KRS 210.450: Additional powers and duties of secretary as to regional programs.

In addition to the powers and duties already conferred upon him by the law, the secretary

of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall:

(1) Promulgate policies and regulations governing eligibility of community programs

for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability to receive state grants

and other fund allocations from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,

prescribing standards for qualification of personnel and quality of professional

service and for in -service training and educational leave programs for personnel,

governing eligibility for service so that no person will be denied service on the basis

of race, color or creed, or inability to pay, providing for establishment of fee

schedules which shall be based upon ability to pay, regulating fees for diagnostic

services, which services may be provided for anyone without regard to his financial

status, when referred by the courts, schools, or health and welfare agencies whether

public or private, governing financial record ke eping, prescribing standards for

personnel management operations, providing for financial and program reporting

requirements, and such other policies and regulations as he deems necessary to carry

out the purposes of KRS 210.370 to 210.460;

(2) Review and evaluate local programs and the performance of administrative and

psychiatric personnel and make recommendations thereon to community boards for

mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability and program

administrators;

(3) Provide consultative service, by professionals qualified in the areas of mental health

and intellectual disabilities by education and training, to communities to assist in

ascertaining local needs and in planning and establishing community programs for

mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability;

(4) Employ necessary and qualified personnel to implement KRS 210.370 to 210.460;

and

(5) Review annually the personnel policies, procedures, and personnel compensation

plans of community boards for mental health or individuals with an intellectual

disability and disapprove if not consistent with accepted standards of personnel and

salary administration prescribed by the cabinet.