210.031 Advisory committee on need for services for deaf or hard-of-hearing
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persons.
(1)The cabinet shall establish an advisory committee of sixteen
(16)members to
advise the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities of the need for particular services for persons who are deaf or hard-of-
hearing.
(a)At least eight
(8)members shall be deaf or hard-of-hearing and shall be
appointed by the secretary. Four
(4)deaf or hard-of-hearing members,
representing one
(1)of each of the following organizations, shall be appointed
from a list of at least two
(2)nominees submitted from each of the following
organizations:
1. The Kentucky Association of the Deaf;
2. The A.G. Bell Association;
3. The Kentucky School for the Deaf Alumni Association; and
4. Self Help for the Hard of Hearing.
The remaining four
(4)deaf or hard-of-hearing members shall be appointed
by the secretary from a list of at least eight
(8)nominees submitted by the
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
(b)One
(1)member shall be a family member of a deaf or hard-of-hearing
consumer of mental health services and shall be appointed by the secretary
from a list of nominees accepted from any source.
(c)The head of each of the following entities shall appoint one
(1)member to the
advisory committee:
1. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Behavioral
Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities;
2. The Education and Labor Cabinet, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation;
3. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Aging and
Independent Living;
4. The Education and Labor Cabinet, Commission on the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing;
5. The Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; and
6. A Kentucky School for the Deaf staff person involved in education.
(d)The remaining member shall be a representative of a regional board for
mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability, appointed by the
commissioner of the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and
Intellectual Disabilities from a list composed of two
(2)names submitted by
each regional board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual
disability.
(2)Of the members defined in subsection (1)(a) and
(b)of this section, three
(3)shall
be appointed for a one
(1)year term, three
(3)shall be appointed for a two
(2)year
term, and three
(3)shall be appointed for a three
(3)year term; thereafter, they shall
be appointed for three
(3)year terms. The members defined under subsection (1)(c)
and
(d)of this section shall serve with no fixed term of office.
(3)The members defined under subsection (1)(a) and
(b)of this section shall serve
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses;
the members defined under subsection (1)(c) and
(d)of this section shall serve
without compensation or reimbursement of any kind.
(4)The Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
shall make available personnel to serve as staff to the advisory committee.
(5)The advisory committee shall meet quarterly at a location determined by the
committee chair.
(a)The advisory committee shall prepare a biennial report which:
1. Describes the accommodations and the mental health, intellectual
disability, development disability, and substance abuse services made
accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons;
2. Reports the number of deaf or hard-of-hearing persons served;
3. Identifies additional service needs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; and
4. Identifies a plan to address unmet service needs.
(b)The report shall be submitted to the secretary, the commissioner of the
Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities, and the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services by July 1 of
every odd-numbered year.