08RS Senate Bill 240

Senate Bill 240

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Last Action	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to personal services and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	2202
Sponsors	J. Denton, E. Scorsone
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to provide for the certification of personal service agencies; define the terms "agency," "cabinet," "client," "department," "designated representative," "family," "personal services," "personal services agency"; and, "parent personal services agency"; require a personal services agency to be certified; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require personal services agencies to have written policies and procedures maintained by the agency and disclosed to the client, written personal service agreements, and written personal services plans; qualify that only personal services agencies meeting standards for certification will be granted a certificate; require each application for certification to be made to the department, accompanied by a fee, and to expire one year from the date of its receipt; require renewals to be accompanied by an additional fee; require the personal services agency to maintain records; provide for appeal of an adverse determination; require all fees to be paid to the State Treasury and used for funding the Department for Aging and Independent Living; impose a fine of $500 per day for a personal services agency that provides services without proper certification; impose a fine of $500 per day on a business that markets its services as a personal services agency without proper certification; require existing personal services agencies to file an application for certification by December 31, 2008, and other agencies to obtain certification prior to providing personal services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45 to create the Kentucky personal services agency fund and establish the parameters of the fund; require moneys in the fund to be used by the Department for Aging and Independent Living for administrative purposes; provide that moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year will carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year; provide that interest earned on moneys in the fund will accrue to the account; provide that moneys are appropriated for purposes set forth in the Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Personal services agency fund Appropriations - Personal services agency fund Disabilities and the Disabled - Personal services, providers, certification of Health and Medical Services - Personal services, providers, certification of Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Personal services, providers, certification of Aged Persons and Aging - Personal services, providers, certification of

03/05/08	introduced in Senate
03/07/08	to Health & Welfare (S)
03/12/08	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/13/08	2nd reading, to Rules
03/17/08	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 18, 2008
03/18/08	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)