Kentucky Statutes 205.900 – Definitions for KRS 205.905 to 205.920
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As used in KRS § 205.905 to KRS § 205.920:
(1) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(2) “Evaluation team” means at least three (3) individuals employed as such by a qualified agency or organization.
(3) “Personal care assistance services” means services which are required by an adult with a severe physical disability to achieve greater physical independence and which include, but are not limited to:
(a) Routine bodily functions, such as bowel or bladder care; (b) Dressing;
(c) Housecleaning and laundry;
(d) Preparation and consumption of food; (e) Moving in and out of bed;
(f) Routine bathing; (g) Ambulation; and
(h) Any other similar activity of daily living.
(4) “Qualified agency or organization” means an agency or organization whose purpose is to provide services to severely physically disabled adults to enable them to live as independently as possible and a majority of whose governing board are consumers of these services. If no qualified agency or organization exists, an agency or organization may become a qualified provider when consumers of personal care assistance services are a majority of its advisory council.
(5) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(6) “Severely physically disabled adult” means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older with permanent or temporary, recurring functional loss of two (2) or more limbs.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 288, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 25, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
426, sec. 235, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 336, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1994; ch. 405, sec. 61, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416, sec. 15, effective July
15, 1994. — Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994
Ky. Acts chs. 229, 405, and 416. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. These three Acts conflict as to subsection (4) of this section, and Acts ch. 416, which was the last of the three Acts enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS § 446.250.
(1) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.900
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Council: means the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance. See Kentucky Statutes 205.510
- Secretary: means the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
(2) “Evaluation team” means at least three (3) individuals employed as such by a qualified agency or organization.
(3) “Personal care assistance services” means services which are required by an adult with a severe physical disability to achieve greater physical independence and which include, but are not limited to:
(a) Routine bodily functions, such as bowel or bladder care; (b) Dressing;
(c) Housecleaning and laundry;
(d) Preparation and consumption of food; (e) Moving in and out of bed;
(f) Routine bathing; (g) Ambulation; and
(h) Any other similar activity of daily living.
(4) “Qualified agency or organization” means an agency or organization whose purpose is to provide services to severely physically disabled adults to enable them to live as independently as possible and a majority of whose governing board are consumers of these services. If no qualified agency or organization exists, an agency or organization may become a qualified provider when consumers of personal care assistance services are a majority of its advisory council.
(5) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(6) “Severely physically disabled adult” means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older with permanent or temporary, recurring functional loss of two (2) or more limbs.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 288, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 25, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
426, sec. 235, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 336, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1994; ch. 405, sec. 61, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416, sec. 15, effective July
15, 1994. — Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994
Ky. Acts chs. 229, 405, and 416. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. These three Acts conflict as to subsection (4) of this section, and Acts ch. 416, which was the last of the three Acts enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS § 446.250.