By AP
Frankfort, KY – An advocacy group seeking records relating to the deaths of disabled adults who died in state care has filed suit against Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The Council on Developmental Disabilities filed suit late last week in Franklin Circuit Court.
The move came after the cabinet denied the group access to records about investigations and follow-up activities related to the transfers of two disabled men to community homes and their deaths. Cabinet officials denied the request, saying such information is confidential.
Council Executive Director April Duval says the state agency should be "more transparent" when people are dying. Cabinet spokeswoman Vikki Franklin declined to comment to the newspaper, citing the pending litigation.