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15A.344 County tobacco addiction and alcohol and substance abuse advisory and coordination boards -- Role of KY-ASAP -- Local long-term community strategy.

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Page 1 of 1 15A.344 County tobacco addiction and alcohol and substance abuse advisory and coordination boards -- Role of KY-ASAP -- Local long-term community <br>strategy. (1) KY-ASAP shall establish in each county a local tobacco addiction and alcohol and substance abuse advisory and coordination board to assist in planning, overseeing, <br>and coordinating the implementation of local programs related to smoking cessation <br>and prevention and alcohol and substance abuse prevention, cessation, and <br>treatment, although a single board may be established for multiple counties to <br>ensure a comprehensive range of services. The board shall assist with the <br>coordination of programs provided by public and private entities. If the existing <br>programs of private service providers are of high quality, KY-ASAP shall <br>concentrate on providing missing elements and support for those providers. The <br>Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall support the communities' efforts. (2) KY-ASAP shall consult with community leaders to solicit the names of residents from the community to serve on each advisory and coordination board. KY-ASAP <br>shall request from each board the submission of reasonable reports on the <br>effectiveness, efficiency, and efforts of each local program, including <br>recommendations for increased or decreased funding, and KY-ASAP shall supply <br>information as necessary to the advisory and coordination board to enable it to carry <br>out its functions. (3) KY-ASAP shall provide incentives to encourage multicounty advisory and coordination board requests and shall establish a single board to represent all <br>counties making the request. Priority in establishing a board shall be given to <br>existing regional prevention centers or coalitions, community organizations, or local <br>Kentucky Incentives for Prevention (KIP) project coalitions. Membership shall <br>consist of residents from each of the counties. (4) Each advisory and coordination board shall develop a long-term community strategy that is designed to reduce the incidence of youth and young adult smoking <br>and tobacco addiction, promote resistance to smoking, reduce the incidence of <br>substance abuse, and promote effective treatment of substance abuse. All county <br>resources, both private and public, for-profit and nonprofit, shall be considered in <br>developing this strategy. <br>(a) Employers, local leaders, schools, family resource and youth services centers, health care providers and institutions, economic developers, and other relevant <br>local and regional entities shall be consulted in the development of the <br>strategy. (b) An assessment of needs and available services shall be included in the strategy. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Repealed and reenacted 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 12, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 75, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created <br>2000 Ky. Acts ch. 536, sec. 27, effective July 14, 2000. Formerly codified as KRS 12.334.