200.505 State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and
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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.