(1) The department shall coordinate behavioral health -related community cr isis 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 provisio n 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 f ollowing 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 respo nse 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 collaborati on 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; and 3. Other sources that may be avai lable for programs related to supporting survivors of crisis events or community disasters.
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