CABINET FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Department for Community Based Services
Division of Policy Development
922
KAR 1:380. Standards for emergency shelter child-caring facilities.
RELATES TO: KRS 199.011, 199.640, 199.645 to 199.670, 214.034(4), 600.020, 610.110, 615.010, 615.030, 615.040
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 194B.050(1), 199.640 (5), 199.645, 615.050
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 199.640 (5) requires the Cabinet for Families and Children to promulgate administrative regulations relating to standards of care and service for child-caring facilities. This administrative regulation establishes standards of care and service for emergency service child-caring facilities.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Child" is defined at KRS 199.011 (4), 600.020 (8), and 610.110 (6).
(2) "Crisis intervention unit" means a unit operated
to serve a child in need of short-term intensive treatment and to avoid risk of
placement to a higher level of care.
(3) "Emergency shelter" means a
group home or similar homelike facility that provides temporary or emergency
care for children and has adequate staff and services to meet the needs of each
resident child.
(4) "Treatment" means
individualized management and care of a child utilizing professionally credentialed and certified staff and a component of the
treatment environment to assist the child in resolving his emotional conflict
or behavioral disorder.
Section
2. Administration and Operation.
(1) Licensing procedures.
Licensing procedures for an emergency child-caring facility shall be administered
as established in 922 KAR 1:305.
(2) An emergency shelter
child-caring facility shall meet the requirements of 922 KAR 1:300, except for the
following:
(a) Section 5(1)(d)2;
(b) Section 5(1)(i)1, 3 and 4;
(c) Section 5(1)(k);
(d) Section 5(1)(n);
(e) Section 5(1)(o);
(f) Section 7(1)(e);
(g) Section 7(2)(a);
(h) Section 7(2)(b)3 and 4;
(i) Section 7(2)(c);
(j) Section 7(3);
(k) Section 7(4)(a);
(l) Section 7(5); and
(m) Section 7(6)(c), (d), (e), and (g).
Section
3. Emergency Shelter Child-caring
Facility Services.
(1) An emergency shelter
child-caring facility that is part of a program offering a treatment service shall
be in compliance with 922 KAR 1:390,
Section 4.
(2) If an emergency shelter care program is
part of a larger organization providing other child-caring or child-placing
services in accordance with 922 KAR 1:310,
there shall be a person designated to serve as coordinator of the emergency
shelter child-caring facility.
(3) The
facility shall obtain the following information from a child’s custodian during
intake:
(a) Commitment order, temporary custody
order, or signed voluntary admission form
(b) Basic identifying information on the
child including:
1. Name and birthdate;
2. Address, and name and address of parent
or guardian;
3. Last school attended and grade level;
and
4. Medical information if known;
(c) If a child is a walk-in to the program and no custodian is
available, a facility shall obtain a placement agreement with the custodian
within seventy-two (72) hours.
(4) Discharge.
(a) The facility shall have written policy and procedure
describing conditions under which a child may be discharged.
(b) Discharge planning shall begin immediately upon admission of a
child.
(c)
The facility shall
prepare a written discharge summary within five (5) days following the date of
discharge. A copy shall be provided to
the legal custodian.
Section 4. Crisis
Intervention Unit.
An emergency service in a crisis intervention
unit shall be provided as established in 922
KAR 1:390, Section 5.
Viola
Miller, Secretary
Dietra
Paris, Commissioner
Adopted: