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605.130 General duties of cabinet. (Effective July 1, 2015)
In addition to the other duties, functions, and responsibilities imposed by law, the
cabinet, through its authorized representatives, shall have general supervision and
management of all matters contained in KRS 620.150 and 620.170 and shall,
wherever possible:
(1) Locate and plan for all children who are dependent, neglected, or abused;
(2) Cooperate with and assist the courts of the various counties;
(3) Assist Circuit Courts through services to children whenever requested by the
court. The cabinet may charge a reasonable fee for such services to be taxed
as costs by the court;
(4) Assess all referrals received from a court-designated worker, pursuant to
direction from the family accountability, intervention, and response team, to
determine whether a basis exists to file a dependency, neglect, or abuse
petition;
(5) Track and report to the oversight council created in KRS 15A.063 the number
of referrals received, the number of investigations made upon those referrals,
and the number and type of petitions filed in response;
(6) Identify all youth who have status offense charges and are committed or
probated to the cabinet and report the number of committed and probated
youth to the oversight council created in KRS 15A.063; and
(7) Perform such other services as may be deemed necessary for the protection of
children.
Effective:July 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 32, effective July 1, 2015. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 11, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky.
Acts ch. 423, sec. 16, effective July 1, 1987.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2015). In codification, the Reviser of
Statutes has altered the numbering of subsections (4) to (7) of this statute from
the way it appeared in 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 32, under the authority of
KRS 7.136(1)(c).
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