200.550 Hemophilia treatment program. (1) The Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs shall establish a Hemophilia Treatment Program within the office for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia. The Hemophilia Treatment Program shall assist those persons who require continuing treatment with blood, blood derivatives, or a manufactured pharmaceutical product to avoid crippling, hospitalization, or other effects associated with hemophilia, but who are unable to pay for the entire cost of such services on a continuing basis. (2) The office shall also initiate activities with the advice of the Hemophilia Advisory Committee to: (a) Develop standards for determining eligibility for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; (b) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the diagnosis and treatment of hemophilia and related diseases including but not limited to home care and medical and dental procedures designed to provide maximum control over bleeding; (c) Provide financial assistance either directly or indirectly to persons suffering from hemophilia for the purpose of obtaining blood, blood derivatives and concentrates, and other efficacious agents for use in hospital, medical and dental facilities as well as in the home; (d) Provide for community educational programs for the detection of hemophilia and for the counseling of individuals and families suffering from hemophilia; and (e) Conduct educational programs for physicians, dentists, hospitals, health departments, and the public concerning the methods of detection, diagnosis and treatment of persons who have hemophilia. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 59, effective July 15, 1994. -- Repealed, reenacted and amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 3. Formerly codified as KRS 211.750. Legislative Research Commission Note (8/23/2019). In 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1, the General Assembly renamed the "Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs" as the "Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs." References to that "commission" were changed to "office" in subsections (1) and (2) of this statute. These name corrections should have been addressed when 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 114 was codified, but they weren't. These changes are being made now under the authority of KRS 7.136(2). Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2018). Under the authority of KRS 7.136(2), one or more references to the "Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs" in this statute have been changed in codification to the "Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs" to reflect the renaming of the commission by the General Assembly in 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 114.