205.590 Technical advisory committees. - Kentucky Statutes

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205.590 Technical advisory committees. (1) The following technical advisory committees shall be established for the purpose of acting in an advisory capacity to the council with respect to the administration of the
medical assistance program and in performing the function of peer review:
(a) A Technical Advisory Committee on Physician Services consisting of five (5) physicians appointed by the council of the Kentucky State Medical
Association; (b) A Technical Advisory Committee on Hospital Care consisting of five (5) hospital administrators appointed by the board of trustees of the Kentucky
Hospital Association; (c) A Technical Advisory Committee on Dental Care consisting of five (5) dentists appointed by the Kentucky Dental Association; (d) A Technical Advisory Committee on Nursing Service consisting of five (5) nurses appointed by the board of directors of the Kentucky State Association
of Registered Nurses; (e) A Technical Advisory Committee on Drugs consisting of five (5) pharmacists appointed by the Kentucky Pharmacists Association; (f) A Technical Advisory Committee on Nursing Home Care consisting of six (6) members of which five (5) members shall be appointed by the Kentucky
Association of Health Care Facilities, and one (1) member shall be appointed
by the Kentucky Association of Nonprofit Homes and Services for the Aging,
Inc.; (g) A Technical Advisory Committee on Optometric Care consisting of five (5) members appointed by the Kentucky Optometric Association; (h) A Technical Advisory Committee on Podiatric Care consisting of five (5) podiatrists appointed by the Kentucky Podiatry Association; (i) A Technical Advisory Committee on Primary Care consisting of five (5) primary care providers, two (2) of whom shall represent licensed health
maintenance organizations, appointed by the Governor, until such time as an
association of primary care providers is established, whereafter the association
shall appoint the members; (j) A Technical Advisory Committee on Home Health Care consisting of five (5) members appointed by the board of directors of the Kentucky Home Health
Association; (k) A Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Rights and Client Needs consisting of five (5) members, with one (1) member to be appointed by each
of the following organizations: the Kentucky Combined Committee on Aging,
the Kentucky Legal Services Corporation, the Kentucky Association for
Retarded Citizens, the Department of Public Advocacy, and the National
Association of Social Workers-Kentucky Chapter. (2) The members of the technical advisory committees shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. (3) Each appointive member of a committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in carrying out his
duties with reimbursement for expenses being made in accordance with state
regulations relating to travel reimbursement. Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 248, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 2,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 2. -- Amended 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 4. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 18. -- Amended
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 4. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. VII, sec. 11.