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2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 211 - State health programs
211.690 Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program for at-risk parents.

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211.690 Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program for atrisk parents. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) There is established within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program as a voluntary statewide home visitation program, for the purpose of providing assistance to at-risk parents during the prenatal period and until the child's third birthday. The HANDS Program recognizes that parents are the primary decision-makers for their children. The goals of the HANDS Program shall be to: (a) Facilitate safe and healthy delivery of babies; (b) Provide information about optimal child growth and human development; (c) Facilitate the safety and health of homes; and (d) Encourage greater self-sufficiency of families. The cabinet shall administer the HANDS Program in cooperation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the local public health departments. The voluntary home visitation program may supplement, but shall not duplicate, any existing program that provides assistance to parents of young children. The HANDS Program shall include educational components on: (a) The recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020; (b) Information related to lactation consultation and breastfeeding information; and (c) Information related to the importance of safe sleep for babies as a way to prevent sudden infant death syndrome as defined in KRS 213.011. Participants in the HANDS Program shall express informed consent to participate by agreement on a form promulgated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Participants in the HANDS Program shall participate in the home visitation program through in-person face-to-face methods or through tele-service delivery methods. For the purposes of this subsection, "tele-service" means a home visitation service provided through video communication with the HANDS provider, parent, and child present in real time. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2024. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 368, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000.
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