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36.255 Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board -- Members -- Meetings.
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The Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board is hereby created as a
separate administrative body of state government within the meaning of KRS
Chapter 12 and attached for administrative purposes to the Department of
Military Affairs.
The membership of the board shall consist of the following:
(a) The commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health,
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, or the commissioner's
designee;
(b) The commissioner of the Department for Public Health, or the
commissioner's designee;
(c) The commissioner of the Department of Education, or the commissioner's
designee;
(d) The commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police, or the
commissioner's designee;
(e) The Kentucky state fire marshal, or the fire marshal's designee;
(f) The executive director of the Division of Emergency Management, or the
executive director's designee;
(g) The Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee;
(h) One (1) representative of local community crisis response teams
appointed by the Governor;
(i) Four (4) members appointed by the Governor to represent mental health
disciplines;
(j) Two (2) members appointed by the Governor to represent emergency
services disciplines;
(k) One (1) member who is a mental health professional licensed for
independent clinical practice, to be appointed by the Governor. The
licensed mental health professional member shall serve as clinical
director for the board;
(l) One (1) member, appointed by the Governor, from a statewide chaplain's
association involved in emergency services, who is trained in grief
counseling and has experience in crisis response;
(m) One (1) member from the Kentucky Chapter of the American Red Cross;
and
(n) The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or
the commissioner's designee.
All board members appointed pursuant to subsection (2)(h) to (l) of this section
shall be approved members of the existing community crisis response team.
All board members appointed pursuant to subsection (2)(h) to (l) of this section
shall have demonstrated a commitment to the provision of community crisis
response services.
The members of the board appointed by the Governor shall serve for two (2)
years and may be reappointed for one (1) additional consecutive two (2) year
term. All vacancies in appointed members' terms shall be filled by appointment
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of the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.
The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairperson and shall
establish other officers and committees as needed to execute the duties of the
board.
The board shall meet at least quarterly, and a majority of the members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of the board's business.
Except for hired and appointed staff, no board member or team member shall
receive compensation. However, board members and crisis response team
members may receive reimbursement for expenses incurred in the course of
providing crisis response services or executing the duties of the board,
consistent with state policy governing the reimbursement of state employees
for food, travel, and lodging. Except as provided for in KRS 36.260, nothing in
the provisions of KRS 36.250 to 36.270 shall be construed to create liability of
a private party for expenses incurred or reimbursed under this subsection.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2012; and ch.
158, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 119,
effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 6, effective July
14, 2000; and ch. 102, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Repealed, reenacted,
and amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998; and
amended ch. 426, sec. 83, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 316, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
Formerly codified as KRS 42.665.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended
by 2012 Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 158, which do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
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