347.010 Legislative findings on services and supports for persons with
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developmental disabilities -- Construction of chapter. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and declares that:
(1)A comprehensive and outcome-driven system of services and supports provided to
persons with developmental disabilities must be designed, coordinated, consistent,
and monitored to meet the self-determined needs of those persons as well as to
protect their legal and human rights;
(2)The current system of services and supports for persons with developmental
disabilities needs substantial improvement in order to provide an array of services
including person-driven community-based services and supports;
(3)It is necessary to require:
(a)The identification, development, provision, and evaluation of services and
supports for persons with developmental disabilities;
(b)Interagency and intra-agency planning, development, implementation, and
evaluation of services and supports that are the most community inclusive,
responsive to individual needs, and that assure legal and human rights for
equal opportunity;
(c)Establishment of an array of community-based comprehensive services and
supports, provided by public and private sectors, that allow persons with
developmental disabilities the right to participate in the life of the community,
including residential alternatives, employment, and social and recreational
activities; and
(d)Funding strategies that promote the development of community-based
services and supports that demonstrate:
1. Flexibility for the person with developmental disabilities;
2. Distribution of available funds among all interested service providers
based on the needs of the person with developmental disabilities; and
3. Efficiency and accountability to the general public.
(4)The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to protect and promote the
continuing development and maintenance of physical, mental, and social skills of
persons with developmental disabilities; and
(5)The provisions of this chapter shall not alter requirements and responsibilities
mandated under any state or federal act, relieve any organizational unit or
administrative body of its duties under those acts, or transfer among state
organizations or administrative bodies any responsibilities, powers, or duties
mandated by those acts.