2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 222 - KENTUCKY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT LAW .221 Administrative powers of cabinet -- Annual directory of alcohol and other drug abuse facilities available.
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222.221 Administrative powers of cabinet -- Annual directory of alcohol and other
drug abuse facilities available.
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The cabinet may:
(a) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the
performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter,
including, but not limited to, contracts with government departments, public
and private agencies and facilities, physicians, and other persons rendering
services to alcohol and other drug abusers. All rates shall be established in
accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the cabinet under
KRS Chapter 13A. Income and resources of alcohol and other drug abusers to
pay for services shall be taken into consideration to the fullest extent possible,
and the cabinet shall be subrogated to any public or private third-party
payments which may be due;
(b) Establish and operate facilities if adequate public and private resources are not
available;
(c) Solicit and accept for use in relation to the purposes of this chapter any gift or
bequest of money or property and any grant or loans of money, services, or
property from the federal government, the Commonwealth or any political
subdivision thereof. Any money received under this paragraph shall be
deposited in the State Treasury to be kept in a separate fund which is hereby
created, for expenditure by the cabinet in accordance with the conditions of
the gift, bequest, loan, or grant without specific appropriations; and
(d) Promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A setting
standards for the admission of patients to its facilities and set fees for
treatment. Except as otherwise provided by law, all provisions of KRS
Chapter 210 relating to charges and collection for treatment of the mentally ill
shall apply to fees and collection of fees for treatment of alcohol and other
drug abusers.
The cabinet shall prepare and publish annually a directory of all alcohol and other
drug abuse facilities and services available in the Commonwealth. This directory
shall be made available upon request.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 334, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.
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