| Last Action | delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 154) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
| Impact Statements | Fiscal Note |
| Bill Request Number | 88 |
| Sponsors | J. Adams, R. Alvarado, D. Carroll, C. Embry Jr., D. Harper Angel, S. Humphries, A. Kerr, M. McGarvey, R. Thomas |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 202A.081 to require that an attorney be present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency recognized by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assemble a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report to the court; require that crisis services are available 24/7; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the multi-disciplinary team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; make the implementation of all newly created sections of KRS Chapter 202A contingent on funding; name these new sections of the bill "Tim's Law"; APPROPRIATION. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Mental Health - Patient agreed orders, expanded treatment options and requirements Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Sheriffs - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Appropriations - Patient agreed orders and assisted outpatient treatment Attorney, County - Patient agreed orders, attorneys to be present for agreements Reports Mandated - Involuntary hospitalization, courts to report to AOC and LRC on Fiscal Note - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Courts, District - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Courts, District - Patient agreed orders, treatment options and reporting requirements Disabilities and the Disabled - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Health and Medical Services - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Health and Medical Services - Patient agreed orders, expanded treatment options and requirements Judges and Court Commissioners - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Legislative Research Commission - Reports on patient agreed orders and assisted outpatient treatment Mental Disability - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Mental Health - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for |
| Proposed Amendments | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
| 01/04/17 |
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| 01/07/17 |
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| 02/16/17 |
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| 02/22/17 |
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| 02/23/17 |
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| 02/24/17 |
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| 02/27/17 |
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| 02/28/17 |
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| 03/01/17 |
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| 03/06/17 |
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| 03/07/17 |
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| 03/08/17 |
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| 03/14/17 |
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| 03/15/17 |
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| 03/27/17 |
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| 03/29/17 |
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| 03/30/17 |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions except to delete the first section amending KRS 202A.081. |
| Index Headings |
Mental Health - Patient agreed orders, expanded treatment options and requirements Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Sheriffs - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Appropriations - Patient agreed orders and assisted outpatient treatment Attorney, County - Patient agreed orders, attorneys to be present for agreements Reports Mandated - Involuntary hospitalization, courts to report to AOC and LRC on Fiscal Note - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Courts, District - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Courts, District - Patient agreed orders, treatment options and reporting requirements Disabilities and the Disabled - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Health and Medical Services - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Health and Medical Services - Patient agreed orders, expanded treatment options and requirements Judges and Court Commissioners - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Legislative Research Commission - Reports on patient agreed orders and assisted outpatient treatment Mental Disability - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for Mental Health - Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders for |
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