194A.146 Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement -- Membership -- Plans -- Review -- Information Systems -- Annual report. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 3 194A.146 Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement -- Membership -- Plans -- Review -- Information Systems -- Annual report. (1) There is hereby created the "Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement" which is administratively attached to the Department for Community
Based Services. The committee shall be composed of the following:
(a) Members who shall serve by virtue of their positions: the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the secretary's designee, the
commissioner of the Department for Public Health, the commissioner of the
Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, the
commissioner for the Department for Medicaid Services, the commissioner of
the Department for Community Based Services, the commissioner of the
Department of Juvenile Justice, the commissioner of the Department of
Education, the executive director of the Administrative Office of the Courts,
or their designees; and (b) One (1) foster parent selected by the statewide organization for foster parents, one (1) District Judge selected by the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme
Court, one (1) parent of a child in placement at the time of appointment to be
selected by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, one
(1) youth in placement at the time of the appointment to be selected by the
secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and one (1) private
child care provider selected by the statewide organization for private child
care providers. These members shall serve a term of two (2) years, and may be
reappointed. (2) The Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement shall, by July 1, 1999, develop a statewide strategic plan for the coordination and delivery of
care and services to children in placement and their families. The plan shall be
submitted to the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the
Legislative Research Commission on or before July 1, 1999, and each July 1
thereafter. (3) The strategic plan shall, at a minimum, include: (a) A mission statement;
(b) Measurable goals;
(c) Principles;
(d) Strategies and objectives; and
(e) Benchmarks. (4) The planning horizon shall be three (3) years. The plan shall be updated on an annual basis. Strategic plan updates shall include data and statistical information
comparing plan benchmarks to actual services and care provided. (5) The Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement shall, in consultation with the commissioner and the statewide placement coordinator as
provided for in KRS 199.801, establish a statewide facilities and services plan that
identifies the location of existing facilities and services for children in placement,
identifies unmet needs, and develops strategies to meet the needs. The planning Page 2 of 3 horizon shall be five (5) years. The plan shall be updated on an annual basis. The
plan shall be used to guide, direct, and, if necessary, restrict the development of new
facilities and services, the expansion of existing facilities and services, and the
geographic location of placement alternatives. (6) The Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement may, through the promulgation of administrative regulations, establish a process that
results in the review and approval or denial of the development of new facilities and
services, the expansion of existing facilities and services, and the geographic
location of any facilities and services for children in placement in accordance with
the statewide facilities and services plan. Any process established shall include
adequate due process rights for individuals and entities seeking to develop new
services, construct new facilities, or expand existing facilities, and shall require the
involvement of local communities and other resource providers in those
communities. (7) As a part of the statewide strategic plan, and in consultation with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee
for Children in Placement shall plan for the development or integration of
information systems that will allow information to be shared across agencies and
entities, so that relevant data will follow a child through the system regardless of the
entity or agency that is responsible for the child. The data produced shall be used to
establish and monitor the benchmarks required by subsection (3) of this section.
The data system shall, at a minimum, produce the following information on a
monthly basis:
(a) Number of placements per child;
(b) Reasons for placement disruptions;
(c) Length of time between removal and establishment of permanency;
(d) Reabuse or reoffense rates;
(e) Fatality rates;
(f) Injury and hospitalization rates;
(g) Health care provision rates;
(h) Educational achievement rates;
(i) Multiple placement rates;
(j) Sibling placement rates;
(k) Ethnicity matching rates;
(l) Family maintenance and preservation rate; and
(m) Adoption disruption rates. (8) The Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement shall publish an annual report no later than December 1 of each year that includes, but is
not limited to, the information outlined in subsection (7) of this section. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Repealed, reenacted and amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 32, effective June 20, 2005; and amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 617, effective June 20, 2005. Page 3 of 3 -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 14, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 506, sec. 24,
effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 536, sec. 24, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. Formerly codified as KRS 194B.102
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). This section, originally codified at KRS 194B.102, was repealed, reenacted as a new section of KRS Chapter 194A, and
amended by 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 32, and amended by 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85,
sec. 617, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2000). This section was amended by 2000 Ky. Acts chs. 14, 506, and 536, which do not appear to be in conflict and have
been codified together. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). A reference in this statute to the former Department for Health Services has been changed to the Department for
Public Health under 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 629, and KRS 7.136(2).