12.460 Persons with disabilities or members of their families to be included in membership of boards and committees affecting them -- Prohibition against discrimination.
<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>12.460 Persons with disabilities or members of their families to be included in <br>membership of boards and committees affecting them -- Prohibition against <br>discrimination. <br>To ensure opportunities for participation by persons with disabilities and their families in <br>the development of policies, support, and services that affect them: <br>(1) Persons with one (1) or more disabilities, or members of their families, who receive <br>the services and support of an advisory board, committee, commission, task force, <br>or ad hoc committee of any executive cabinet or any of its subdivisions shall be <br>included in the membership of each of these advisory boards, committees, <br>commissions, task forces, or ad hoc committees. <br>(2) Persons with one (1) or more disabilities, or members of their families, shall be <br>included in the membership of local community-based agency governing boards <br>that receive funds directly or indirectly from any executive cabinet or any of its <br>subdivisions to provide services and support to persons with disabilities and their <br>families. <br>(3) Persons with one (1) or more disabilities, or members of their families, shall be <br>included in the membership of any advisory committee, board, or commission <br>funded or administered by any executive cabinet or any of its subdivisions whose <br>purpose is to establish criteria for services and support for persons with disabilities, <br>or to develop standards that govern these services and support. <br>(4) Persons with one (1) or more disabilities shall not be discriminated against and shall <br>be given an equal opportunity for membership on any other advisory board, <br>committee, commission, task force, or ad hoc committee consistent with and to the <br>extent required by the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act; <br>(5) The requirements of this section and KRS 12.465 shall only apply to an advisory <br>board, committee, commission, task force, or ad hoc committee that is created <br>specifically to develop or oversee policies or programs related to persons living <br>with a disability or their families, except that the provisions of subsection (4) of this <br>section shall apply. <br>Effective: June 21, 2001 <br>History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 13, effective June 21, 2001. -- Created <br>1996 Ky. Acts ch. 336, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. <br><br>