KRS 211.925: Powers and duties of cabinet.

In addition to all other powers and duties vested in it by law, the cabinet shall have the

authority, power, and duty to:

(1) Adopt, modify, and repeal regulations and standards relating to the public health or

health aspects of the operation of state conf inement facilities, and exercise general

supervision over the administration of KRS 211.920 to 211.945 and assist in the

enforcement of all regulations and standards promulgated pursuant to it;

(2) Collect, evaluate, and disseminate information from state confinement facilities as it

relates to the public health of the people of the Commonwealth;

(3) Develop comprehensive plans for the elimination of conditions in state confinement

facilities which adversely affect the public health or the health of those p ersons

confined or likely to be confined in any state confinement facility;

(4) Enter upon the premises and inspect any state confinement facility for the purpose

of determining the extent of compliance with KRS 211.920 to 211.945 and

investigating the eff ect of the operation of state confinement facilities upon the

public health or the health of those persons confined or likely to be confined in any

state confinement facility;

(5) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the Commonwealth,

including the Department of Corrections, other jurisdictions, the federal

government, interstate and interlocal agencies, and local governments regarding the

effects of the operation of confinement facilities upon the public health;

(6) Accept, receive, and ad minister grants or other funds or gifts from public and

private agencies for the purpose of implementing KRS 211.920 to 211.945.