(1) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(2) “Facility” means a hospital or other institution operated or utilized by the cabinet for the mentally ill, individuals with an intellectual disability, or respiratory disease patients.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 210.710

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 210.005
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 210.005
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) “Homestead” means a place where a family makes its home including the land, house and furnishings, outbuildings, vehicles, and tools of the trade formerly occupied by the patient which is exempted by KRS § 210.710 to KRS § 210.760 from liability to meet patient charges for services rendered in a facility.
(4) “Means test” means a uniform method adopted by the secretary for determining the ability to pay of the patient or person responsible for the patient for board, maintenance and treatment at a facility operated or utilized by the cabinet.
(5) “Person responsible for the patient” includes parents, spouses, guardians, and committees within the scope of their fiduciary duties.
(6) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 94, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 337, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 281, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.