Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

state agency social workers -- Safety training -- Report. The cabinet secretary shall designate a study group composed of personnel within the Department for Community Based Services' field services staff and any other persons deemed necessary to make recommendations regarding pe…

Accompaniment by local law enforcement officer. Front-line staff may request a risk or safety assessment prior to an investigation or delivery of services in a community setting. The direct supervisor of the requesting front- line staff and the safety liaison officer if a safety …

Serve Kentucky is created and shall be attached to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for oversight, technical, and administrative support purposes. A director and other appropriate staff shall be hired by Serve Kentucky when federal funds become available.

Serve Kentucky shall initially consist of twenty-five (25) voting members who shall be appointed by the Governor. Membership on Serve Kentucky shall be for a three (3) year term, with the exception that initially one third (1/3) of the members shall serve for a term of one (1) ye…

The purpose of Serve Kentucky is to engage in statewide strategic planning, establish relevant policies, provide administrative oversight, and promote programs and strengthen the service ethic among the Commonwealth's citizens by facilitating the development of strategic programs…

Serve Kentucky shall: (1) Develop a strategic plan for service in Kentucky which covers a three (3) year period, and supporting efforts to achieve the goals of this plan. The plan shall be updated annually; (2) Oversee and submit Kentucky's annual applications to the Corporation …

As used in KRS 194A.600 to 194A.609: (1) "Council" means the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council; (2) "Dementia" means Alzheimer's disease and related dementia illnesses and disorders; and (3) "Office" means the Office of Dementia Services.

Duties of office. (1) The Office of Dementia Services is established within the cabinet. The purpose of the office is to oversee information and resources related to policy and services affecting residents of Kentucky with dementia, and the caregivers and families of the resident…

Membership, duties, and personnel. (1) The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council is created. The council shall report directly to the office. (2) The council shall be composed of the following sixteen (16) members: (a) The secretary of the Cabinet for Health …

to 194A.609. The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A sufficient to implement KRS 194A.600 to 194A.609.

(1) The Office of Autism is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) The Office of Autism may be housed at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky, by agreement of the parties.

funds -- Annual report -- Administrative regulations. (1) The Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders is hereby created and shall be attached to the Office of Autism within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for administrative purposes. (2) The Advisory Council on A…

(1) The autism spectrum disorder trust fund is hereby created in the State Treasury as a separate trust fund. The fund shall be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) The fund shall receive amounts from grants, contributions, appropriations, or other mone…

As used in KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729: (1) "Activities of daily living" means normal daily activities, including but not limited to bathing, dressing, grooming, transferring, toileting, and eating; (2) "Ambulatory" means able to walk, transfer, or move from place to place with or w…

(1) Each living unit in an assisted living community shall: (a) Be at least two hundred (200) square feet for single occupancy, or for double occupancy if the room is shared with a spouse or another individual by mutual agreement; (b) Include at least one (1) unfurnished room, a …

in compliance with KRS 194A.703. (1) A licensed personal care home in substantial compliance with KRS 194A.703 shall be licensed as an assisted living community as of July 14, 2022. The cabinet shall issue an assisted living community license to the facility to replace its person…

services -- Access to basic health and health-related services -- Written policies to be given to resident -- Functional needs assessment. (1) The assisted living community shall provide each resident with access to the following services according to the lease agreement: (a) Ass…

Resident evaluation -- Activities -- Support services -- Access to secured outdoor space. (1) In addition to the minimum services required in KRS 194A.705, an assisted living community with dementia care shall also provide: (a) Assistance with activities of daily living that addr…

Exception -- Inspections. (1) An applicant for licensure as an assisted living community with dementia care shall have the ability to provide services in a manner that is consistent with the requirements in this section. The cabinet shall consider the following criteria for licen…

A licensee shall notify the cabinet in writing at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the voluntary relinquishment of an assisted living community with dementia care license. For voluntary relinquishment, the facility shall: (1) Give all residents and their designated and leg…

