2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 214 - DISEASES 214.650 Review of HIV and AIDS care coordination -- Surveillance of newborns exposed to HIV -- HIV and AIDS pharmacological services.
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214.650 Review of HIV and AIDS care coordination -- Surveillance of
newborns exposed to HIV -- HIV and AIDS pharmacological services.
(1)
(2)
The cabinet shall:
(a) Conduct a review of any guidelines for HIV or acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) care coordination to ensure:
1.
Consistency;
2.
Comprehensive in service; and
3.
That access to health care and sustaining individuals infected with
HIV/AIDS in primary HIV-related medical care is the top priority for
care coordinators;
(b) Conduct objective peer reviews, as necessary, of each care coordination
agency to insure that care coordinators are in compliance with the care
coordination guidelines;
(c) Conduct outcome evaluations, as necessary and as permitted by funding
limitations, to measure the quality and impact of the care coordinator
delivery system;
(d) Review the need for additional care coordinators to assure that client
caseloads are manageable and, to the extent that funds are available,
strive for a maximum client caseload of forty (40) to fifty (50) clients per
care coordinator. If, after this review, the cabinet finds the need for
additional staff, it may develop a plan and request funding for the hiring of
additional care coordinators in the geographic areas of greatest need;
(e) Review eligibility criteria for persons who wish to receive treatment
medications through the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program to
ensure that these funds are the funds of last resort;
(f) Review the data collected under KRS 214.645 to determine whether
allocated resources are sufficiently distributed to meet the geographic
distribution of reported HIV and AIDS cases;
(g) Work with other agencies, departments, and cabinets to advise on their
development of educational HIV and AIDS programs that are mandated
by law;
(h) Urge access to Spanish-speaking interpreters to provide prevention,
treatment, and service efforts where needed in the Commonwealth;
(i) Provide for consistent and comprehensive HIV and AIDS counseling and
testing education in all public health departments as needed;
(j) Require collaboration between HIV prevention educators and HIV care
coordinators with the goal of reducing the further transmission of HIV by
those already infected; and
(k) Encourage community-based organizations to develop an outreach
program designed to foster active partnerships with willing faith-based
communities. These partnerships may be used to educate community
members about illegal drug use, the value of harm reduction programs,
and HIV and AIDS prevention and services.
Authorized surveillance staff designated by the cabinet shall review all known
cases of newborns with perinatal exposure to HIV infection or with HIV
(3)
infection.
Any pharmacy or clinic that provides HIV or AIDS-related medications through
the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program or any other state assistance
program shall:
(a) Be encouraged to provide pharmacological consultation reimbursement
with written documentation. Documentation may include date of interview,
assessment of timely drug refills, side effects, problems, remediation,
outcomes noted, and the pharmacist's HIV specialized physician; and
(b) Be encouraged to seek HIV pharmacological certification in addition to
already recommended continuing education training on HIV and AIDS.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 432, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000.
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