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.

Summary of Amendment: 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.

Summary of Amendment: 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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 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, 403.727, 456.035
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, 403.727, 456.035
Senate Committee Substitute 2: 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, 403.727, 456.035
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, 403.727, 456.035