KRS 211.297: Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education

Program.

(1) The statewide Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and

Education Program is hereby established within the cabinet.

(2) The goals of the Palliati ve Care Consumer and Professional Information and

Education Program shall be to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care

initiatives throughout the Commonwealth by ensuring that comprehensive and

accurate information and education about palliative car e are available to the public,

health care providers, and health facilities.

(3) The cabinet shall publish on its website information and resources, including links

to external resources, about palliative care for the public, health care providers, and

health facilities. This shall include but not be limited to:

(a) Continuing education opportunities for health care providers;

(b) Information about palliative care delivery in the home, primary, secondary,

and tertiary environments;

(c) Best practices for palliative care delivery; and

(d) Consumer educational materials and referral information for palliative care,

including hospice.

(4) (a) The council shall have the authority to review, evaluate, and make

recommendations regarding all elements of the Palliat ive Care Consumer and

Professional Information and Education Program, the content of the website

information and resources described in subsection (3) of this section, and best

practices for palliative care delivery and any grants to develop or implement

them.

(b) Any evaluations or recommendations shall require the affirmat ive vote in

person, by electronic means, or by proxy of three -fourths (3/4) of the voting

members of the council.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the council shall submit a

report on its findings and recommendations to the commiss ioner of the

Department for Public Health and to the Interim Joint Committee on Health

Services.