2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 194A - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES .540 Cabinet's manner of addressing child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault -- Coordination, consultation, recommendations, and training.
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194A.540 Cabinet's manner of addressing child abuse, child neglect, domestic
violence, rape, and sexual assault -- Coordination, consultation,
recommendations, and training.
The cabinet shall address child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, rape, and sexual
assault in a manner that includes but is not limited to:
(1) Providing coordinative functions so that no services funded or provided by state
government agencies are duplicative to ensure the greatest efficiency in the use of
resources and funding, and to ensure that a consistent philosophy underlies all
efforts undertaken by the administration in initiatives related to child abuse, child
neglect, domestic violence, and rape or sexual assault;
(2) Providing training and consultation to programs provided or funded by the state
which provide services to victims of child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence,
rape or sexual assault, and other crimes;
(3) Working in conjunction with staff from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and
other staff within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and with input from
direct service providers throughout Kentucky, to develop standards of care for
victim and offender services provided or funded by the state;
(4) Designing and implementing research programs which attend to the quality of
victim-related services;
(5) Providing consultation on the development of budgets for the rape crisis, child
abuse, child neglect, and domestic violence programs funded by the state;
(6) Providing recommendations to the Governor and to the secretaries of the Justice and
Public Safety Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, related to the
improvement and expansion of victim services provided or funded by those
agencies;
(7) Undertaking new and progressive initiatives to improve and enhance the delivery of
services to victims of child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, and rape or
sexual assault;
(8) Establishing that the commissioner of the Department for Community Based
Services may, at the request of the Governor or any secretary, serve as a designee on
boards, commissions, task forces, or other committees addressing child abuse,
domestic violence, and rape or sexual assault;
(9) Establishing that the secretary for health and family services shall, in consultation
with the applicable licensure boards, develop elder abuse, neglect, and exploitationrelated and domestic violence-related training courses that are appropriate for the
following professions:
(a) Mental health professionals licensed or certified under KRS Chapters 309,
319, and 335;
(b) Alcohol and drug counselors licensed or certified under KRS Chapter 309,
and alcohol and drug peer support specialists registered under KRS Chapter
309;
(c) Physicians who practice primary care, as defined in KRS 164.925, or who
meet the definition of a psychiatrist under KRS 202A.011, and who are
licensed under KRS Chapter 311;
(d) Nurses licensed under KRS Chapter 314;
(e) Paramedics certified under KRS Chapter 311;
(f) Emergency medical technicians certified under KRS Chapter 211; and
(g) Coroners as defined in KRS 72.405 and medical examiners as defined in KRS
72.240;
(10) Establishing that the courses identified in subsection (9) of this section shall include
the dynamics of domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation;
effects of domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation on adult and
child victims; legal remedies for protection; lethality and risk issues; model
protocols for addressing domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation; available community resources and victim services; and reporting
requirements. The training shall be developed in consultation with legal, victim
services, victim advocacy, and mental health professionals with an expertise in
domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and
(11) Establishing that any health-care or mental health professional identified in
subsection (9) of this section shall successfully complete a three (3) hour training
course that meets the requirements of subsection (10) of this section. Health care or
mental health professionals identified in subsection (9) of this section who are
granted licensure or certification after July 15, 1996, shall successfully complete the
training within three (3) years of the date of initial licensure or certification.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 17, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 19, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 99, sec. 160, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 132, sec. 17, effective June 20,
2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 317, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1998.
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