KRS 210.795: Standards for Hart -Supported Living Council living arrangements --

Administrative regulations.

(1) The cabinet, in cooperation with the Hart -Supported Living Council, shall establish

standards for the administration of the Hart-Supported Living Program. The purpose

of these standards is to ensure that a person with a disability receives supported

living services in a manner that empowers the person to exercise choice and

enhances the quality of that person's life. These standards shall promote the

following:

(a) Choice over how, when, and by whom supports are provided and over where

and with whom a person with a disability lives;

(b) Responsibility of the person with a disability and his or her representative for

managing grants and the provision of supports under the grant;

(c) Freedom to live a meaningful life and to participate in activities in the

community with members of the general citizenry;

(d) Enhancement of health and safety;

(e) Flexibility of services that change as the person's needs chan ge without the

individual having to move elsewhere for services;

(f) Use of generic options and natural supports;

(g) Well-planned and proactive opportunities to determine the kinds and amounts

of support desired, with the meaningful participation of the i ndividual, the

individual's family or guardian where appropriate, friends, and professionals;

and

(h) Home ownership or leasing with the home belonging to the person with a

disability, that person's family, or to a landlord to whom rent is paid.

(2) The in dividual supported living plan shall be developed by the person with a

disability and that person's family or guardian where appropriate, and, as

appropriate, the proposed or current provider.

(3) The cabinet, in concert with the Hart -Supported Living Coun cil, shall promulgate

administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A, if necessary, to establish the

methods of awarding Hart -Supported Living Program grants for individual

supported living plans and monitoring the quality of service delivery, and to provide

for administrative appeal of decisions. Administrative hearings conducted on

appeals shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.