210.575 Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an
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Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities -- Membership --
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(1)There is created the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for
Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities.
The commission shall consist of:
(a)The secretary or designee of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(b)The commissioner or designee of the Department for Behavioral Health,
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities;
(c)The commissioner or designee of the Department for Medicaid Services;
(d)The commissioner or designee of the Department of Education;
(e)The executive director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation;
(f)The director of the University Affiliated Program at the Interdisciplinary
Human Development Institute of the University of Kentucky;
(g)The director of the Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities;
(h)Two
(2)members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker
of the House;
(i)Two
(2)members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate President; and
(j)Public members, appointed by the Governor as follows:
1. One
(1)member representing families of a child with an intellectual or
other developmental disability residing in the home of the family
member;
2. One
(1)member representing families of an adult with an intellectual or
other developmental disability residing in the home of the family
member;
3. One
(1)member representing families of an adult with an intellectual or
other developmental disability residing in a community-based setting;
4. One
(1)member representing families of an individual with an
intellectual or other developmental disability residing in an institutional
residential facility that provides services to individuals with intellectual
disabilities;
5. Three
(3)persons with intellectual or other developmental disabilities;
6. Two
(2)business leaders;
7. Two
(2)providers of intellectual or other developmental disability
services;
8. One
(1)provider of intellectual or other developmental disability
services that is a regional community program for mental health or
individuals with an intellectual disability established pursuant to KRS
210.370; and
9. One
(1)representative of a statewide advocacy organization providing
education and outreach on topics associated with intellectual and other
developmental disabilities.
The thirteen
(13)appointments made under this paragraph shall be chosen to reflect
representation from each of Kentucky's six
(6)congressional districts.
(2)The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may serve as chair of
the commission or the secretary may appoint his or her designee, the commissioner
of the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual
Disabilities, or the commissioner's designee to serve as chair.
(3)Members defined in subsection (1)(a) to
(i)of this section shall serve during their
terms of office. All public members appointed by the Governor shall serve a four
(4)year term and may be reappointed for one
(1)additional four
(4)year term.
(4)The members appointed by the Governor shall serve until their successors are
appointed and qualified.
(5)Members appointed by the Governor to fill a vacated position shall serve the
remainder of that position's term and may be reappointed for a four
(4)year term.
(6)Members described in subsection (1)(h) and
(i)of this section who fail to attend
fifty percent (50%) of commission meetings in a fiscal year may be recommended
to the Speaker of the House or the Senate President for replacement with new
members.
(7)Members appointed under subsection (1)(j) of this section shall provide advance
notice, on a meeting-by-meeting basis, to the person designated by the commission
chair if the member will be sending a representative.
(8)Members appointed under subsection (1)(j) of this section who fail to attend fifty
percent (50%) of the commission meetings in a fiscal year may be recommended to
the Governor for replacement with a new member.
(9)Members appointed under subsection (1)(j) of this section who send representatives
for greater than fifty percent (50%) of the commission meetings in a fiscal year may
be recommended to the Governor for replacement with a new member.
(10)All public members of the commission shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per
day for attending each regularly scheduled meeting or any special meeting called by
the chair. All commission members shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and
other expenses actually incurred in the discharge of duties of the commission.