Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 908 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Chapter 2 - Mental Health › Section 908 KAR 2:240 - Kentucky youth peer support specialist

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				200.505,
				210.010,
				210.040,
				210.370-210.485
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to protect the health of Kentucky citizens
				and to implement programs mandated by federal law or to qualify for the receipt
				of federal funds.
				KRS
				210.450 requires the secretary to promulgate
				administrative regulations governing qualifications of personnel and standards
				for personnel management for community programs for mental health or
				individuals with an intellectual disability. This administrative regulation
				establishes the minimum eligibility and training requirements for a Kentucky
				youth peer support specialist.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Applicant"
			 means an individual seeking to complete the Kentucky Youth Peer Support
			 Specialist training.
(2)
			 "Application" means completing the Kentucky Youth Peer Support Specialist Core
			 Competency Training Application form and submitting it to the
			 department.
(3) "Child-serving
			 agency" means an agency represented by the State Interagency Council.
(4) "Client" means a child with an emotional
			 disability as defined by
			 KRS
			 200.503(1) or who is at risk
			 of developing an emotional disability.
(5) "Core Competency" means the knowledge and
			 skills listed in Section 3(4) of this administrative regulation that all
			 applicants must demonstrate in order to successfully complete the Kentucky
			 youth peer support specialist training.
(6) "Department" means the Department for
			 Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities.
(7) "Kentucky Family Leadership Academy" or
			 "KFLA" means a prerequisite training designed for parents, caregivers, and
			 youth leaders that fosters initial leadership development.
(8) "Kentucky youth peer support specialist"
			 or "KYPSS" means an eligible youth who has completed the requirements of this
			 administrative regulation.
(9)
			 "Lived Experience" means an experience of a child or youth with an emotional,
			 social, behavioral, or substance use disability that is defined in the current
			 version of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental
			 Disorders.
(10) "Professional
			 Equivalent" means a person who meets the professional equivalent requirements
			 established in the Community Mental Health Center Services Manual that is
			 incorporated by reference in
			 907
			 KAR 1:044.
(11) "State family organization" means an
			 organization with whom the department contracts to carry out the activities
			 associated with statewide advocacy and support for children and youth with
			 severe emotional disabilities.
(12)
			 "State Interagency Council" is the State Interagency Council for Services to
			 Children with an Emotional Disability as defined by
			 KRS
			 200.505.
(13) "Youth Peer Support 101" means a
			 training designed for Kentucky youth peer support specialists and their
			 supervisors that provides an orientation to the position.