211.470 Definitions for KRS 211.470 to 211.478.
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<![CDATA[ Page 1 of 1 211.470 Definitions for KRS 211.470 to 211.478. As used in KRS 211.470 to 211.478: <br>(1) "Board" means the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board created pursuant to KRS 211.472; (2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; <br>(3) "Traumatic brain injury" means a partial or total disability caused by injury to the central nervous system from physical trauma, damage to the central nervous system <br>from anoxia, hypoxic episodes, allergic conditions, toxic substances, or other acute <br>medical clinical incidents resulting in impaired cognitive abilities or impaired <br>physical functioning. "Traumatic brain injury" does not include: <br>(a) Strokes that can be treated in nursing facilities providing routine rehabilitation services; (b) Spinal cord injuries for which there are no known or obvious injuries to the intracranial central nervous system; (c) Progressive dementias and other mentally impairing conditions; <br>(d) Depression and psychiatric disorders in which there is no known or obvious central nervous system damage; (e) Mental retardation and birth defect related disorders of long standing nature; or (f) Neurological degenerative, metabolic, and other medical conditions of a chronic, degenerative nature. (4) "Trust fund" means the traumatic brain injury trust fund created pursuant to KRS 211.476. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 359, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 124, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. ]]>