| Title | AN ACT relating to mental health treatment. |
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| Bill Documents | Original |
| Sponsors | R. Alvarado |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 202A.021 to permit voluntary transport to a hospital or psychiatric facility with authorization of the originating and receiving hospital or facility and a patient's signed written agreement to be voluntarily transported and to not be physically removed during transport; amend KRS 645.030 to permit voluntary transport of a child to a hospital or psychiatric facility with authorization of the originating and receiving hospital or facility and a parent if the child is under 16 and parent and child if the child is age 16 or older and a signed written agreement to be voluntarily transported and to not be physically removed during transport; amend KRS 214.185 to establish that any qualified mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health counseling to any child who is age 16 or older and is an unaccompanied youth; amend KRS 645.190 to conform. |
| Index Headings |
Guardians - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Health and Medical Services - Mental health counseling, child access to, allowing for Health and Medical Services - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Mental Health - Mental health counseling, child access to, allowing for Mental Health - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Parental Rights - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Physicians and Practitioners - Mental health counseling, child access to, allowing for Physicians and Practitioners - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary Children and Minors - Mental health counseling, child access to, allowing for Children and Minors - Transportation, hospital and psychiatric facility, voluntary |
| 12/09/20 | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
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