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211.925 Powers and duties of cabinet.
In addition to all other powers and duties vested in it by law, the cabinet shall have
the authority, power, and duty to:
(1) Adopt, modify, and repeal regulations and standards relating to the public
health or health aspects of the operation of state confinement facilities, and
exercise general supervision over the administration of KRS 211.920 to
211.945 and assist in the enforcement of all regulations and standards
promulgated pursuant to it;
(2) Collect, evaluate, and disseminate information from state confinement facilities
as it relates to the public health of the people of the Commonwealth;
(3) Develop comprehensive plans for the elimination of conditions in state
confinement facilities which adversely affect the public health or the health of
those persons confined or likely to be confined in any state confinement facility;
(4) Enter upon the premises and inspect any state confinement facility for the
purpose of determining the extent of compliance with KRS 211.920 to 211.945
and investigating the effect of the operation of state confinement facilities upon
the public health or the health of those persons confined or likely to be confined
in any state confinement facility;
(5) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the Commonwealth,
including the Department of Corrections, other jurisdictions, the federal
government, interstate and interlocal agencies, and local governments
regarding the effects of the operation of confinement facilities upon the public
health;
(6) Accept, receive, and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public and
private agencies for the purpose of implementing KRS 211.920 to 211.945.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 76, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 31, effective January 1, 1983. -- Created
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 4.
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