{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.231","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.231","heading":"Appeals -- Hearing officers -- Appeal board -- Procedure.","body":"(1) The Office of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Law shall appoint\none (1) or more impartial hearing officers to hear and decide upon appealed\ndecisions.\n(2) Any applicant or recipient who is dissatisfied with the decision or delay in action on\nhis or her application for public assistance or the amount granted to him or her and\nany applicant or recipient who was deemed ineligible or disqualified from public\nassistance benefits under KRS 205.193 or 205.200 may appeal to the cabinet,\nexcept that an appeal and a hearing need not be granted if the sole issue is a federal\nor state law requiring an automatic change adversely affecting some or all recipients\nof the Kentu cky medical assistance program so long as advance notice of the\nchange, with an explanation of appeal rights, is provided to all affected recipients.\nHowever, a recipient may appeal whether the cabinet is accurately interpreting a\nchange in federal or stat e law which may adversely affect the recipient. On receipt\nof an appeal, an administrative hearing shall be conducted in accordance with KRS\nChapter 13B.\n(3) The secretary may appoint an Appeal Board for Public Assistance composed of the\nsecretary and two (2) other members. The secretary shall be chairman, and he or she\nand one (1) other member constitute a quorum.\n(4) Any applicant or recipient who is dissatisfied with the decision of a hearing officer\nmay appeal to the appeal board in the manner and form prescribed by\nadministrative regulation. The board may on its own motion affirm, modify, or set\naside any decision of a hearing officer on the basis of the evidence previously\nsubmitted in the case, or direct the taking of additional evidence, or may permi t any\nof the parties to the decision to initiate further appeals before it. The board may\nremove itself or transfer to another hearing officer the proceedings on any appeal\npending before a hearing officer. The board shall promptly notify the parties to an y\nproceedings of its findings and decisions.\n(5) The manner in which appeals are presented and hearings and appeals conducted\nunder subsection (4) of this section shall be in accordance with administrative\nregulations promulgated by the secretary.\n(6) After a decision by the appeal board, any party aggrieved by the decision may seek\njudicial review of the decision by filing a petition in the Circuit Court of the county\nin which the petitioner resides, in accordance with KRS 13B.140, 13B.150, and\n13B.160.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56580","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:02Z","sha256":"08e1dc60557f070d3e2379c94c7fdbe770f6d3bb5b109bbe043b9fd1e0ce7eaa","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.230","next":"us-ky/krs-205.232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}