Kentucky Statutes 199.665 – Performance-based contracting for child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies — Study group — Implementation — Administrative regulations
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires;
(a) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(b) “Performance-based contracting” means an approach that stresses permanency outcomes for children and utilizes a payment structure that reinforces provider agencies’ efforts to offer services that improve the outcomes for children; and
(c) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services.
(2) The secretary shall designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of performance-based contracting for licensed child- caring facilities and child-placing agencies in the Commonwealth.
(3) The study group shall be composed of the following members: (a) The secretary;
(b) The commissioner for the Department for Community Based Services; (c) The director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, or designee;
(d) The executive director of the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood, or designee;
(e) One (1) adult who was a former foster child in the Commonwealth;
(f) One (1) adult who is a current or former foster parent in the Commonwealth; (g) Two (2) employees of a licensed child-placing agency;
(h) Two (2) employees of a licensed child-caring facility; and
(i) Any personnel within the Department for Community Based Services that the secretary deems necessary.
(4) In its deliberations, the study group shall include but not be limited to analysis of improved timeliness and likelihood of permanency such as reunification, adoption, or guardianship; fewer moves for children in foster care; and reduced instances of reentry into care.
(5) The study group shall report its recommendations by December 1, 2018. The study group shall cease to operate after the delivery of the recommendations required by this subsection.
(6) By July 1, 2019, the cabinet shall:
(a) Establish and implement performance-based contracting for licensed child- caring facilities and child-placing agencies that contract with the department for services; and
(b) Apply and implement all standards, processes, and procedures established for performance-based contracting for licensed child-caring facilities and child- placing agencies in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection to all other cabinet-operated programs that are like those operated by child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies.
(7) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2022 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 24, effective January 1, 2023; and ch. 223, sec. 8, effective January 1, 2023. — Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 9, effective July 14,
2018.
(a) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 199.665
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
- Child: means any person who has not reached his eighteenth birthday. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
- Child-caring facility: means any institution or group home, including institutions and group homes that are publicly operated, providing residential care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to children, not related by blood, adoption, or marriage to the person maintaining the facility, other than an institution or group home certified by an appropriate agency as operated primarily for educational or medical purposes, or a residential program operated or contracted by the Department of Juvenile Justice that maintains accreditation, or obtains accreditation within two (2) years of opening from a nationally recognized accrediting organization. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
- Child-placing agency: means any agency licensed by the cabinet, which supervises the placement of children in foster family homes or child-caring facilities, or which places children for adoption. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department for Community Based Services. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
- Secretary: means the secretary for health and family services. See Kentucky Statutes 199.011
(b) “Performance-based contracting” means an approach that stresses permanency outcomes for children and utilizes a payment structure that reinforces provider agencies’ efforts to offer services that improve the outcomes for children; and
(c) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services.
(2) The secretary shall designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of performance-based contracting for licensed child- caring facilities and child-placing agencies in the Commonwealth.
(3) The study group shall be composed of the following members: (a) The secretary;
(b) The commissioner for the Department for Community Based Services; (c) The director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, or designee;
(d) The executive director of the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood, or designee;
(e) One (1) adult who was a former foster child in the Commonwealth;
(f) One (1) adult who is a current or former foster parent in the Commonwealth; (g) Two (2) employees of a licensed child-placing agency;
(h) Two (2) employees of a licensed child-caring facility; and
(i) Any personnel within the Department for Community Based Services that the secretary deems necessary.
(4) In its deliberations, the study group shall include but not be limited to analysis of improved timeliness and likelihood of permanency such as reunification, adoption, or guardianship; fewer moves for children in foster care; and reduced instances of reentry into care.
(5) The study group shall report its recommendations by December 1, 2018. The study group shall cease to operate after the delivery of the recommendations required by this subsection.
(6) By July 1, 2019, the cabinet shall:
(a) Establish and implement performance-based contracting for licensed child- caring facilities and child-placing agencies that contract with the department for services; and
(b) Apply and implement all standards, processes, and procedures established for performance-based contracting for licensed child-caring facilities and child- placing agencies in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection to all other cabinet-operated programs that are like those operated by child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies.
(7) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2022 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 24, effective January 1, 2023; and ch. 223, sec. 8, effective January 1, 2023. — Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 9, effective July 14,
2018.