Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Secretary" means the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative; (3) "Public assistance" means money grants, assista…

Note: 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 236 created three new sections of the statutes, reading exactly the same, to be numbered KRS 200.045, 205.045, and 207.085. These three sections were consolidated into one, and codified as KRS 45.235, effective 1948.

(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter the secretary or his duly authorized representative may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers…

The Office of the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on efforts to implement KRS 15.812, 205.1781, 205.193, 205.200, 205.5371, 205.5373, 205.5375, and 205.5376 no later than December 1, 2022, within one (1) year after July 14, 2022, and …

Conditions. The Attorney General shall: (1) On behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, have jurisdiction to enforce this chapter; and (2) Bring an action against the Cabinet for Health and Family Services if any statutory provisions are not fully implemented as required by KRS 15…

furnished. (1) All letters, reports, communications, and other matters, written or oral, to the cabinet or any of its agents, representatives, or employees, or to any board or official functioning under this chapter which have been written, sent, or made in connection with the re…

Conditions. (1) Notwithstanding any existing state statute or regulation to the contrary, any pertinent information concerning individual clients, patients, or applicants in the possession of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Departmen…

on recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for effects on eligibility -- Memorandum of understanding with entities providing information -- Independent vendors -- Multistate cooperative -- Waiver of federal requirements relating to Supplement…

(1) The General Assembly hereby affirms the mission of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the federal food stamp program, to supplement the food budgets of needy families so that they can purchase healthy food and move toward self-sufficiency. To tha…

- Online employment and training program -- Administrative regulations. In order to improve access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, reduce administrative costs associated with the program, and enhance program integrity, the cabinet shall: (1) Within one hundred e…

to determine registration status of boarding home. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall conduct an annual review of all addresses or locations at which four (4) or more persons reside who receive state supplementation of federal supplemental security income benefits t…

The secretary for health and family services may authorize the destruction of such original reports and records as have been properly recorded or summarized in the permanent records of the cabinet or are no longer considered necessary to the proper administration of the cabinet. …

and 205.525. For the purposes of KRS 15.812, 205.178, 205.193, 205.200, 205.231, 205.232, and 205.525, unless context requires otherwise: (1) "Cash assistance": (a) Means cash benefits provided under this chapter, including via an electronic benefit transfer card; and (b) Does no…

recipient's use of cash assistance benefits -- Penalties -- Duties of cabinet. (1) The cabinet shall establish and maintain policies and practices necessary to ensure compliance with 42 U.S.C. sec. 608(a)(12). (2) If a cash recipient of public assistance benefits uses an automate…

(1) A needy aged person, a needy blind person, a needy child, a needy permanently and totally disabled person, or a person with whom a needy child lives shall be eligible to receive a public assistance grant only if he or she has made a proper application or an application has be…

standard of need" defined. For purposes of eligibility for public assistance under Title IV-A of the Federal Social Security Act, "public assistance under Title IV-A of the Federal Social Security Act standard of need" means an amount no less than the poverty income level by size…

recipients -- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training state plan initiatives -- Annual report. (1) The secretary shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to develop a work program for recipients of public assistance …

Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. sec. 862a(d)(1), all individuals residing in Kentucky shall be exempt from the application of 21 U.S.C. sec. 862a(a).

The duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be to: (1) Promote and aid in the establishment of local programs and services for the aging; (2) Conduct programs to educate the public as to problems of the aging; (3) Review existing state programs and services for…

The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be empowered to accept and expend gifts and grants from any source. Such moneys shall go into a trust and agency fund to be administered by the cabinet in furtherance of the purposes of the provisions of KRS 205.20…

(1) The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may provide, within budgetary limitations, for in-home services to the aging to include, but not necessarily limited to: homemaker services; home-help therapy services; day-care services; home-delivered meal services…

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, unless otherwise directed by an executive order of the Governor, is designated the agency of this state for the purpose of administering the Older Americans Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89-73, including all amendments thereto. In administer…

defined. (1) The amount of public assistance to be granted shall be determined with due regard to the needs and resources of the individual and family as prescribed by regulation, provided, that if available funds during a budgetary period are insufficient to meet the full needs …

assistance benefits. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary may, in accordance with the regulations he may prescribe and to the extent permitted by federal law, take all necessary steps to correct any underpayment or overpayment of public assistance benefits under…

in administrative regulation governing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may amend material that had been previously incorporated by reference in an administrative regulation go…

levy or execution. (1) Payments of public assistance grants for eligible individuals shall be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by regulation to: (a) The needy aged or needy blind or needy permanently and totally disabled person or recipient; or (b) The parent or rela…

(1) The secretary or his authorized representative may initiate any action under the laws of this state against a parent or other person legally liable for support who has failed to provide support for the person to whom an obligation of support is owed and who is receiving publi…

(1) The Office of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Law shall appoint one (1) or more impartial hearing officers to hear and decide upon appealed decisions. (2) Any applicant or recipient who is dissatisfied with the decision or delay in action on his or her applic…

Administrative regulations. (1) If a custodial parent of a dependent child is disqualified from receiving cash assistance benefits pursuant to KRS 205.193 or 205.200, the dependent child's eligibility and any other adult family member's eligibility for cash assistance benefits sh…

Any individual claiming public assistance in any proceeding before the appeal board or a court may be represented by counsel; but no counsel shall either charge or receive for such service more than an amount established by the secretary by administrative regulation.

