Duties of cabinet
KRS 211.640
in effect211.640. Duties of cabinet
The duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be to:
(1) Promote and develop effective programs of education, health, recreation, welfare, public safety, and correctional services for children and youth;
(2) Conduct continuing programs of public information to educate the public as to problems of children and youth;
(3) Assist and encourage governmental and private agencies to coordinate their efforts on behalf of children and youth;
(4) Cooperate with the federal government and with the governments of other states and cities in programs relating to children and youth;
(5) Conduct programs of research as to the needs of children and youth in order to facilitate more comprehensive and better-related social planning and action.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 364, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 306, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 69. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 106, Art. XIV, sec. 4a.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8448Fetched: 10/20/2026