2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 211 - STATE HEALTH PROGRAMS 211.160 Powers of secretary of the cabinet in providing service to handicapped persons.
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211.160 Powers of secretary of the cabinet in providing service to
handicapped persons.
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The secretary for health and family services may, from the funds available,
employ, by contract or otherwise such medical, clinical, technical, and other
personnel that he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 211.130
to 211.160, and fix and pay their compensation and necessary traveling
expenses.
The secretary for health and family services may, from the funds available,
procure, by purchase or lease or otherwise, such property, equipment,
services, facilities, and supplies that he deems necessary to effectuate the
purposes of KRS 211.130 to 211.160.
The secretary for health and family services is authorized to accept, on behalf
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, all gifts, donations, contributions, grants,
devises, bequests, and conveyances of real and personal property for
establishing, providing, and maintaining the services and facilities described in
KRS 211.150, subject only to the condition that same shall be devoted to and
used for said purposes. All funds received by the secretary for health and
family services shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a trust
and agency fund account and expended only for purposes authorized by KRS
211.130 to 211.160.
The secretary for health and family services may make and issue all necessary
rules and regulations to carry out KRS 211.130 to 211.160; provided, however,
that no educable person shall be eligible for any benefits hereunder unless he
is, and has been continuously for at least twelve (12) months immediately
preceding the date of his application therefor, an actual resident of this state.
The secretary for health and family services may delegate to any division of the
cabinet, or to any director thereof, any and all of his authority and duties
hereunder.
Upon request of the secretary for health and family services, approved in
writing by the Governor, any cabinet, agency, or commission of the
Commonwealth shall furnish without cost to the cabinet such services, facilities,
and assistance as are available and, in the judgment of the secretary for health
and family services and the Governor, required, to effectuate the purposes of
KRS 211.130 to 211.160 or its administration which is hereby vested in the
cabinet.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 341, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 285, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(16). -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 165,
sec. 4, effective June 19, 1952.
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