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200.505 State Interagency Council for Services to Children.
There is hereby created a State Interagency Council for Services to Children. The
chairperson of the council shall be designated by the Governor and shall establish
procedures for the council's internal procedures.
(1) This council shall be composed of the following:
(a) Members who shall serve by virtue of their positions: the commissioner of the
Department of Education, the commissioner of the Department for Behavioral
Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, the commissioner of the
Department for Community Based Services, the commissioner of the
Department for Public Health, the commissioner of the Department for
Medicaid Services, the commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice,
the director of the Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers,
the executive director of the Commission for Children with Special Health
Care Needs, and the general manager of the Division of Juvenile Services of
the Administrative Offices of the Courts, or their designees;
(b) The Governor shall appoint one (1) parent of a child with a behavioral health
need, who is a consumer of state-funded services for children with a
behavioral health need to serve as a member of the council, and one (1) parent
who meets the same criteria to serve as the parent member's alternate to serve
in the absence of the parent member. For each appointment to be made, the
State Family Advisory Council shall submit to the Governor a list of two (2)
names of parents who are qualified for appointment from which list the
Governor shall make the appointment. Appointees shall serve a term of four
(4) years. If the child of the parent member or alternate parent member ceases
to be a consumer of state-funded services for children with a behavioral health
need during the term of appointment, the member shall be eligible to serve out
the remainder of the term of appointment. The alternate parent member may
attend and participate in all council meetings but shall vote only in the
absence of the parent member. The parent member and alternate parent
member shall receive no compensation in addition to that which they may
already receive as service providers or state employees, but the parent member
and alternate parent member shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred
through the performance of their duties as council members;
(c) The chairperson of the council shall appoint one (1) youth between the ages of
fourteen (14) and twenty-five (25), who has a mental health disorder or cooccurring disorder and is or has been a consumer of state-funded services for
children with a behavioral health need, to serve as a member of the council,
and one (1) youth who meets the same criteria to serve as the youth member's
alternate in the absence of the youth member. For each appointment to be
made, the Statewide Youth Council of the Kentucky Partnership for Families
and Children shall submit to the chairperson a list of four (4) names of youth
who are qualified for appointment, from which list the chairperson shall make
the appointment. Appointees shall serve a term of two (2) years, and the youth
member and the youth member's alternate shall be eligible to serve out the
(2)
remainder of their term of appointment regardless of age. The alternate youth
member may attend and participate in all council meetings but shall vote only
in the absence of the youth member. The youth member and alternate youth
member shall receive no compensation in addition to that which they may
already receive as service providers or state employees, but the youth member
and alternate youth member shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred through
the performance of their duties as council members; and
(d) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is
appointed.
The State Interagency Council for Services to Children shall:
(a) Consider issues and make recommendations annually to the Governor and the
Legislative Research Commission regarding the provision of services for
children with an emotional disability;
(b) Direct each regional interagency council to:
1.
Coordinate services to children with an emotional disability and identify
factors contributing to a lack of coordination; and
2.
Participate in family accountability, intervention, and response teams
established pursuant to KRS 605.035;
(c) Develop a form to be signed by the parent or other legal guardian of a child
referred for services to any interagency council for children with a behavioral
health need. The form shall enable the agencies involved with the child to
share information about the child as necessary to identify and provide services
for the child;
(d) Review service and treatment plans for children for whom reviews are
requested, and provide any advice and assistance that the state council
determines to be necessary to meet the needs of children with a behavioral
health need referred by regional councils;
(e) Assess the effectiveness of regional councils in meeting the service needs of
children with a behavioral health need;
(f) Establish a uniform grievance procedure for the state, to be implemented by
each regional interagency council. Appeals may be initiated by the child,
parent, guardian, person exercising custodial control or supervision, or other
authorized representative about matters relating to the interagency service plan
for the child or the denial of services by the regional interagency council.
Upon appeal, an administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with
KRS Chapter 13B;
(g) Meet at least monthly and maintain records of meetings, except that records
that identify individual children shall only be disclosed as provided by law;
(h) Adopt interagency agreements as necessary for coordinating services to
children with a behavioral health need by the agencies represented in the state
council;
(i) Develop services to meet the needs of children with a behavioral health need;
and
(3)
(j) Promote services to prevent the behavioral health need of a child.
The State Interagency Council for Services to Children may promulgate
administrative regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of KRS
200.501 to 200.509.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 18, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 29, effective July 12, 2012; and ch. 158, sec. 22,
effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 202, effective June
20, 2005. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 27, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 166, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
303, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 318, sec. 94, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992
Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. --Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec.
3, effective July 13, 1990.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97,
98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to
agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming
the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this
section.
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