2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 205 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 205.470 Centralized resource and referral center for aging caregivers of individuals with an intellectual disability or other developmental disability.
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205.470
Centralized resource and referral center for aging caregivers of
individuals with an intellectual disability or other developmental disability.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
As used in this section, "aging caregiver" means an individual age sixty (60) or
older who provides care for an individual with an intellectual disability or other
developmental disability.
If state, federal, or other funds are available, the Kentucky Department for
Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities shall, in cooperation
with the Department for Aging and Independent Living and the Department for
Medicaid Services, establish a centralized resource and referral center designed as a
one-stop, seamless system to provide aging caregivers with information and
assistance with choices and planning for long-term supports for individuals with an
intellectual disability or developmental disability.
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall provide but not be limited
to the following services:
(a) Comprehensive information on available programs and services, including but
not limited to:
1.
Residential services;
2.
Employment training;
3.
Supported employment;
4.
Behavioral support;
5.
Respite services;
6.
Adult day health or adult day social services;
7.
Support coordination;
8.
Home or environmental modifications;
9.
Community living services, including an attendant, and assistance with
homemaking, shopping, and personal care;
10. Support groups in the community;
11. Psychiatric services;
12. Consumer-directed options;
13. Attorneys or legal services to assist with will preparation; and
14. The impact of inheritance on government benefits and options, including
establishing a special needs trust;
(b) Printed material and Internet-based information related to:
1.
Options for future planning;
2.
Financial and estate planning;
3.
Wills and trusts; and
4.
Advance directives and funeral and burial arrangements; and
(c) Referral to community resources.
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall operate a toll-free number
at least during regular business hours and shall publish information required in
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(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section and a description of services provided
by the center on a cabinet Web site.
The center created in subsection (2) of this section shall make the information listed
in subsection (3) of this section available to the support broker and any
representative of an individual who is participating in a Medicaid consumerdirected option.
The center shall use electronic information technology to track services provided
and to follow-up with individuals served and provide additional information or
referrals as needed.
The department may contract with a private entity to provide the services required
under subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
The cabinet may provide services identified in subsection (3) of this section to
individuals of any age who are caregivers of individuals with an intellectual
disability or developmental disability.
Prior to January 1, 2008, the department shall submit a report to the Interim Joint
Committee on Health and Welfare that includes but is not limited to the following
information:
(a) The number of individuals who contacted the center;
(b) A description of the categories of questions asked by individuals calling the
center; and
(c) A summary of the services provided, including the community resources to
which individuals were referred.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 62, effective July 12, 2012; and ch. 158,
sec. 26, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 11, effective
July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 15, effective June 26, 2007. -Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended by 2012
Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 158. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been
codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 146, which was last enacted by
the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In subsection (1) of this statute,
the Reviser of Statutes has substituted the word "or" for the word "and" in the phrase
"age sixty (60) and older" to correct a manifest clerical error. See KRS 7.136(1).
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