Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 216.525, relating to health services, to add gender-neutral language.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Delete original provisions; create a new section in 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 two 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 replace a beginning date of July 1, 2024, with a beginning date of February 1, 2026, for specified statutory requirements; amend KRS 610.340 to enable release of information and use of records in specific circumstances; authorize the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to construct a high acuity health facility to be completed by February 1, 2026, 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; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission by August 1, 2024, the status of the transfer of the Jefferson County Youth Detention Center property; amend various statutes to conform; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Amendment 1 -- D. Carroll

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except remove presumption of the waiver of confidentiality when a civil suit is filed; amend KRS 610.265, 610.012, and 630.080 to provide for placement in an alternative to detention center under specified circumstances; and amend KRS 630.160 to provide when status offenders can be charged with escape.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 216.525
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 15A.305, 600.020, 610.265, 610.340, 645.280, 15A.0652, 15A.200, 15A.320, 508.025, 610.012, 610.200, 610.220, 620.095, 630.040, 630.080, 630.160, 635.055, 645.020, 645.210
House Committee Substitute 1: 15A.305, 600.020, 610.265, 610.340, 645.280, 15A.0652, 15A.200, 15A.320, 508.025, 610.012, 610.200, 610.220, 620.095, 630.040, 630.080, 630.160, 635.055, 645.020, 645.210
Current: 15A.305, 600.020, 610.265, 610.340, 645.280, 15A.0652, 15A.200, 15A.320, 508.025, 610.012, 610.200, 610.220, 620.095, 630.040, 630.080, 630.160, 635.055, 645.020, 645.210