Section 194A.387 - Behavioral health-related community crisis and disaster response - Responsibilities of Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities(1) The department shall coordinate behavioral health-related community crisis and disaster response. The department shall have primary responsibility and authority for planning and executing behavioral health-related community crisis response and behavioral health-related disaster response.(2) The department shall: (a) Develop, update, and maintain a statewide community crisis response support plan for providing crisis response services;(b) Serve as the primary state agency for the core functional area of mental health and substance abuse care under Emergency Support Function #8, Public Health and Medical Services;(c) Annually review the behavioral health portion of the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan and make recommendations for updates to the plan;(d) Participate in state-level planning workgroups to address the provision of crisis response services;(e) Establish and maintain memoranda of understanding and master agreements with local partners to provide crisis response services following a disaster or critical incident;(f) Develop, administer, and maintain a statewide system of registration and credentialing of community crisis response volunteers to provide crisis response services;(g) Actively recruit volunteers to serve on the community crisis response team and the local community crisis response teams, ensuring representation from a diversity of first responders and behavioral health provider peer groups;(h) Develop, administer, and maintain a statewide network of registered, credentialed, and regional response-ready volunteers to provide crisis response services following a disaster or critical incidents in the Commonwealth;(i) Participate in local and statewide all-hazards and terrorism disaster exercises focusing on meeting behavioral health needs of those affected;(j) Create and execute all-hazards and terrorism disaster exercises for volunteers for the community crisis response team and local community crisis response teams focusing on meeting behavioral health needs of those affected;(k) Apply for and administer Federal Emergency Management Agency crisis counseling grants following a Presidential declaration, in collaboration with local and regional behavioral health providers; and(l) Apply for and administer community crisis response and disaster specific behavioral health grants from: 1. The federal government;2. Private foundations; and3. Other sources that may be available for programs related to supporting survivors of crisis events or community disasters.Added by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 58,§ 2, eff. 6/28/2023.