KRS § 210.031 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 210.031
210.031 Advisory committee on need for services for deaf or hard-of-hearing persons
Status: in_force

210.031 Advisory committee on need for services for deaf or hard-of-hearing

persons.

(1) The cabinet shall establish an advisory committee of sixteen (16) members to

advise the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual

Disabilities of the need for particular services for persons who are deaf or hard-of-

hearing.

(a) At least eight (8) members shall be deaf or hard-of-hearing and shall be

appointed by the secretary. Four (4) deaf or hard-of-hearing members,

representing one (1) of each of the following organizations, shall be appointed

from a list of at least two (2) nominees submitted from each of the following

organizations:

1. The Kentucky Association of the Deaf;

2. The A.G. Bell Association;

3. The Kentucky School for the Deaf Alumni Association; and

4. Self Help for the Hard of Hearing.

The remaining four (4) deaf or hard-of-hearing members shall be appointed

by the secretary from a list of at least eight (8) nominees submitted by the

Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

(b) One (1) member shall be a family member of a deaf or hard-of-hearing

consumer of mental health services and shall be appointed by the secretary

from a list of nominees accepted from any source.

(c) The head of each of the following entities shall appoint one (1) member to the

advisory committee:

1. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Behavioral

Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities;

2. The Education and Labor Cabinet, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation;

3. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Aging and

Independent Living;

4. The Education and Labor Cabinet, Commission on the Deaf and Hard of

Hearing;

5. The Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; and

6. A Kentucky School for the Deaf staff person involved in education.

(d) The remaining member shall be a representative of a regional board for

mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability, appointed by the

commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and

Intellectual Disabilities from a list composed of two (2) names submitted by

each regional board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual

disability.

(2) Of the members defined in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section, three (3) shall

be appointed for a one (1) year term, three (3) shall be appointed for a two (2) year

term, and three (3) shall be appointed for a three (3) year term; thereafter, they shall

be appointed for three (3) year terms. The members defined under subsection (1)(c)

and (d) of this section shall serve with no fixed term of office.

(3) The members defined under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section shall serve

without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses;

the members defined under subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section shall serve

without compensation or reimbursement of any kind.

(4) The Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

shall make available personnel to serve as staff to the advisory committee.

(5) The advisory committee shall meet quarterly at a location determined by the

committee chair.

(6) (a) The advisory committee shall prepare a biennial report which:

1. Describes the accommodations and the mental health, intellectual

disability, development disability, and substance abuse services made

accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons;

2. Reports the number of deaf or hard-of-hearing persons served;

3. Identifies additional service needs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; and

4. Identifies a plan to address unmet service needs.

(b) The report shall be submitted to the secretary, the commissioner of the

Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual

Disabilities, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services by July 1 of

every odd-numbered year.