Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 906 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
Chapter 1 - Office of Inspector General
Section 906 KAR 1:170 - Administrative subpoenas
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 194A.025, 194A.030, 205.8453
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 194A.050(1) directs the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate, administer, and enforce administrative regulations relating to the operation of programs within the cabinet. KRS 194A.030(1) provides that the Office of the Inspector General shall be responsible for the conduct of audits and investigations for detecting the perpetration of fraud or abuse of any program by any client, or by any vendor of services with whom the cabinet has contracted, and the conduct of special investigations requested by the secretary, commissioners, or office heads of the cabinet into matters related to the cabinet or its programs. KRS 205.8453(4) allows the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to institute necessary or useful measures in controlling fraud and abuse. KRS 205.170(1) allows the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Secretary's authorized representative to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records considered necessary and relevant as evidence in connection with the administration of the cabinet. This administrative regulation provides for the delegation of the Secretary's subpoena power to the Inspector General and prescribes the conditions of that delegation of power. The Inspector General may issue subpoenas to compel the production of documents, records, or other physical evidence relevant to reviews, audits, or investigations conducted by the Office of Inspector General.
Section 1. Definitions.
Section 2. Administrative Subpoenas.
Section 3. Noncompliance.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 194A.050(1), 205.170(1)