# KRS § 205.010: 205.010 Definitions for chapter > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.010 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 205.010 - **Heading:** 205.010 Definitions for chapter - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 205 / Section 205.010 ## Text 205.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Secretary" means the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative; (3) "Public assistance" means money grants, assistance in kind, or services to or for the benefit of needy aged, needy blind, needy permanently and totally disabled persons, needy children, or persons with whom a needy child lives or a family containing a combination of these categories, except that the term shall not be construed to permit the granting of financial aid where the purpose of such aid is to obtain an abortion. For purposes of this section and KRS 205.560, "abortion" means an act, procedure, device, or prescription administered or prescribed for a pregnant woman by any person, including the pregnant woman herself, producing premature expulsion of the fetus. Abortion does not include an induced premature birth intended to produce a live viable child; (4) "Needy child" means a child who has been deprived of parental support by reasons prescribed by regulations within the scope of Title IV of the Social Security Act, its amendments, and federal regulations and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health; (5) "Parent," in addition to biological or adoptive parent, shall include stepparent; (6) "Needy aged" means a person who has attained the age of sixty-five (65) and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health; (7) "Needy blind" means a person who has no vision or whose vision is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health; (8) "Person with whom a needy child lives" means the individual prescribed by regulation, with whom such child is living in a place of residence maintained by such individual by himself or together with one (1) or more other persons; (9) "Needy permanently and totally disabled" means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older and who has a permanent physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss that substantially precludes him from engaging in useful occupations within his competence and who is unable to provide for himself and who does not have otherwise provided for him a subsistence compatible with decency and health; (10) "Private institution" means any establishment or place other than a public institution operated or maintained by any individual, association, corporation, or other organization which provides a group living arrangement for four (4) or more individuals, who are cared for and maintained in residence for compensation or otherwise; (11) "Public institution" means any establishment or place which is the responsibility of and administered by the state or any political subdivision thereof providing a group living arrangement in which one (1) or more individuals are cared for and maintained in residence; (12) "Public medical institution" means any public institution the primary purpose of which is to furnish hospital care and medical treatment; (13) "Person determined to be potentially responsible" means any person who: (a) Is not aged, blind, disabled, incapacitated, or needed in the home: 1. Because of the illness or incapacity of a member of the family; or 2. Because of children in the home under the age of six (6); or on" means any public institution the primary purpose of which is to furnish hospital care and medical treatment; (13) "Person determined to be potentially responsible" means any person who: (a) Is not aged, blind, disabled, incapacitated, or needed in the home: 1. Because of the illness or incapacity of a member of the family; or 2. Because of children in the home under the age of six (6); or (b) Volunteers for such determination; (14) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deprive a woman of all appropriate medical care necessary to prevent her physical death; (15) "Adult day-care center" means any adult care facility which provides part-time care, day or night, but less than twenty-four (24) hours, to at least four (4) adults not related to the operator of the adult care facility by blood, marriage, or adoption. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 205.010 205.010 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.010.md) - [KRS § 205.170 205.170 Powers of secretary](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.170.md) - [KRS § 205.172 205.172 Required reports to Legislative Research Commission](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.172.md) - [KRS § 205.173 205.173 Attorney General jurisdiction to enforce chapter and bring action -- Conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.173.md) - [KRS § 205.175 205.175 Confidential treatment of information and records -- Persons to whom furnished](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.175.md) - [KRS § 205.177 205.177 Information may be shared by state and local governmental agencies -- Conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.177.md) - [KRS § 205.178 205.178 Enrollment or benefit tracking agency to receive information on recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits -- Memorandum of understanding with departments providing information -- Independent vendors -- Multistate cooperative -- Review when information indicates change in circumstances affecting recipient's eligibility -- Waiver of federal requirements relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- Rules and regulations -- Report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.178.md) - [KRS § 205.179 205.179 Annual review of sites where residents receive state supplemental benefits to determine registration status of boarding home](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.179.md) - [KRS § 205.180 205.180 Destruction of records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.180.md) - [KRS § 205.191 205.191 Definitions for KRS 15.812, 205.178, 205.193, 205.200, 205.231, 205.232, and 205.525](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.191.md) - [KRS § 205.193 205.193 Cabinet to establish and maintain policies and practices -- Restrictions on recipient's use of cash assistance benefits -- Penalties -- Duties of cabinet](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.193.md) - [KRS § 205.200 205.200 Eligibility for public assistance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.200.md) - [KRS § 205.201 205.201 Duties of cabinet as to the aging and the minority elderly](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.201.md) - [KRS § 205.202 205.202 Acceptance and disposition of gifts and grants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.202.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C205_S205.010. 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