164.0404 Healthcare program incentive -- Administrative regulations -- Incentive
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application process and requirements.
(1)The council shall reserve up to thirty-five percent (35%) of all net moneys in the
Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund for healthcare program incentives
to reward performance and excellence among eligible healthcare programs. Any
appropriation applied towards the amount of a healthcare program incentive award
shall be matched, at least dollar for dollar, with moneys deposited to the fund by the
healthcare partner.
(2)The council shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria for
issuing healthcare program incentives. The criteria shall consider the following
factors:
(a)The workforce demands and capacity for a specific eligible healthcare
credential;
(b)The workforce demands and capacity for a specific eligible healthcare
credential within historically underserved counties;
(c)The percentage of increase over a baseline standard in the number of students
completing the healthcare program;
(d)The passage rate and first-time passage rate of graduates of the healthcare
program on the healthcare credential examination; and
(e)Any other objective factors determined by the council to be relevant to the
evaluation of the performance and excellence of the healthcare programs and
the ability of the healthcare programs to meet the workforce needs of the
communities they serve.
(a)The council, or its designee, shall solicit, accept, and review applications for
healthcare program incentives by healthcare programs located in Kentucky.
The council, or its designee, shall select the healthcare programs to receive
healthcare program incentives and the amount thereof based on the criteria
established by this section, administrative regulations, and a grantor of
dedicated funds, if applicable.
(b)A healthcare partner that is the grantor of dedicated funds may reserve the
right to require the council, or its designee, to collaborate with the healthcare
partner in fulfilling the duties assigned under paragraph
(a)of this subsection
for any healthcare program incentive funded by the grantor's dedicated funds,
except an incentive shall not be:
1. Awarded to a healthcare program that has gifted, granted, or donated
any moneys to the fund that are dedicated funds reserved for the purpose
of issuing incentives under this section; or
2. Restricted to a specific healthcare program or pursuant to criteria which
would have the impact of effectively excluding all but a single
healthcare program from qualification.
(c)Decisions of the council, or its designee, in these matters shall be final.
(4)The council shall require the healthcare program to submit proof that the entire
amount of the incentive is invested in the continued excellence of the program awarded by funding the:
(a)Education, recruitment, and training of the healthcare program's faculty and
staff; or
(b)Maintenance and acquisition of medical equipment utilized by the healthcare
program. A healthcare program that fails to submit the proof required by the council shall return the entire amount of the incentive to the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.