.650   Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse.


431.650 Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse.
(1)
The Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse is hereby
created.
(2)
The commission shall be comprised of the following members:
(a)  The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or a
designee;
(b)  The commissioner of the Department for Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Services or a designee;
(c)  One (1) social service worker who is employed by the Department for
Community Based Services to provide child protective services, who shall be
appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(d)  One (1) therapist who provides services to sexually abused children, who shall
be appointed by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(e)  The commissioner of the Kentucky State Police or a designee;
(f)  One (1) law enforcement officer who is a detective with specialized training in
conducting child sexual abuse investigations, who shall be appointed by the
secretary of the Justice Cabinet;
(g)  One (1) employee of the Administrative Office of the Courts appointed by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky;
(h)  Two (2) employees of the Attorney General's Office who shall be appointed
by the Attorney General;
(i)  One (1) Commonwealth's attorney who shall be appointed by the Attorney
General;
(j)  The commissioner of the Department of Education or a designee;
(k)  One (1) school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker who
shall be appointed by the commissioner of the Department of Education;
(l)  The executive director of the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Services or a designee;
(m) One (1) representative of a children's advocacy center who shall be appointed
by the Governor;
(n)  One (1) physician appointed by the Governor; and
(o)  One (1) former victim of a sexual offense or one (1) parent of a child sexual
abuse victim who shall be appointed by the Attorney General.
(3)
Appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority but shall not serve
longer than four (4) years without reappointment.
(4)
The commission shall elect a chairperson annually from its membership.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 70, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 55, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 144, sec. 2, effective
July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 602, effective July 15, 1998. -
- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky.
Acts ch. 308, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.
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