Mental Disability
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-556]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025
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AN ACT relating to behavioral health services. [HB-617]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; set requirements for mobile crisis response teams; require the cabinet to develop protocols and issue a report to the Interim Joint Committees on Health Services and Families and Children; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish the Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services provided by a mobile crisis
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental capacity. [HB-385]
Amends KRS 311.631, relating to living wills and advance directives, to include an adult friend as an individual authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of a patient who lacks decisional capacity; amends KRS 504.060 to define “examiner” and “secretary”; amends KRS 504.070 to allow a defendant to introduce evidence of an intellectual disability bearing on the issue of guilt, punishment, or both, and to require, if a court orders an examination of the defendant’s mental condition, that the condition be reported to the court; amends KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 138) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-364]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Introduced In House on 01/24/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. [HB-214]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 210 to define “developmental disabilities,” to state legislative findings for the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Frank Huffman Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 211) on 04/18/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 21, 2023, as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [SR-237]
Recognize April 21, 2023, as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 21 as Autism After 21 Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [HR-83]
Recognize April 21 as Autism After 21 Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
To House Floor on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to behavioral health services. [HB-592]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms, establish a Kentucky Youth Mobile Crisis Response Program within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, set requirements for mobile crisis response teams, require the cabinet to develop protocols, issue a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Family Services; and require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Advisory Board; require behavioral health emergency services and mobile crisis team services to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to long-term care facilities. [HB-261]
Amend KRS 194A.700 to revise definitions; amend KRS 194A.703 to require that assisted living communities be classified as residential buildings and not institutional buildings; amend KRS 194A.705 to specify how food should be prepared; clarify how and when social activities can be conducted; clarify how basic health and health-related services are provided; allow the licensee to determine the format of a functional needs assessment; amend KRS 194A.707 to set guidelines for implementation of administrative regulations; allow an assisted living community
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn McPherson
To Health Services (h) on 02/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-271]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. [HB-250]
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Withdrawn on 02/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reorganization. [HB-226]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the administration of behavioral health community crisis response and transfer the administration from the Department for Military Affairs to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; repeal KRS 36.250, 36.255, 36.260, 36.265, and 36.270, related to the Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 58) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency. [HB-156]
Amend KRS 216.505 to include psychiatric residential treatment facilities as defined in KRS 216B.450 in the definition of "facility"; include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Health Services (s) on 03/10/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency. [SB-43]
Amend KRS 216.505 to include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 47) on 03/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental health services. [HB-56]
Amend KRS 210.005 to define "regional community services program"; amend KRS 210.370 to establish services areas for regional community services programs and to establish the conditions under which a regional community services program may provide services outside of its service area; amend KRS 210.410 and KRS 205.560 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 184) on 04/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to residential care facilities. [SB-27]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations related to the inspection of group homes and staffed residences that provide Supports for Community Living waiver residential care; establish penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Health Services (s) on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. [HB-42]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; state legislative findings for the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; establish a cause of action to the Attorney General; permit the Attorney General to institute a civil action; set parameters for Circuit Courts to follow; cite as the Frank Huffman Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Families & Children (h) on 02/14/2023
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance notifications. [SB-290]
Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to permit insureds to designate one or more family members or other trusted individuals to receive certain notices from insurers; require insurers to make certain minimum inquiries related to the designations; establish legal effect of failing to make required notifications; provide immunity to insurers that act in good faith; provide that section shall not be construed to limit or diminish other laws relating to agents or representatives.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer intervention response training. [SB-287]
Amend KRS 15.334 to add three hours of in-service training every other year for certified officers on the subject of peace officer intervention responses when encountering persons with mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological and developmental disorders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to welfare and family services. [HB-7]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish that the terms "cash assistance" and "public assistance" do not include foster care, kinship care, fictive kin care, or relative placement payments; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to conduct annual analysis of expenditures related to the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; provide for the allocation of unobligated TANF funds; establish restrictions on the use of cash assistance benefits; require the cabinet to utilize a single electronic benefit transfer
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 211) on 04/14/2022