{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.940","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.940","heading":"Representative payee fund.","body":"(1) A representative payee fund shall be created for the purpose of providing grants to\npublic or private organizations who provide representative payee services. The fund\nshall consist of moneys appropriated by the General Assembly. These moneys may\nalso be supplemented by funds obtained from other sources for the fund as provided\nin this section.\n(2) The fund shall be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.\n(3) Application for moneys from the fund may be made to the cabinet, on forms\nprescribed by administrative regulation. The awarding of grants shall be based upon\nthe availability of funds. Grants shall be given to nonprofit organizations or\nagencies providing representative payee services to more than ten (10) persons who\nare mentally impaired, homeless or at risk of being homeless, or substance abusers\nin area development districts created pursuant to KRS 147A.050. The cabinet shall\nendeavor to fund an applicant where an eligible applicant exists. Health -care\nfacilities or other institut ions, who serve as representative payees for persons\nresiding therein, shall not be eligible to receive funds under this section.\n(4) In determining the amount of each grant, the cabinet shall consider the number of\npersons receiving representative payee s ervices from an applicant, the amount\nnecessary to reimburse the applicant for all or a portion of the administrative costs\nincurred in providing representative payee services, and any fee charged by an\napplicant for the provision of representative payee services.\n(5) The cabinet shall require applicants receiving funds pursuant to this section to be\nbonded, and to file an annual report with the cabinet providing an accounting of all\nfunds expended on behalf of persons for whom representative payee services  are\nprovided. The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations providing for the\ntermination of a grant if it determines a representative payee is not serving in the\nbest interests of a client. If a grant is terminated, the cabinet shall report the\ntermination to the agency who appointed the representative payee and recommend\nthe appointment of a new representative payee. If financial exploitation is indicated,\nthe termination shall also be reported to the Department for Community Based\nServices for investigation pursuant to KRS Chapter 209.\n(6) The cabinet may provide training for persons serving as representative payees and\nmay provide technical assistance to applicants awarded a grant.\n(7) The cabinet may apply for any grants that may be used to s upplement the\nrepresentative payee fund, and may accept gifts or donations to the fund.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7877","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:06Z","sha256":"8070bfd1d90151983c580e17dda79bf5a48a33c9d7f4ce21178b26607f38517b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.935","next":"us-ky/krs-205.950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}