(1) A licensee of an assisted living community with dementia care is responsible for: (a) The care and housing of persons with dementia; (b) The provision of person-centered care that promotes each resident's dignity, independence, and comfort; and (c) The supervision, training, …

organizations -- Fees -- Compliance. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish by the promulgation of administrative regulation under KRS Chapter 13A, an initial and relicensure review process for assisted living communities. This administrative regulation sh…

community with dementia care licensees. (1) In addition to the policies and procedures required in the licensing of all assisted living communities, an assisted living community with dementia care licensee shall develop and implement policies and procedures that address the follo…

(1) An assisted living community shall have written policies on reporting and recordkeeping of alleged or actual cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult under KRS 209.030. The only requisite components of a recordkeeping policy are the date and time of the report, th…

(1) An assisted living community shall not operate unless it is licensed under this chapter. A licensee shall be legally responsible for the management, control, and operations of the facility. (2) The following categories are established for assisted living community licensure: …

A resident shall be ambulatory, unless due to a temporary condition.

A lease agreement, in no smaller type than twelve (12) point font, shall be executed by the resident and the assisted living community and shall include but not be limited to: (1) Resident data, for the purpose of providing service, to include: (a) Emergency contact person's name…

194A.729 and relevant administrative regulations to interested persons. An assisted living community shall provide any interested person with a copy of KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729 and relevant administrative regulations.

with active communicable disease -- Emergency evacuation policy. (1) Staffing in an assisted living community shall be sufficient in number and qualification to meet the twenty-four (24) hour scheduled needs of each resident pursuant to the lease agreement, functional needs asses…

(1) Prior to independently working with residents, assisted living community staff and management shall receive orientation education addressing the following topics, with emphasis on those most applicable to the employee's assigned duties: (a) Resident rights; (b) Community poli…

community with dementia care license. (1) The assisted living manager of an assisted living community with dementia care shall complete at least ten (10) hours of annual continuing education that relate to the care of individuals with dementia. (2) Annual continuing education top…

levels -- Emergencies -- Staff trainer experience requirements -- Methods of instruction. (1) An assisted living community with dementia care shall assign dementia-trained staff who have been instructed in the person-centered care approach for all residents. All direct care staff…

care -- Documentation. In addition to the training required for all assisted living communities, an assisted living community with dementia care shall meet the following training requirements for staff who work on its secured dementia care unit: (1) All staff shall receive at lea…

units of certain assisted living communities. (1) Any assisted living community that was open or under construction on or before July 14, 2000, shall be exempt from the requirement that each living unit have a bathtub or shower. (2) Any assisted living community that was open or …

Limitation on civil monetary penalties -- Direction of fines to nursing incentive scholarship fund. (1) Violations of the administrative regulations, standards, and requirements set forth by the cabinet pursuant to KRS 194A.707 and the applicable provisions of KRS 216.515 to 216.…

Religious orders providing assistance with activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and self-administration of medication to vowed members residing in the order's retirement housing shall not be required to comply with the provisions of KRS 194A.700 to…

194A.700 to 194A.729. Any business, not licensed or certified in another capacity, that complies with some provisions of KRS 194A.700 to 194A.729 but does not provide assisted living services shall not be eligible for licensure as an assisted living community under KRS 194A.700 t…

financing for assisted living community projects -- Fee. If a person or business seeks financing for an assisted living community project, the cabinet shall provide written correspondence to the lender, upon request, to denote whether the architectural drawings and lease agreemen…

-- Participation -- Discharge plan -- Administrative regulations -- Data collection -- Reports -- Kentucky Interagency Council on Homelessness. (1) Subject to sufficient funding, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, in consultation…

substance abuse therapy -- Components -- Report. (1) For the purposes of this section, "pilot program" means a program in a county or set of counties, or a subset or subsets of the population, as designated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Department for Beha…

(1) (a) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 194A.505(1), (2), or (7) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor unless: 1. The sum total of benefits received in excess of that to which the person was entitled at the time of the offense was committed is valued at five hund…