KRS 387.860: Definitions for KRS 387.855 to 387.910.

The following definitions apply with respect to KRS 387.855 to 387.910:

(1) "Special needs person" means a person who, by reason of his or her disability,

qualifies as a disabled individual under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396p and whose

disability is the basis for the exemption from Medicaid or Supplemental Security

Income (SSI) transfer penalties, or both, either as an individual or as a special

needs trust beneficiary under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396p;

(2) "Grantor" means an individual who is expressly empowered under 42 U.S.C.

sec. 1396p, or this chapter, to establish a special needs trust for a special

needs person, and thus qualifies as a grantor. Further, any individual with

standing to petition the court under KRS 387.865 may also serve as a grantor

of a special needs trust;

(3) "Special needs trust" means a trust described in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396p(d)(4)(A)

or (C) which may receive assets of a special needs person or another person

on behalf of the special needs person;

(4) "The court," for the purposes of KRS 387.855 to 387.910, means:

(a) Where the special needs person has acquired, or will be acquiring, assets

which are the subject of any judicial proceedings, the court where such

proceedings had been brought, or where such proceedings are pending;

and

(b) In all other cases, in the District Court in the county where the special

needs person resides; and

(5) "Interested parties," for the purposes of this chapter, means:

(a) Any individual who would have standing to petition the court for

appointment as a legal guardian or conservator under this chapter;

(b) Any fiduciary of the special needs person, including but not limited to his

or her legal guardian, conservator, attorney-in-fact, or trustee whether

corporate or individual;

(c) If the special needs person is a ward of the state, the Protection and

Advocacy Division of the Department of Public Advocacy; and

(d) If there is, or is believed to be, a Medicare or Medicaid lien, or

subrogation rights with respect to the special needs person which have

not been fully satisfied or discharged at the time the petition is filed, then

the appropriate agency or other holder of such rights or claims.