Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VI. Financial Administration § 45.353.Referral for review and consideration; review standards and criteria; vote required for approval

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, block grant and other funds specified in the application have been included in an appropriation provision or any branch budget bill enacted by the General Assembly in anticipation of such application;

(b) Any excess in the total amount of block grant funds sought over the total amount of such funds anticipated and included in an appropriation provision or any branch budget bill, has been included in a surplus expenditure plan approved by the General Assembly;

(c) A budget reduction plan specifying programs and services to be eliminated or to be reduced in scope if federal funding diminishes or is cut, has been included;

(d) The budget reduction plan does not propose to increase the ratio of state funds to federal funds if federal funding diminishes or is cut;

(e) Block grant and other funds to be provided under the application are fairly and equitably distributed among those programs, services, or recipients eligible for block grant funding;

(f) Block grant and other funds to be provided under the application are not to be used to fund programs or services that would duplicate or supplant existing programs or services funded by the private sector;

(g) The intended uses of block grant and other funds specified in the application are in compliance with the applicable federal and state laws pertaining to such block grant funds; and

(h) The amount of block grant and other funds to be retained by the state administering agency for administrative purposes does not exceed an amount allowable under federal law.