2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 200 - ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN 200.509 Regional interagency councils for services to children with an emotional disability in each area development district. (Effective until July 1, 2015)
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200.509
Regional interagency councils for services to children with an
emotional disability in each area development district. (Effective until
July 1, 2015)
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There are hereby created regional interagency councils for services to children
with an emotional disability. These councils shall be formed in each area
development district within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, except that those
area development districts that contain a county with a population greater than
one hundred thousand (100,000) may form up to three (3) such councils. The
regional interagency councils for services to children with an emotional
disability shall be chaired by the service region administrator of the Department
for Community Based Services or a program specialist with expertise in this
service area as the district supervisor's designee. Each council shall be
composed of the following members:
(a) The children's services coordinator from each regional community mental
health center or their designee in the case of a multicouncil district;
(b) One (1) court, designated worker chosen by the Chief Regional District
Judge within the region;
(c) One (1) specialist in special education chosen by the school district
superintendents in the area served by the regional council;
(d) One (1) parent of a child with an emotional disability, who is a consumer
of state-funded services for children with an emotional disability, and one
(1) parent who meets the same criteria to serve as the parent member's
alternate, who may attend and participate in all council meetings, but shall
vote only in the absence of the parent member. For each appointment to
be made, the regional interagency council for which the appointment is to
be made 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 an emotional disability
during the term of appointment, the member shall be eligible to serve out
the remainder of the term of appointment;
(e) Any other local public or private agency that provides services to children
with an emotional disability which the regional interagency council may
invite to have a representative become a permanent or temporary
member of the council; and
(f) Representatives from the Department of Juvenile Justice and local health
departments.
No member of a regional interagency council for services to children with an
emotional disability shall be given compensation in addition to that which they
already receive as service providers or state employees, except that the parent
members and alternate parent members of regional interagency councils shall
be reimbursed for all expenses incurred through the performance of their duties
as council members.
Each regional interagency council for services to children with an emotional
disability shall perform the following functions:
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Review case histories of children referred to it by its members or any
other entity within its geographical area to coordinate service provision;
(b) Coordinate the development of interagency service plans for children with
an emotional disability in the least restrictive alternative mode of
treatment;
(c) Identify the time frames necessary and the parties responsible for the
timely development of the interagency service plans for children with an
emotional disability;
(d) Verify that services identified in interagency service plans are developed,
accessed, and delivered in a coordinated and timely manner;
(e) Initiate and adopt interagency agreements as necessary for providing
services to children with an emotional disability by the agencies
represented in the regional council;
(f) Advise the state interagency council regarding service delivery to children
with an emotional disability within the region;
(g) Refer those children for whom the regional councils cannot provide
adequate services to the state interagency council;
(h) Implement the uniform grievance procedure established by the state
interagency council;
(i) Make periodic reports to the state interagency council regarding the
number of children referred to the regional council and the progress made
in meeting the needs of each child;
(j) Recognize local interagency councils for services to children with an
emotional disability when it determines the council would be beneficial to
service delivery; and
(k) Promote services to prevent the emotional disability of a child.
The secretary for health and family services and the designee of the State
Department of Education shall ensure that regional councils for services to
children with an emotional disability are formed by October 1, 1990.
Local interagency councils for services to children with an emotional disability
may be formed as necessary to enhance service provision, better coordinate
services, or initiate special projects and fundraising activities for children with
an emotional disability within a city, county, or other local community.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 204, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 28, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 168, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky.
Acts ch. 303, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 24,
sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 5,
effective July 13, 1990.
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