KRS 45.351: Applications by state agencies -- Requirements.

(1) Every state administering agency shall submit any block grant application for the

following fiscal year to the Legislative Research Commission no less than ninety

(90) days prior to the date of submission, as required by federal law, of the block

grant app lication to the federal administering agency or no less than ninety (90)

days before the state administering agency elects to submit the block grant

application to the federal administering agency.

(2) Each state administering agency shall, upon request of the Commission, make

available to the Commission all background data and supporting information related

to each block grant application under review by the Commission as will enable the

Commission to perform its functions in an informed and efficient manner.

(3) Each block grant application submitted by the state administering agency to the

Legislative Research Commission shall specify the proposed use and distribution of

the block grant and other funds to be allocated by the state administering agency to

programs and services; and in addition, each application shall specify:

(a) Programmatic and other requirements applicable to the receipt and

expenditures of block grant and other funds, including state matching funds,

specified in the application, and the restrictions imposed on the use of these

funds;

(b) Whether the block grant and other funds included in the application have been

included specifically in an appropriation provision or any branch budget bill

enacted by the General Assembly in anticipation of such application;

(c) Whether the funding is one-time, recurring or continuing;

(d) What costs will accrue to the state if federal funds diminish or are cut, and

whether a budget reduction plan has been prepared for such contingency;

(e) Whether the pr ograms and services to be provided under the block grant are

mandated by the laws of the Commonwealth;

(f) Whether the programs and services to be provided under the block grant are

those which the Commonwealth currently administers and funds;

(g) The agen cies expected to provide the services including whether such

agencies are public or private or state or local;

(h) The manner in which the allocation of funds will be targeted to need;

(i) Geographic areas to be served by the programs and services;

(j) Standards of eligibility for services;

(k) The criteria and method that will be used by the state administering agency to

distribute the block grant funds;

(l) Whether and how block gr ant funds would be transferred from one (1) block

grant to another and the amount of the transfer;

(m) The proportion of the block grant funds to be used for administrative costs;

and

(n) Estimated receipt of federal funds applied for by block grant.