26RS SB 125

Senate Bill 125

Actions

Last Action	01/27/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1631
Sponsor	D. Carroll
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	Corrections Impact - Children, public offense, mental health, treatment plan, procedure, establishment Local Mandate - Children, public offense, mental health, treatment plan, procedure, establishment Charter County Government - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Children And Minors - Public offense, mental health, treatment facility, establishment Children And Minors - Public offense, mental health, treatment plan, establishment Consolidated Local Governments - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Counties - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Counties, Charter - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Counties, Urban - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Court, Supreme - Children, treatment plan, protocols, requirement Courts, District - Children, public offense, treatment plan, procedures, establishment Courts, Family - Children, public offense, treatment plan, procedures, establishment Courts, Fiscal - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Criminal Procedure - Children, public offense, mental health, treatment plan, procedure, establishment Health And Medical Services - Children, public offense, mental health facility, authorization Jails And Jailers - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment Mental Health - Children, public offense, treatment facility, establishment Peace Officers And Law Enforcement - Children, discharge from hospitalization, public offense, arrest, authorization Unified Local Governments - Per diem rate, juvenile detention, method to set, establishment