2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 210 STATE AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 210.450 Additional powers and duties of secretary as to regional programs.
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210.450 Additional powers and duties of secretary as to regional programs.
In addition to the powers and duties already conferred upon him by the law, the secretary
of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall:
(1) Promulgate policies and regulations governing eligibility of community programs
for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability to receive state grants
and other fund allocations from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,
prescribing standards for qualification of personnel and quality of professional
service and for in-service training and educational leave programs for personnel,
governing eligibility for service so that no person will be denied service on the basis
of race, color or creed, or inability to pay, providing for establishment of fee
schedules which shall be based upon ability to pay, regulating fees for diagnostic
services, which services may be provided for anyone without regard to his financial
status, when referred by the courts, schools, or health and welfare agencies whether
public or private, governing financial record keeping, prescribing standards for
personnel management operations, providing for financial and program reporting
requirements, and such other policies and regulations as he deems necessary to carry
out the purposes of KRS 210.370 to 210.460;
(2) Review and evaluate local programs and the performance of administrative and
psychiatric personnel and make recommendations thereon to community boards for
mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability and program
administrators;
(3) Provide consultative service, by professionals qualified in the areas of mental health
and intellectual disabilities by education and training, to communities to assist in
ascertaining local needs and in planning and establishing community programs for
mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability;
(4) Employ necessary and qualified personnel to implement KRS 210.370 to 210.460;
and
(5) Review annually the personnel policies, procedures, and personnel compensation
plans of community boards for mental health or individuals with an intellectual
disability and disapprove if not consistent with accepted standards of personnel and
salary administration prescribed by the cabinet.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 84, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 334, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 278, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 396,
sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 61. - Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 64(3). -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 9.
Formerly codified as KRS 203.490.
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