KRS 194A.065: Recording of data elements for centralized criminal history record

information system -- Definition of front-line staff.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "front -line staff" means an employee of the

Division of Service Regions of the Department f or Community Based Services or

the immediate supervisor of an employee whose professional duties include

ongoing adult or child protective services, protective services investigations or

assessments, or regularly conducting interviews, visits, contacts, or providing

transportation services or other services in the homes of family members involved

in adult or child protective services.

(2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the

Department of Corrections, the Admin istrative Office of the Courts, and the

Department of Kentucky State Police shall be responsible for the recording of those

data elements that are needed for the development of the centralized criminal

history record information system.

(3) The database shall at a minimum contain the information required in KRS 27A.310

to 27A.440.

(4) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide access to the Department

of Kentucky State Police, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

Juvenile Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to its database.

(5) The cabinet secretary and the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet

shall establish communications, policies, and procedures to enable designated

cabinet staff of the Department for Community Based Services who are working on

a protective services investigation or an ongoing protective services case to request

a state criminal background check, and within a reasonable time frame, but no later

than one (1) hour after receipt of a r equest, to have the state criminal background

check sent to designated cabinet staff. Designated cabinet staff may request a state

criminal background check at any time for a protective services investigation and

may use the state criminal background check to assess staff safety concerns.

(6) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall prioritize the safety needs of the

front-line staff of the Department for Community Based Services and provide

improvements in accordance with this section and KRS 194A. 562, 194A.564, and

605.170.