Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 211.925.Powers and duties of cabinet

(1) Adopt, modify, and repeal regulations and standards relating to the public health or health aspects of the operation of state confinement facilities, and exercise general supervision over the administration of KRS 211.920 to 211.945 and assist in the enforcement of all regulations and standards promulgated pursuant to it;

(2) Collect, evaluate, and disseminate information from state confinement facilities as it relates to the public health of the people of the Commonwealth;

(3) Develop comprehensive plans for the elimination of conditions in state confinement facilities which adversely affect the public health or the health of those persons confined or likely to be confined in any state confinement facility;

(4) Enter upon the premises and inspect any state confinement facility for the purpose of determining the extent of compliance with KRS 211.920 to 211.945 and investigating the effect of the operation of state confinement facilities upon the public health or the health of those persons confined or likely to be confined in any state confinement facility;

(5) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the Commonwealth, including the Department of Corrections, other jurisdictions, the federal government, interstate and interlocal agencies, and local governments regarding the effects of the operation of confinement facilities upon the public health;

(6) Accept, receive, and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public and private agencies for the purpose of implementing KRS 211.920 to 211.945.