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194A.601 Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders -- Purpose, director, and duties.

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Page 1 of 1 194A.601 Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders -- Purpose, director, and duties. (1) The Office on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders is established within the cabinet. The purpose of the office is to oversee information and resources related to <br>policy and services affecting the sixty thousand (60,000) residents of Kentucky with <br>dementia, and the caregivers and families of the residents. (2) The director of the office shall be a full-time, permanent employee and shall be responsible for the staffing and operational details of the office. A report on the <br>start-up and implementation of the office shall be made to the Interim Joint <br>Committee on Health and Welfare by September 30, 2000, and on a quarterly basis <br>thereafter. (3) The office shall: (a) Enhance the quality of life for persons affected by dementia and for their caregivers; (b) Recommend the delivery of services in the most effective and efficient manner possible to facilitate the needs of people with dementia and their <br>caregivers, after consultation with other agencies of state government that <br>work with dementia-related illness; (c) Determine ways the Commonwealth may secure additional federal and private funding to provide additional services and programs through a coordinated <br>effort; (d) Apply for any public or private funding relating to dementia that will enhance the office's abilities to perform its duties under this section; (e) Promote public and professional awareness and education of dementia and access to needed services and programs; (f) Oversee and receive reports from the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council; and (g) Coordinate and oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the 1995 Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000.