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210.040 Powers and duties of cabinet.

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210.040 Powers and duties of cabinet. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall: <br>(1) Exercise all functions of the state in relation to the administration and operation of the state institutions for the care and treatment of persons with mental illness; (2) Establish or acquire, in accordance with the provisions of KRS 56.440 to 56.550, other or additional facilities for psychiatric care and treatment of persons who are or <br>may become state charges; (3) Cooperate with other state agencies for the development of a statewide mental health program looking toward the prevention of mental illness and the post-<br>institutional care of persons released from public or private mental hospitals; (4) Provide for the custody, maintenance, care, and medical and psychiatric treatment of the patients of the institutions operated by the cabinet; (5) Provide psychiatric consultation for the state penal and correctional institutions, and for the state institutions operated for children or for persons with an intellectual <br>disability; (6) Administer and supervise programs for the noninstitutional care of persons with mental illness; (7) Administer and supervise programs for the care of persons with chronic mental illness, including but not limited to provision of the following: <br>(a) Identification of persons with chronic mental illness residing in the area to be served; (b) Assistance to persons with chronic mental illness in gaining access to essential mental health services, medical and rehabilitation services, employment, <br>housing, and other support services designed to enable persons with chronic <br>mental illness to function outside inpatient institutions to the maximum extent <br>of their capabilities; (c) Establishment of community-based transitional living facilities with twenty-four (24) hour supervision and community-based cooperative facilities with <br>part-time supervision; provided that, no more than either one (1) transitional <br>facility or one (1) cooperative facility may be established in a county <br>containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government with any <br>funds available to the cabinet; (d) Assurance of the availability of a case manager for each person with chronic mental illness to determine what services are needed and to be responsible for <br>their provision; and (e) Coordination of the provision of mental health and related support services with the provision of other support services to persons with chronic mental <br>illness; (8) Require all providers who receive public funds through state contracts, state grants, or reimbursement for services provided to have formalized quality assurance and <br>quality improvement processes, including but not limited to a grievance procedure; <br>and (9) Supervise private mental hospitals receiving patients committed by order of a court. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 301, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 5, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 200, <br>effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 246, effective July <br>15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- <br>Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 55. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 64, <br>sec. 2. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 4.