PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN -- ADOPTION -- CHILD CARE
KRS tit. XVII, ch. 199
in effectContents
section199.010. Repealed, 1952section199.011. Definitions for chaptersection199.013. "State building" definedsection199.015. "Code Adam" safety protocolsection199.017. Finance and Administration Cabinet to implement "Code Adam" program -- Training -- Signs -- Drills -- Annual reportsection199.019. Exemption from "Code Adam" program for agency or building not visited by children -- Expiration of exemptionsection199.020. Repealed, 1952section199.030. Repealed, 1952section199.031. Repealed, 1952section199.032. Repealed, 1952section199.033. Repealed, 1952section199.034. Repealed, 1952section199.040. Repealed, 1952section199.050. Repealed, 1952section199.060. Repealed, 1952section199.070. Repealed, 1952section199.080. Repealed, 1952section199.090. Repealed, 1952section199.100. Repealed, 1952section199.110. Repealed, 1952section199.120. Repealed, 1952section199.130. Repealed, 1950section199.131. Repealed, 1952section199.135. Repealed, 1952section199.140. Repealed, 1952section199.150. Repealed, 1952section199.160. Repealed, 1952section199.170. Repealed, 1952section199.180. Repealed, 1952section199.190. Repealed, 1952section199.200. Repealed, 1952section199.210. Repealed, 1952section199.220. Repealed, 1952section199.230. Repealed, 1952section199.240. Repealed, 1952section199.250. Repealed, 1952section199.260. Repealed, 1952section199.270. Repealed, 1952section199.280. Repealed, 1952section199.290. Repealed, 1952section199.300. Repealed, 1952section199.310. Repealed, 1952section199.320. Repealed, 1962section199.330. Repealed, 1964section199.335. Repealed, 1986section199.340. Repealed, 1964section199.341. Repealed, 1986section199.343. Repealed, 1986section199.345. Repealed, 1986section199.347. Repealed, 1986section199.350. Repealed, 1986section199.360. Repealed, 1950section199.370. Repealed, 1986section199.375. Repealed, 1986section199.380. Repealed, 2018section199.390. Repealed, 2018section199.400. Repealed, 2018section199.410. Repealed, 2018section199.420. Administrative functions of secretary -- Personnel -- Compensation and other benefits -- Administrative costssection199.430. Witnesses and evidence -- Confidential treatment of information and recordssection199.440. Destruction of recordssection199.450. Repealed, 1960section199.460. Repealed, 1986section199.461. Monthly regional, county, and statewide caseload average for social service workers -- Requirement of report if average in excess of specified quantitysection199.462. Criminal background investigation of applicant to provide foster care, relative caregiver services, fictive kin placement, or adoptive home, and of applicant's adult household members -- Request for conviction information -- Form and fee for request -- Disapproval of placement on sole basis of disability of prospective caregiver prohibited -- Background investigation at annualsection199.463. Repealed, 1986section199.464. Course for foster parents on prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head traumasection199.465. Repealed, 1986section199.466. Background check of child abuse and neglect records at request of parent or legal guardian employing individual to care for minor childsection199.467. Adoption of goals by secretary as to maximum number of children in foster care each fiscal yearsection199.470. Petition for adoption of child -- Parties -- Residence requirement -- Approval of secretary -- Exceptionssection199.471. Petitions for adoption not to be denied on religious, ethnic, racial, or interfaith backgrounds or sole basis of disabilitysection199.472. Adoption of children regulatedsection199.473. Placement of children by private person -- Home study required -- Decision to place to be made within sixty days of receipt of application -- Conditions when application refused -- Temporary custody -- Background check -- Removal -- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children -- Application feesection199.474. Home study -- Administrative regulationssection199.475. Petition by army post residentsection199.480. Parties defendant in an adoption proceeding -- Process -- Guardian ad litemsection199.490. Contents of adoption petition -- Accompanying paperssection199.492. Attorney not to represent both biological and adoptive parents -- Penaltysection199.493. Prohibition against payment of attorney's fees of biological parent without court approval -- Penaltysection199.500. Consent to adoptionsection199.502. Conditions necessary for adoption without consent of child's biological living parents -- Court decision -- Representation of biological parentsection199.503. Putative father registry -- Administrative regulations -- Registration -- Notification of opportunity to register -- Data storage -- Certified copy of registration form -- Confidentiality -- Information on Web sitesection199.505. Request for search of putative father registry -- Service of notice -- Affidavit and registration form provided to requesting party -- Adoption not granted unless affidavit filed with court -- Exceptionssection199.510. Investigation and reportsection199.515. Hearing -- Noticesection199.520. Judgment -- Prerequisites -- Orders -- Name and legal status of child -- Health history and other nonidentifying information of biological parents and relatives to be given to adoptive parentssection199.521. Posthumous adoptionsection199.525. Dissemination of post-adoption information about medical or genetic condition affecting an adopted personsection199.530. Repealed, 1956section199.540. Period after which adoption not subject to attacksection199.550. Disposition of child if adoption not adjudgedsection199.555. State-funded adoption assistance payments -- Conditionssection199.557. Federal Title IV-E adoption assistancesection199.560. Appealsection199.565. Repealed, 2018section199.570. Adoption records confidential -- Exception -- New birth certificate -- Change in recordssection199.572. Inspection of adoption records -- Limitationssection199.575. Procedure whereby adopted person may seek to locate preadoptive siblingsection199.580. Repealed, 1968section199.585. Recognition of foreign adoptions -- Registration in Commonwealth -- When KRS 199.470 petition requiredsection199.590. Prohibited acts and practices in adoption of children -- Expenses paid by prospective adoptive parents to be submitted to courtsection199.595. Legislative finding and purposesection199.600. Repealed, 1978section199.601. Repealed, 1986section199.603. Repealed, 1986section199.605. Repealed, 1986section199.607. Repealed, 1986section199.609. Repealed, 1986section199.610. Repealed, 1978section199.611. Repealed, 1986section199.613. Repealed, 1986section199.615. Repealed, 1986section199.617. Repealed, 1986section199.620. Repealed, 1978section199.630. Repealed, 1978section199.640. Licensing of child-caring and child-placing agencies or facilities -- License fees -- Standards -- Recordkeeping and reporting -- Use of corporal punishment -- Prohibition against hiring convicted sex offender -- Confidentiality of recordssection199.641. Definitions -- Payments to child-caring facility or child-placing agencysection199.642. Staff members of child-caring facilities must submit to background checks in accordance with federal law and regulations -- Administrative regulationssection199.645. Administrative regulations for facilities and agencies caring for children before adjudication under KRS Chapter 630section199.650. Authorized activities of child-caring facilities or child-placing agencies -- Child-caring facility to designate on-site official to apply reasonable and prudent parent standardsection199.660. Authorized activities of child-placing agencies -- Registry of closed foster family homes -- Restrictions on approvals of or placements in foster family homes -- Collaboration to promote educational stabilitysection199.665. Performance-based contracting for child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies -- Study group -- Implementation -- Administrative regulationssection199.670. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license of child-caring facilities or child-placing agenciessection199.680. Nonreimbursement of out-of-state providers of residential care for children -- Exception -- Administrative regulationssection199.800. Definitions for KRS 199.800 to 199.801section199.801. Procedure for placement of children who are in custody of department -- State-level and regional placement coordinators -- Type of placement -- Cases of unmet need -- Recruitment and reportingsection199.802. Consideration of best interest of child in placing child within same or different school district -- Transportation to be provided as needed -- Timely record and information sharing -- Confidentiality of informationsection199.803. Limitation on purpose of release of child’s educational recordssection199.805. Repealed, 2018section199.810. Repealed, 1974section199.820. Repealed, 1974section199.830. Repealed, 1974section199.840. Repealed, 1978section199.850. Repealed, 1974section199.860. Repealed, 1974section199.870. Repealed, 1974section199.880. Repealed, 1966section199.881. Legislative findings and declarationssection199.882. Definitions for KRS 199.881 to 199.888section199.883. Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program -- Cabinet to regulate program -- Powers and duties of third-party administrator -- Publication of reportssection199.884. Administrative regulationssection199.885. Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership fundsection199.886. Participation by employer and employee -- Contract -- Payment for costs of servicesection199.887. Termination of active contractsection199.888. Incorporation into economic development agreements -- Promotional strategiessection199.890. Repealed, 1974section199.891. Definitions for section -- Certified Child Care Community Designation Program -- Powers and duties of cabinet -- Applicant requirements -- Report required -- Provision of list of communities that have obtained designationsection199.892. Declaration of legislative intentsection199.894. Definitions for KRS 199.892 to 199.896section199.895. Evacuation plan required for child-care centers and family child-care homes -- Annual updating of plan -- Provision of plan to local emergency management officials and parentssection199.896. License requirement -- Application -- Fee -- Emergency action -- Use of information -- Hearing -- Disposition of receipts -- Advertisement -- Unannounced inspections -- Orientation and training requirements -- Prohibition against use of corporal physical discipline -- Partial and full exemption from regulation -- Criminal record check -- Probationarysection199.897. Notification concerning Kentucky Consumer Product Safety Programsection199.898. Rights for children in child-care programs and their parents, custodians, or guardians -- Posting and distribution requirementssection199.899. Market-rate survey to determine rates for child-care services receiving public fundssection199.900. Training programs authorized -- Research assignment -- Classification -- Compensation -- Contractsection199.990. Penaltiessection199.5951. Duty of cabinet with respect to interstate compactssection199.5952. Contents of interstate compactssection199.5953. Additional compact provisionssection199.5954. State medical assistance for special-needs adopteesection199.5955. Federal medical and adoption assistancesection199.8911. Definitions for section -- Legislative intent for licensed child -care microcenters -- Kentucky Child-Care Microcenter Program -- Administrative regulations -- Standards for operation -- Required reportingsection199.8912. Required annual training hours -- Conditions for child in support programsection199.8913. Required monthly reporting -- Information requiredsection199.8914. Voluntary designation process for faith-based program -- Conditionssection199.8915. Required annual reporting by Office of State Budget Directorsection199.8916. Cabinet to submit approval request -- Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council to reviewsection199.8941. Monetary incentives for child-care facilities -- Professional developmentsection199.8943. Quality-based graduated early care and education program rating system -- Administrative regulationssection199.8944. Definition of "program" -- Legislative intent for program -- Express authorization from General Assembly required for administrative or regulatory change -- Requirements for plan -- Consultation with Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council -- Report requiredsection199.8945. Healthy Start in Child Care Program -- Technical assistance for child- care providerssection199.8951. Use of epinephrine auto-injectors in child-care centers and family child- care homes -- Administrative regulationssection199.8962. Required standards for child-care centers licensed under KRS 199.896 -- Administrative regulationssection199.8965. Child care staff members must submit to background checks in accordance with federal law and regulations -- Administrative regulationssection199.8966. Renumbered as 199.642, effective July 15, 2020section199.8982. Family child-care home certification program -- When required -- Requirements for certification -- Unannounced inspection -- Use of information -- Authority to promulgate administrative regulations -- Hearing - - Emergency action -- Training -- Powers of local government in regulation of certified family child-care homes -- Exemptionssection199.8983. Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council -- Membership -- Duties -- Annual reportsection199.8984. Repealed, 2000section199.8992. Repealed, 2020section199.8994. Uniform administration of child-care funds -- Dedicated child-care licensing surveyorssection199.8996. Reports on child-care program activitysection199.8998. Definitions for section -- Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance- Based Child Care Incentive Pilot Program -- Reporting required
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=38096Fetched: 10/20/2026