| Last Action | 04/01/26: returned to Judiciary (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. |
| Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist |
| Bill Request Number | 1631 |
| Sponsors | D. Carroll, M. Nunn |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care of a child by psychiatric hospitals and pediatric teaching hospitals; establish procedures for discharge and transfer of the child from an inpatient admission under specific circumstances; amend KRS 15A.305 to include a mental health facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice as an identified facility for the detention and treatment of children; direct the operation of 2 female-only facilities with authority to increase as population increases; direct reimbursement rates for local governments lodging juveniles to be set by administrative regulation; amend KRS 600.020 to remove and add defined terms; amend KRS 610.265 to remove beginning date that is past; amend KRS 610.340 to enable release of information in specific circumstances; amend various sections of KRS to conform; authorize the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to construct a high acuity youth mental health facility, subject to funding; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide clinical services; direct the Department of Juvenile Justice to continue to implement the plan to return to a regional model of detention. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Children And Minors - Alleged criminal acts, mental health, treatment, parameters, establishment Children And Minors - Department of Juvenile Justice, detention facilities, female-only, provision Children And Minors - Mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Detention facilities, female-only, provision Crimes And Punishments - Juvenile offenders, mental health, alleged criminal acts, parameters, establishment Health And Medical Services - Children and minors, mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Technical Corrections - Juvenile justice, mental health, treatment, SB 125 |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements Senate Committee Substitute 2 with Fiscal Impact Statements |
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| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; remove provision that a high acuity youth shall be charged criminally for any act of violence and establish that a complaint may be filed pursuant to KRS 610.020; remove a mandatory charge of escape for a status offender and establish that an escape charge is permissive; establish that when authorized information regarding a child that has escaped a facility has been made public, the information shall be removed from public access upon request of the Department of Juvenile Justice; change the minimum number of beds in the high acuity mental health facility from 16 to 24; establish parameters for admitting and discharging high acuity youth from inpatient treatment prior to operation of the high acuity mental health facility; make technical corrections. |
| Index Headings |
Children And Minors - Alleged criminal acts, mental health, treatment, parameters, establishment Children And Minors - Mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Juvenile offenders, mental health, alleged criminal acts, parameters, establishment Health And Medical Services - Children and minors, mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Technical Corrections - Juvenile justice, mental health, treatment, SB 125 |
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 2 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 2
Fiscal Note to Senate Committee Substitute 2 Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 2 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; remove provision that a high acuity youth shall be charged criminally for any act of violence and establish that a complaint may be filed pursuant to KRS 610.020; reduce the requirement for the operation of 2 female-only facilities to 1 with a second to be built as funds are available; require the Department of Juvenile Justice to enter into a contract with 1 or more inpatient psychiatric hospitals, pediatric teaching hospitals, or other behavioral health providers to provide outpatient treatment in a detention facility; remove a mandatory charge of escape for a status offender and establish that an escape charge is permissive; establish that when authorized information regarding a child that has escaped a facility has been made public, the information shall be removed from public access upon request of the Department of Juvenile Justice; change the minimum number of beds in the high acuity mental health facility from 16 to 24; remove provision prohibiting an inpatient psychiatric hospital or pediatric teaching hospital from refusing admittance of a high acuity youth under certain circumstances; make technical corrections. |
| Index Headings |
Fiscal Note - Children and minors, mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Children And Minors - Mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Children And Minors - Alleged criminal acts, mental health, treatment, parameters, establishment Children And Minors - Department of Juvenile Justice, detention facilities, female-only, provision Corrections Impact - Alleged criminal acts, mental health, treatment, parameters, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Detention facilities, female-only, provision Crimes And Punishments - Juvenile offenders, mental health, alleged criminal acts, parameters, establishment Health And Medical Services - Children and minors, mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Local Mandate - Mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment Technical Corrections - Juvenile justice, mental health, treatment, SB 125 |
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