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205.201 Duties of cabinet as to the aging and the minority elderly.

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205.201 Duties of cabinet as to the aging and the minority elderly. The duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be to: <br>(1) Promote and aid in the establishment of local programs and services for the aging; <br>(2) Conduct programs to educate the public as to problems of the aging; <br>(3) Review existing state programs and services for the aging and to make recommendations to the Governor, to the appropriate department and agencies of <br>the state, and to the legislature for improvements in and additions to such programs <br>and services; (4) Assist and encourage governmental and private agencies to coordinate their efforts on behalf of the aging; (5) Conduct and encourage other organizations to conduct studies concerning the aging; <br>(6) Establish, in selected areas and communities of the state, programs of services for the aging to demonstrate the value of such programs, and to encourage local <br>agencies to continue the programs and to create new services where needed. <br>Emphasis shall be given to services designed to foster continued participation of <br>older people in family and community life and to lessen the need for institutional <br>care; (7) Provide services designed to meet the needs of the minority elderly in programs administered by the cabinet. The cabinet shall annually prepare a report identifying <br>the special needs of the minority elderly population in the Commonwealth as <br>compared to the elderly population at large. The report shall be completed no later <br>than October 1 of each year and transmitted to the Legislative Research <br>Commission. The report shall, at a minimum: <br>(a) Contain an overview of the health status of minority elderly Kentuckians; <br>(b) Identify specific diseases and health conditions for which the minority elderly are at greater risk than the general population; (c) Identify problems experienced by the minority elderly in obtaining services from governmental agencies; and (d) Identify programs at the state and local level designed to specifically meet the needs of the minority elderly; (8) In preparing the report required by subsection (7) of this section, the cabinet shall solicit and consider the input of individuals and organizations representing the <br>concerns of the minority elderly population as relates to: <br>(a) Programs and services needed by the minority elderly; <br>(b) The extent to which existing programs do not meet the needs of the minority elderly; (c) The accessibility of existing programs to the minority elderly; <br>(d) The availability and adequacy of information regarding existing services; <br>(e) Health problems the minority elderly experience at a higher rate than the nonminority elderly population; and (f) Financial, social, and other barriers experienced by the minority elderly in obtaining services; (9) Conduct an outreach program that provides information to minority elderly Kentuckians about health and social problems experienced by minority elderly <br>persons and available programs to address those problems, as identified in the <br>report prepared pursuant to subsection (7) of this section; and (10) Cooperate with the federal government and with the governments of other states in programs relating to the aging. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 219, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 19, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 186, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 1, <br>effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 1.