210.271 State hospital patients to be discharged to registered boarding homes only -- Quarterly follow-up visits by cabinet. - Kentucky Statutes

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210.271 State hospital patients to be discharged to registered boarding homes only -- Quarterly follow-up visits by cabinet. (1) No patient in an institution for the mentally ill or the intellectually disabled operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be discharged to a boarding
home as defined in KRS 216B.300 unless the boarding home is registered pursuant
to KRS 216B.305. (2) The cabinet shall conduct a quarterly follow-up visit, using cabinet personnel or through contract with the Regional Community Mental Health Centers, of all
patients of state mental health or mental retardation facilities that are discharged to
boarding homes. Any resident found to have needs that cannot be met by the
boarding home shall be referred to the Department for Community Based Services
for appropriate placement. Any boarding home suspected of operating as an
unlicensed personal care facility or housing residents with needs that cannot be met
by the boarding home shall be reported to the Division of Community Health
Services for investigation. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 19, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 321, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts
ch. 81, sec. 4, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 42,
effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 266, effective July
15, 1998. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992.