All money appropriated by this state, all money received from the United States or any agency thereof, and all money received from any other source for the public assistance functions administered by the cabinet are hereby appropriated and shall be available to the secretary for …

Money payments made by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the needy aged, needy blind, and the needy permanently and totally disabled shall be: (1) Mandatory state supplementation of the supplemental security income program as established by federal law and regulations…

The amounts recovered for any reason from a recipient or the estate of a recipient of public assistance shall be deposited to a special account in the revolving, trust and agency fund account of the cabinet. This fund shall be administered and disbursed in the same manner and und…

In addition to any other liability imposed by law, the stepparent of any child who is an applicant or recipient of public assistance shall be legally chargeable with the support of such child in the same manner as a biological parent.

Allocation of funds -- Payments. (1) There is established within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services an Energy Cost Assistance Program for making money payments to or on behalf of citizens of the Commonwealth for the purpose of purchasing or supplementing the cost of energ…

As used in KRS 205.460: (1) "Chore services" means the performance of heavy housecleaning, minor household repairs, yard tasks, and other activities needed to assist in the maintenance of a functionally impaired elderly person in his own home. (2) "Core services" means those serv…

(1) The cabinet shall fund, directly or through a contracting entity or entities, in each district, a program of essential services which shall have as its primary purpose the prevention of unnecessary institutionalization of functionally impaired elderly persons. The cabinet may…

individuals with an intellectual disability or other developmental disability. (1) As used in this section, "aging caregiver" means an individual age sixty (60) or older who provides care for an individual with an intellectual disability or other developmental disability. (2) If …

As used in this chapter as it pertains to medical assistance unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) "Behavioral health professional" means a person authorized to provide mental health or substance use disorder services under the laws of the Commonwealth; (2)…

(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, the cabinet shall, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396a(e)(14)(L), conduct Medicaid eligibility redeterminations once every six (6) months for individuals who are: (a) Described in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396a(e)(14)(L)(i)(I) and (II); and (b) Not exempt…

Notwithstanding 42 C.F.R. sec. 431.17(c), all records required to be retained by 42 C.F.R. sec. 431.17(b) shall be retained by the Department for Medicaid Services for a period of not less than seven (7) years following the beneficiary's most recent disenrollment from the Medicai…

parties for services rendered. (1) KRS 205.510 to 205.630 shall be known as the "Medical Assistance Act." (2) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky recognizes and declares that it is an essential function, duty, and responsibility of the state government to provide…

organizations to comply with specified sections of KRS Chapter 304. (Effective between July 15, 2026 and January 1, 2027) (1) With respect to the administration and provision of Medicaid benefits pursuant to this chapter, the Department for Medicaid Services, any managed care org…

Requirements and procedures for compliance. (1) As used in this section: (a) "CMS" means the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; (b) "Department" means the Department for Medicaid Services; (c) "KCHIP state plan" means the federally approved, legally binding contr…

request for state plan amendment -- Cabinet to provide updates upon request. (1) Concurrent with submitting an application for a waiver, waiver amendment, waiver renewal, or a request for a state plan amendment to any federal agency that approves waivers, waiver amendments, waive…

In the event that the cabinet seeks and receives approval of a Medicaid Section 1115 waiver under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1315 for the purpose of providing Medicaid coverage to prisoners thirty (30) days prior to their release, the cabinet shall prioritize provision of such coverage.

organization -- Continuation of services for eligible children -- Billing -- Gaps in service and lack of access. (1) As used in this section, "IMPACT Plus" program means the program of community-based behavioral health services provided to an eligible IMPACT Plus recipient throug…

(1) The Department for Medicaid Services shall submit a waiver or waiver amendment for approval to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order to establish the Hospital-to-Home Transition Program to provide coverage for services provided by an approved Medicaid waiver…

illness. (1) The Department for Medicaid Services or a managed care organization contracted to provide services pursuant to this chapter shall provide a program for synchronization of medications when it is agreed among the member, a provider, and a pharmacist that synchronizatio…

All administrative hearings conducted under KRS 205.510 to 205.645 shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.