limited to the following services:
(a) Comprehensive information on available programs and services,
including but not limited to:
1.
Residential services;
2.
Employment training;
3.
Supported employment;
4.
Behavioral support;
5.
Respite services;
6.
Adult day health or adult day social services;
7.
Support coordination;
8.
Home or environmental modifications;
9.
Community living services, including an attendant, and assistance
with homemaking, shopping, and personal care;
10. Support groups in the community;
11. Psychiatric services;
12. Consumer-directed options;
13. Attorneys or legal services to assist with will preparation; and
14. The impact of inheritance on government benefits and options,
including establishing a special needs trust;
(b) Printed material and Internet-based information related to:
1.
Options for future planning;
2.
Financial and estate planning;
3.
Wills and trusts; and
4.
Advance directives and funeral and burial arrangements; and
(c) Referral to community resources.
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall operate a toll-free
number at least during regular business hours and shall publish information
required in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section and a description of
services provided by the center on a cabinet Web site.
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall make the information
listed in subsection (3) of this section available to the support broker and any
representative of an individual who is participating in a Medicaid
consumer-directed option.
The center shall use electronic information technology to track services
provided and to follow-up with individuals served and provide additional
information or referrals as needed.
The department may contract with a private entity to provide the services
required under subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
The cabinet may provide services identified in subsection (3) of this section to
individuals of any age who are caregivers of individuals with an intellectual
disability or developmental disability.
Prior to January 1, 2008, the department shall submit a report to the Interim
Joint Committee on Health and Welfare that includes but is not limited to the
following information:
(a) The number of individuals who contacted the center;
(b) A description of the categories of questions asked by individuals calling
the center; and
(c) A summary of the services provided, including the community resources
to which individuals were referred.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 62, effective July 12, 2012; and ch.
158, sec. 26, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 141,
sec. 11, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 15,
effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 6, effective July
12, 2006.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended
by 2012 Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 158. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they
have been codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 146, which was
last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In subsection (1) of this
statute, the Reviser of Statutes has substituted the word "or" for the word "and"
in the phrase "age sixty (60) and older" to correct a manifest clerical error. See
KRS 7.136(1).
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