2014 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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