{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear issued an executive order Monday establishing the Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, an independent panel that will review deaths and serious injuries in case of child abuse and neglect. The 17-member panel will be attached to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and will be made up of representatives of law enforcement, social services and all three branches of state government. Members will meet quarterly to review child deaths and serious injuries. Their findings will be made public and published in an annual report submitted to the governor, health secretary, Supreme Court and the legislature.
