2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 210 - STATE AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 210.031 Advisory committee on need for services for deaf or hard-of-hearing persons.
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210.031 Advisory committee on need for services for deaf or hard-of-hearing
persons.
(1)
(2)
The cabinet shall establish an advisory committee of sixteen (16) members to
advise the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities of the need for particular services for persons who are deaf or
hard-of-hearing.
(a) At least eight (8) members shall be deaf or hard-of-hearing and shall be
appointed by the secretary. Four (4) deaf or hard-of-hearing members,
representing one (1) of each of the following organizations, shall be
appointed from a list of at least two (2) nominees submitted from each of
the following organizations:
1.
The Kentucky Association of the Deaf;
2.
The A.G. Bell Association;
3.
The Kentucky School for the Deaf Alumni Association; and
4.
Self Help for the Hard of Hearing.
The remaining four (4) deaf or hard-of-hearing members shall be
appointed by the secretary from a list of at least eight (8) nominees
submitted by the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
(b) One (1) member shall be a family member of a deaf or hard-of-hearing
consumer of mental health services and shall be appointed by the
secretary from a list of nominees accepted from any source.
(c) The head of each of the following entities shall appoint one (1) member to
the advisory committee:
1.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for
Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities;
2.
The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation;
3.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Aging
and Independent Living;
4.
The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Commission
on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;
5.
The Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; and
6.
A Kentucky School for the Deaf staff person involved in education.
(d) The remaining member shall be a representative of a regional board for
mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability, appointed by the
commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental
and Intellectual Disabilities from a list composed of two (2) names
submitted by each regional board for mental health or individuals with an
intellectual disability.
Of the members defined in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section, three (3)
shall be appointed for a one (1) year term, three (3) shall be appointed for a
two (2) year term, and three (3) shall be appointed for a three (3) year term;
thereafter, they shall be appointed for three (3) year terms. The members
defined under subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section shall serve with no fixed
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
term of office.
The members defined under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section shall
serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses; the members defined under subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section
shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of any kind.
The Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities shall make available personnel to serve as staff to the advisory
committee.
The advisory committee shall meet quarterly at a location determined by the
committee chair.
(a) The advisory committee shall prepare a biennial report which:
1.
Describes the accommodations and the mental health, intellectual
disability, development disability, and substance abuse services
made accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons;
2.
Reports the number of deaf or hard-of-hearing persons served;
3.
Identifies additional service needs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing;
and
4.
Identifies a plan to address unmet service needs.
(b) The report shall be submitted to the secretary, the commissioner of the
Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by
July 1 of every odd-numbered year.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 68, effective July 12, 2012; and ch.
158, sec. 35, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 63,
effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 18, effective
June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 123, effective July 12,
2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 300, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 28, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 245, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky.
Acts ch. 209, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1994. Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 340,
sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended
by 2012 Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 158, which do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
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