KRS § 200.505 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 200 / Section 200.505
200.505 State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth
Status: in_force

200.505 State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and

Transition-Age Youth.

There is hereby created a State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children

and Transition-Age Youth. The chairperson of the council shall be designated by the

Governor and shall establish procedures for the council's internal procedures.

(1) This council shall be composed of the following:

(a) Members who shall serve by virtue of their positions: the commissioner of the

Department of Education, the commissioner of the Department for Behavioral

Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, the commissioner of the

Department for Community Based Services, the commissioner of the

Department for Public Health, the commissioner of the Department for

Medicaid Services, the commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice,

the director of the Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers,

the executive director of the Office for Children with Special Health Care

Needs, the executive officer of the Department of Family and Juvenile

Services of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the chair of the

Subcommittee for Equity and Justice for all Youth of the Juvenile Justice

Advisory Board, the executive director of the Kentucky Housing Corporation,

the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation,

and the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, or their

designees;

(b) The chairperson of the council shall appoint one (1) parent of a child or

transition-age youth with a behavioral health need, who is a consumer of

services and supports within the system of care to serve as a member of the

council, and one (1) parent who meets the same criteria to serve as the parent

member's alternate to serve in the absence of the parent member. For each

appointment to be made, the State Interagency Council for Services and

Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth shall vote on nominations

submitted by members. The nominee receiving the most votes shall be

appointed. Appointees shall serve a term of two (2) years and may be

reappointed to additional two (2) year terms. If the child of the parent member

or alternate parent member ceases to be a consumer of services and supports

within the system of care during the term of appointment, the member shall be

eligible to serve out the remainder of the term of appointment. The alternate

parent member may attend and participate in all council meetings but shall

vote only in the absence of the parent member. The parent member and

alternate parent member shall receive no compensation in addition to that

which they may already receive as service providers or state employees who

are required to attend as part of their duties, but the parent member and

alternate parent member shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred through the

performance of their duties as council members if it is outside the scope of

their job duties;

(c) The chairperson of the council shall appoint one (1) youth between the ages of

sixteen (16) and twenty-five (25), who has a behavioral health disorder and

who is receiving or has received services to address mental health, substance

use, or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder, to serve as a

member of the council, and one (1) youth who meets the same criteria to serve

as the youth member's alternate in the absence of the youth member. For each

appointment to be made, the State Interagency Council for Services and

Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth shall vote on nominations

submitted by members. The nominee receiving the most votes shall be

appointed. Appointees shall serve a term of two (2) years and may be

reappointed to additional two (2) year terms, and the youth member and the

youth member's alternate shall be eligible to serve out the remainder of their

term of appointment regardless of age. The alternate youth member may

attend and participate in all council meetings but shall vote only in the

absence of the youth member. The youth member and alternate youth member

shall receive no compensation in addition to that which they may already

receive as service providers or state employees who are required to attend as

part of their duties, but the youth member and alternate youth member shall be

reimbursed for expenses incurred through the performance of their duties as

council members if it is outside the scope of their job duties;

(d) The chairperson of the council shall appoint one (1) member of a nonprofit

family organization representing consumers of services and supports within

the system of care whose membership, leadership, and governance include

parents, primary caregivers, or children or transition-age youth with serious

emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs, to serve as a member of the

council. For each appointment to be made, the chair shall publicly post on the

State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and

Transition-Age Youth Web site a solicitation for letters of interest from

qualified organizations and submit all qualified responses to a vote of the full

membership. The organization which receives the most votes shall designate a

representative to serve a term of two (2) years, and may be reappointed to

additional two (2) year terms. The family organization member shall receive

no compensation in addition to that which the member may already receive as

an employee who is required to attend as part of his or her duties, but shall be

reimbursed for expenses incurred through the performance of duties as a

council member if it is outside the scope of his or her job duties; and

(e) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is

appointed.

(2) The State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and

Transition-Age Youth shall:

(a) Make recommendations annually to the Governor and the Legislative

Research Commission regarding the system of care for children and

transition-age youth with or at risk of behavioral health needs;

(b) Direct each regional interagency council to:

1. Operate as the regional locus of accountability for the system of care;

and

2. Participate in family accountability, intervention, and response teams

established pursuant to KRS 605.035;

(c) Assess the effectiveness of regional councils in serving as the locus of

accountability for the system of care for children and transition-age youth with

or at risk of behavioral health needs;

(d) Meet at least monthly and maintain records of meetings; and

(e) Develop a comprehensive array of services and supports to meet the needs of

children and transition-age youth with or at risk of developing behavioral

health needs.

(3) Agencies represented on the state council shall adopt interagency agreements as

necessary to advance the system of care.

(4) The State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and

Transition-Age Youth may promulgate administrative regulations necessary to

comply with the requirements of KRS 200.501 to 200.509.