KRS 205.590: Technical advisory committees.

(1) The following technical advisory committees shall be established for the purpose of

acting in an advisory capacity to the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance with

respect to the administration of the medical assistance program and in performing

the function of peer review:

(a) A Technical Advisory Committee on Physician Services consisting of five (5)

physicians appointed by the council of the Kentucky State Medical

Association;

(b) A Technical Advisory Committee on Hospital Care consisting of five (5)

hospital administrators appointed by the board of trustees of the Kentucky

Hospital Association;

(c) A Technical Advisory Committee on Dental Care consisting of five (5)

dentists appointed by the Kentucky Dental Association;

(d) A Technical Advisory Commit tee on Nursing Service consisting of five (5)

nurses appointed by the board of directors of the Kentucky State Association

of Registered Nurses;

(e) A Technical Advisory Committee on Nursing Home Care consisting of six (6)

members of which five (5) members shall be appointed by the Kentucky

Association of Health Care Facilities, and one (1) member shall be appointed

by the Kentucky Association of Nonprofit Homes and Services for the Aging,

Inc.;

(f) A Technical Advisory Committee on Optometric Care consisti ng of five (5)

members appointed by the Kentucky Optometric Association;

(g) A Technical Advisory Committee on Podiatric Care consisting of five (5)

podiatrists appointed by the Kentucky Podiatry Association;

(h) A Technical Advisory Committee on Primary C are consisting of five (5)

primary care providers, two (2) of whom shall represent licensed health

maintenance organizations, appointed by the Governor, until such time as an

association of primary care providers is established, whereafter the association

shall appoint the members;

(i) A Technical Advisory Committee on Home Health Care consisting of five (5)

members appointed by the board of directors of the Kentucky Home Health

Association;

(j) A Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Rights and Client N eeds

consisting of seven (7) members, with one (1) member to be appointed by

each of the following organizations: the American Association of Retired

Persons Kentucky, the Family Resource Youth Services Coalition of

Kentucky, the Kentucky Association of Co mmunity Health Workers, the

Kentucky Legal Services Corporation, the Arc of Kentucky, the Department

of Public Advocacy, and the National Association of Social Workers -

Kentucky Chapter;

(k) A Technical Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health consisting of seven

(7) members, with one (1) member to be appointed by each of the following

organizations: the Kentucky Mental Health Coalition, the Kentucky

Association of Regional Programs, the National Alliance on Mental Illness

(NAMI) Kentucky, a statewide mental health consumer organization, the

People Advocating Recovery (PAR), the Brain Injury Association of America-

Kentucky Chapter, and the Kentucky Brain Injury Alliance;

(l) A Technical Advisory Committee on Children's Health consisting of ten (10)

members, wi th one (1) member to be appointed by each of the following

organizations: the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

the Kentucky PTA, the Kentucky Psychological Association, the Kentucky

School Nurses Association, the Kentucky Association for Early Childhood

Education, the Family Resource and Youth Services Coalition of Kentucky,

the Kentucky Youth Advocates, the Kentucky Association of Hospice and

Palliative Care, a parent of a child enrolled in Medicaid or the Kentucky

Children's Health Insurance Program appointed by the Kentucky Head Start

Association, and a pediatric dentist appointed by the Kentucky Dental

Association;

(m) A Technical Advisory Committee on Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities consisting of nine (9) members, one (1) of whom shall be a

consumer who participates in a nonresidential community Medicaid waiver

program, one (1) of whom shall be a consumer who participates in a

residential community Medicaid waiver program, one (1) of whom shall be a

consumer representative of a family member who participates in a community

Medicaid waiver program, and one (1) of whom shall be a consumer

representative of a family member who resides in an ICF/ID facility that

accepts Medicaid payments, all of whom shall be appointed by th e Governor;

one (1) member shall be appointed by the Arc of Kentucky; one (1) member

shall be appointed by the Commonwealth Council on Developmental

Disabilities; one (1) member shall be appointed by the Kentucky Association

of Homes and Services for the Aging; and two (2) members shall be appointed

by the Kentucky Association of Private Providers, one (1) of whom shall be a

nonprofit provider and one (1) of whom shall be a for-profit provider;

(n) A Technical Advisory Commi ttee on Therapy Services consisting of six (6)

members, two (2) of whom shall be occupational therapists and shall be

appointed by the Kentucky Occupational Therapists Association, two (2) of

whom shall be physical therapists and shall be appointed by the Kentucky

Physical Therapy Association, and two (2) of whom shall be speech therapists

and shall be appointed by the Kentucky Speech -Language-Hearing

Association;

(o) A Technical Advisory Committee on Pharmacy consisting of seven (7)

members, two (2) of who m shall be Kentucky licensed pharmacists who own

fewer than ten (10) pharmacies in the Commonwealth and shall be appointed

by the Kentucky Independent Pharmacy Alliance, two (2) of whom shall be

Kentucky licensed pharmacists and shall be appointed by the K entucky

Pharmacy Association, and one (1) member to be appointed by each of the

following organizations: the Kentucky Hospital Association, the Kentucky

Primary Care Association, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores;

(p) A Technical Advisory Committee on Persons Returning to Society from

Incarceration consisting of twelve (12) members of whom:

1. One (1) shall be appointed by each of the following organizations: the

Kentucky Jailers Association, the Kentucky Medical Association, the

Kentucky A ssociation of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse -Midwives,

Community Action of Kentucky, the Homeless and Housing Coalition

of Kentucky, the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, a Kentucky

civil legal aid program, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, the

Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, the Kentucky Association of

Regional Programs, and the Kentucky Administrative Office of the

Courts; and

2. One (1) formerly incarcerated individual who is a current or former

Medicaid recipient shall be appointed by Mental Health America of

Kentucky; and

(q) A Technical Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services consisting

of seven (7) members, one (1) of whom shall represent the air medical

industry and shall be appointed by the Kentucky Chapter of the Association of

Air Medical Services; one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Kentucky

Board of Emergency Medical Services; two (2) of whom shall represent the

emergency medical services billing industry and shall be members of and

appointed by the Kentucky Ambu lance Providers Association; two (2) of

whom shall represent ground ambulance providers and shall be appointed by

the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association; and one (1) of whom shall

represent a fire -based emergency medical service and shall be appointe d by

the Kentucky Association of Fire Chiefs. All members appointed to this

committee shall represent emergency medical services providers that operate

in Kentucky and shall have experience in interpreting, implementing, or

ensuring compliance with Medicaid regulations.

(2) The members of the technical advisory committees shall serve until their successors

are appointed and qualified.

(3) Each appointive member of a committee shall serve without compensation but shall

be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out their

duties with reimbursement for expenses being made in accordance with state

regulations relating to travel reimbursement.