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200.505 State Interagency Council for Services to Children.
There is hereby created a State Interagency Council for Services to Children. The
chairperson of the council shall be designated by the Governor and shall establish
procedures for the council's internal procedures.
(1) This council shall be composed of the following:
(a) Members who shall serve by virtue of their positions: the commissioner of
the Department of Education, the commissioner of the Department for
Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, the
commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, the
commissioner of the Department for Public Health, the commissioner of
the Department for Medicaid Services, the commissioner of the
Department of Juvenile Justice, the director of the Division of Family
Resource and Youth Services Centers, the executive director of the
Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, and the
general manager of the Division of Juvenile Services of the Administrative
Offices of the Courts, or their designees;
(b) The Governor shall appoint one (1) parent of a child with a behavioral
health need, who is a consumer of state-funded services for children with
a behavioral health need to serve as a member of the council, and one (1)
parent who meets the same criteria to serve as the parent member's
alternate to serve in the absence of the parent member. For each
appointment to be made, the State Family Advisory Council shall submit
to the Governor a list of two (2) names of parents who are qualified for
appointment from which list the Governor shall make the appointment.
Appointees shall serve a term of four (4) years. If the child of the parent
member or alternate parent member ceases to be a consumer of
state-funded services for children with a behavioral health need during the
term of appointment, the member shall be eligible to serve out the
remainder of the term of appointment. The alternate parent member may
attend and participate in all council meetings but shall vote only in the
absence of the parent member. The parent member and alternate parent
member shall receive no compensation in addition to that which they may
already receive as service providers or state employees, but the parent
member and alternate parent member shall be reimbursed for expenses
incurred through the performance of their duties as council members;
(c) The chairperson of the council shall appoint one (1) youth between the
ages of fourteen (14) and twenty-five (25), who has a mental health
disorder or co-occurring disorder and is or has been a consumer of
state-funded services for children with a behavioral health need, to serve
as a member of the council, and one (1) youth who meets the same
criteria to serve as the youth member's alternate in the absence of the
youth member. For each appointment to be made, the Statewide Youth
Council of the Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children shall
submit to the chairperson a list of four (4) names of youth who are
qualified for appointment, from which list the chairperson shall make the
appointment. Appointees shall serve a term of two (2) years, and the
youth member and the youth member's alternate shall be eligible to serve
(2)
out the remainder of their term of appointment regardless of age. The
alternate youth member may attend and participate in all council meetings
but shall vote only in the absence of the youth member. The youth
member and alternate youth member shall receive no compensation in
addition to that which they may already receive as service providers or
state employees, but the youth member and alternate youth member shall
be reimbursed for expenses incurred through the performance of their
duties as council members; and
(d) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor
is appointed.
The State Interagency Council for Services to Children shall:
(a) Consider issues and make recommendations annually to the Governor
and the Legislative Research Commission regarding the provision of
services for children with an emotional disability;
(b) Direct each regional interagency council to:
1.
Coordinate services to children with an emotional disability and
identify factors contributing to a lack of coordination; and
2.
Participate in family accountability, intervention, and response
teams established pursuant to KRS 605.035;
(c) Develop a form to be signed by the parent or other legal guardian of a
child referred for services to any interagency council for children with a
behavioral health need. The form shall enable the agencies involved with
the child to share information about the child as necessary to identify and
provide services for the child;
(d) Review service and treatment plans for children for whom reviews are
requested, and provide any advice and assistance that the state council
determines to be necessary to meet the needs of children with a
behavioral health need referred by regional councils;
(e) Assess the effectiveness of regional councils in meeting the service
needs of children with a behavioral health need;
(f) Establish a uniform grievance procedure for the state, to be implemented
by each regional interagency council. Appeals may be initiated by the
child, parent, guardian, person exercising custodial control or supervision,
or other authorized representative about matters relating to the
interagency service plan for the child or the denial of services by the
regional interagency council. Upon appeal, an administrative hearing shall
be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B;
(g) Meet at least monthly and maintain records of meetings, except that
records that identify individual children shall only be disclosed as provided
by law;
(h) Adopt interagency agreements as necessary for coordinating services to
children with a behavioral health need by the agencies represented in the
state council;
(i) Develop services to meet the needs of children with a behavioral health
need; and
(3)
(j) Promote services to prevent the behavioral health need of a child.
The State Interagency Council for Services to Children may promulgate
administrative regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of KRS
200.501 to 200.509.
Effective:July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 18, effective July 15, 2014. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 29, effective July 12, 2012; and ch. 158,
sec. 22, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 202,
effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1, effective
July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 27, effective July 14,
2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 166, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 318,
sec. 94, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1994. Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 3, effective July
14, 1992. --Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85,
95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory
references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005
legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a
correction has been made in this section.
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