200.509 Regional interagency councils for the system of care in each area
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development district.
(1)There are hereby created regional interagency councils for the system of care. These
councils shall be formed in each area development district within the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, except that those area development districts that
contain a county with a population greater than one hundred thousand (100,000)
may form up to three
(3)such councils. The regional interagency councils shall be
chaired by one
(1)member, chosen by a majority vote of the members. Each council
shall be composed of the following members:
(a)The children's services director from each regional community mental health
center or their designee;
(b)One
(1)court-designated specialist or court-designated worker chosen by the
executive officer of the Department of Family and Juvenile Services of the
Administrative Office of the Courts;
(c)One
(1)special education cooperative representative with behavioral health
experience chosen by the directors of cooperatives in the area served by the
regional council;
(d)One
(1)parent of a child with a behavioral health need, who is or has been a
consumer of system of care services and supports, and one
(1)parent who
meets the same criteria to serve as the parent member's alternate, who may
attend and participate in all council meetings, but shall vote only in the
absence of the parent member. For each appointment to be made, the regional
interagency council for which the appointment is to be made shall submit to
the chair of the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to
Children and Transition-Age Youth a list of two
(2)names of parents who are
qualified for appointment from which list the chair of the State Interagency
Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth shall
make the appointment. 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 system of care
services and supports during the term of appointment, the member shall be
eligible to serve out the remainder of the term of appointment;
(e)One
(1)transition-age youth who has a behavioral health disorder and who is
receiving or has received a service to address mental health, substance use, or
co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder, and one
(1)transition-
age 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 regional interagency council for which the appointment is to be
made shall submit to the chair of the State Interagency Council for Services
and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth a list of two
(2)names of
transition-age youth who are qualified for appointment from which list the
chair of the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children
and Transition-Age Youth shall make the appointment. Appointees shall serve
a term of two
(2)years, and may be reappointed to additional two
(2)year
terms. If the youth member or alternate youth member ceases to be a
consumer of system of care services and supports during the term of
appointment, the member shall be eligible to serve out the remainder of the
term of appointment;
(f)Any other local public or private agency that provides services and supports to
children and transition-age youth with behavioral health needs which the
regional interagency council may invite to have a representative become a
permanent or temporary member of the council; and
(g)One
(1)representative from each of the Department of Juvenile Justice, family
resource and youth services centers, the Kentucky Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation, the Department for Community Based Services, and local
health departments.
(2)No member of a regional interagency council for the system of care shall be given
compensation in addition to that which they already receive as service providers or
state employees, except that the parent and youth members and alternate parent and
youth members of regional interagency councils shall be reimbursed by the regional
interagency council's contracted fiscal agent for all expenses incurred through the
performance of their duties as council members if it is outside the scope of their job
duties.
(3)Each regional interagency council for the system of care shall perform the following
functions:
(a)Conduct regional system of care planning and operations;
(b)Coordinate system-level continuous quality improvement;
(c)Identify and develop system of care expansion opportunities;
(d)Promote awareness of the system of care;
(e)Initiate and adopt interagency agreements as necessary for providing services
and supports to children and transition-age youth with or at risk of behavioral
health needs by the agencies represented in the regional council;
(f)Advise the state interagency council regarding the system of care within the
region; and
(g)Participate in family accountability, intervention, and response teams
established pursuant to KRS 605.035.
(4)The secretary for health and family services and the designee of the State
Department of Education shall ensure that regional interagency councils for the
system of care are formed.
(5)Local interagency councils for the system of care may be formed at the discretion of
a regional interagency council to advance the functions of the regional interagency
council at the city, county, or other local community level.