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210.450 Additional powers and duties of secretary as to regional programs.

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210.450 Additional powers and duties of secretary as to regional programs. In addition to the powers and duties already conferred upon him by the law, the secretary <br>of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall: <br>(1) Promulgate policies and regulations governing eligibility of community mental health and mental retardation programs to receive state grants and other fund <br>allocations from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, prescribing standards <br>for qualification of personnel and quality of professional service and for in-service <br>training and educational leave programs for personnel, governing eligibility for <br>service so that no person will be denied service on the basis of race, color or creed, <br>or inability to pay, providing for establishment of fee schedules which shall be <br>based upon ability to pay, regulating fees for diagnostic services, which services <br>may be provided for anyone without regard to his financial status, when referred by <br>the courts, schools, or health and welfare agencies whether public or private, <br>governing financial record keeping, prescribing standards for personnel <br>management operations, providing for financial and program reporting <br>requirements, and such other policies and regulations as he deems necessary to carry <br>out the purposes of KRS 210.370 to 210.460; (2) Review and evaluate local programs and the performance of administrative and psychiatric personnel and make recommendations thereon to community mental <br>health-mental retardation boards and program administrators; (3) Provide consultative service, by mental health and mental retardation professionals qualified by education and training, to communities to assist in ascertaining local <br>needs and in planning and establishing community mental health and mental <br>retardation programs; (4) Employ necessary and qualified personnel to implement KRS 210.370 to 210.460; and (5) Review annually the community mental health-mental retardation boards' personnel policies, procedures, and personnel compensation plans and disapprove if not <br>consistent with accepted standards of personnel and salary administration prescribed <br>by the cabinet. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 334, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 278, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 396, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, <br>sec. 61. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 64(3). -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 79, sec. 9. Formerly codified as KRS 203.490.