KRS 347.010: Legislative findings on services and supports for persons with

developmental disabilities -- Construction of chapter.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and declares that:

(1) A comprehensive and outcome -driven system of services and supports provided to

persons with developmental disabilities must be designed, coordinated, consistent,

and monitored to meet the self -determined needs of those persons as well as to

protect their legal and human rights;

(2) The current syste m of services and supports for persons with developmental

disabilities needs substantial improvement in order to provide an array of services

including person-driven community-based services and supports;

(3) It is necessary to require:

(a) The identificat ion, development, provision, and evaluation of services and

supports for persons with developmental disabilities;

(b) Interagency and intra -agency planning, development, implementation, and

evaluation of services and supports that are the most community in clusive,

responsive to individual needs, and that assure legal and human rights for

equal opportunity;

(c) Establishment of an array of community -based comprehensive services and

supports, provided by public and private sectors, that allow persons with

developmental disabilities the right to participate in the life of the community,

including residential alternatives, employment, and social and recreational

activities; and

(d) Funding strategies that promote the development of community -based

services and supports that demonstrate:

1. Flexibility for the person with developmental disabilities;

2. Distribution of available funds among all interested service providers

based on the needs of the person with developmental disabilities; and

3. Efficiency and accountability to the general public.

(4) The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to protect and promote the

continuing development and maintenance of physical, mental, and social skills of

persons with developmental disabilities; and

(5) The provisions of this chapter shall not alter requirements and responsibilities

mandated under any state or federal act, relieve any organizational unit or

administrative body of its duties under those acts, or transfer among state

organizations or admini strative bodies any responsibilities, powers, or duties

mandated by those acts.