KRS 200.509: Regional interagency councils for the system of care in each area

development district.

(1) There are hereby created regional interagency councils for the system of care.

These councils shall be formed in each area development district with in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, except that those area development districts that

contain a county with a population greater than one hundred thousand (100,000)

may form up to three (3) such councils. The regional interagency councils shall be

chaired by one (1) member, chosen by a majority vote of the members. Each

council shall be composed of the following members:

(a) The children's services director from each regional community mental health

center or his or her designee;

(b) One (1) court -designated specialist or court -designated worker chosen by the

executive officer of the Department of Family and Juvenile Services of the

Administrative Office of the Courts;

(c) One (1) special education cooperative representative with behavioral health

experience chosen by the directors of cooperatives in the area served by the

regional council;

(d) One (1) parent of a child with a behavioral health need, who is or has been a

consumer of system of care services and supports, and one (1) parent who

meets the same crit eria to serve as the parent member's alternate, who may

attend and participate in all council meetings, but shall vote only in the

absence of the parent member. For each appointment to be made, the regional

interagency council for which the appointment is to be made shall submit to

the chair of the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to

Children and Transition-Age Youth a list of two (2) names of parents who are

qualified for appointment from which list the chair of the State Interagency

Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth shall

make the appointment. Appointees shall serve a term of two (2) years, and

may be reappointed to additional two (2) year terms. If the child of the parent

member or alternate parent member ceases to be a consumer of system of care

services and supports during the term of appointment, the member shall be

eligible to serve out the remainder of the term of appointment;

(e) One (1) transition-age youth who has a behavioral health disorder and who is

receiving or has received a service to address mental health, substance use, or

co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder, and one (1) transition -

age youth who meets the same criteria to serve as the youth member's

alternate in the a bsence of the youth member. For each appointment to be

made, the regional interagency council for which the appointment is to be

made shall submit to the chair of the State Interagency Council for Services

and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth a list of two (2) names of

transition-age youth who are qualified for appointment from which list the

chair of the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children

and Transition-Age Youth shall make the appointment. Appointees shall serve

a term of two (2) years, and may be reappointed to additional two (2) year

terms. If the youth member or alternate youth member ceases to be a

consumer of system of care services and supports during the term of

appointment, the member shall be eligible to s erve out the remainder of the

term of appointment;

(f) Any other local public or private agency that provides services and supports to

children and transition -age youth with behavioral health needs which the

regional interagency council may invite to have a representative become a

permanent or temporary member of the council; and

(g) One (1) representative from each of the Department of Juvenile Justice,

family resource and youth services centers, the Kentucky Office of Vocational

Rehabilitation, the Depart ment for Community Based Services, and local

health departments.

(2) A member of a regional interagency council for the system of care shall not be

given compensation in addition to that which they already receive as service

providers or state employees, e xcept that the parent and youth members and

alternate parent and youth members of regional interagency councils shall be

reimbursed by the regional interagency council's contracted fiscal agent for all

expenses incurred through the performance of their dut ies as council members if it

is outside the scope of their job duties.

(3) Each regional interagency council for the system of care shall perform the

following functions:

(a) Conduct regional system of care planning and operations;

(b) Coordinate system-level continuous quality improvement;

(c) Identify and develop system of care expansion opportunities;

(d) Promote awareness of the system of care;

(e) Initiate and adopt intera gency agreements as necessary for providing services

and supports to children and transition -age youth with or at risk of behavioral

health needs by the agencies represented in the regional council; and

(f) Advise the state interagency council regarding th e system of care within the

region.

(4) The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the designee of the

Kentucky Department of Education shall ensure that regional interagency councils

for the system of care are formed.

(5) Local interagency councils for the system of care may be formed at the discretion of

a regional interagency council to advance the functions of the regional interagency

council at the city, county, or other local community level.