{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-620.180","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 620.180","heading":"Administrative regulations.","body":"(1) The  cabinet may  promulgate administrative regulations to implement the\nprovisions of this chapter. The cabinet may  also promulgate administrative\nregulations pursuant to the requirements of Public Law  96-272 as to the\nmaximum  number of children who at any time during a fiscal year, will remain\nin foster care after having been in such care for a period in excess of\ntwenty-four (24) months, together with the steps to be taken to achieve such\ngoal.\n(2) The  cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to provide the\nfollowing:\n(a) The  method used to periodically review the status of children placed in\nfoster family homes  which shall include, but not be limited to, the\nfollowing:\n1. Within ten (10) calendar days of the temporary removal hearing\nprovided for in this chapter, a case conference shall be held on all\nchildren placed with the cabinet for the purpose of establishing a\nspecific treatment plan  which  may  include preventive and\nreunification services for the child and his parent or other person\nexercising custodial control or  supervision. Additional case\nconferences and reviews shall be held as appropriate, but shall be\nheld at least every six (6) months. The parent or other person\nexercising custodial control or supervision and his counsel, if any,\nshall have the right to be present at and  participate in such\nconferences. The child; the child's attorney, if any; the parent or\nother person exercising custodial control or supervision and his\nattorney of record, if any; and the county attorney shall be notified\nof, and may be present at and participate in such conferences;\n2. On-going case work and supportive services shall be provided as\nindicated to best meet the needs of the child as established by the\nreview and planning process; and\n3. There  may  be procedures for providing for appropriate visitation\nbetween the parents and the child based on the needs of the child;\n(b) The  procedures for reporting to a committing court the status and plans\nfor children committed to the cabinet as dependent, neglected or abused\nand placed in foster family homes;\n(c) By  January 1, 2019, the establishment and  implementation of the\nprocesses, procedures, and  requirements to ensure  that children\ncommitted to the cabinet as dependent, neglected, or abused and placed\nin foster family homes  are timely reunified with their biological family or\nidentified for and placed in a new permanent home. These processes,\nprocedures, and requirements shall include but not be limited to the\nfollowing:\n1. A  case review and recommendation submitted to the committing\ncourt related to whether the best interest of the child is reunification\nor termination of parental rights after the child has been committed\nto the cabinet a total of six (6) cumulative months;\n2. An  additional case review and recommendation submitted to the\ncommitting court every three (3) cumulative months after the initial\nsix (6) months if a child is still in the custody of the cabinet;\n3. A  petition to the court of appropriate jurisdiction seeking the\ntermination of parental rights and authority to place the child for\nadoption in accordance with this chapter and KRS  Chapter 625 no\nlater than after a child has been committed to the cabinet for a total\nof fifteen (15) cumulative months out of forty-eight (48) months; and\n4. A  plan to ensure, no longer than thirty (30) working days after a\ncourt enters a judgment of termination of parental rights to a child\nthat is committed to the cabinet, that the cabinet shall complete and\nsubmit to the court all necessary paperwork to facilitate the child's\npermanency  plan, including but not limited to the presentation\nsummary  and identification of an adoptive home if determined; and\n(d) By  October 1, 2019, the establishment and  implementation of the\nprocesses, procedures, and  requirements to ensure  that children\ncommitted to the cabinet as dependent, neglected, or abused and placed\nin qualified residential treatment facilities are subject to case reviews\nwithin sixty (60) days of the start of each placement in accordance with 42\nU.S.C. sec. 675a(c)(2).","path":["KRS Chapter 620"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48530","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:08Z","sha256":"cc107db041afd4a883ba862190c9da92224f1367cf157058cd1c7e87a30aa498","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-620.170","next":"us-ky/krs-620.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}