KY HB305 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-15 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-15 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 222.431, relating to criteria for involuntary treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse, to specify that the no person shall be ordered to undergo treatment unless the person can reasonably benefit from treatment in accordance with a qualified health professional's recommendation; amend KRS 222.432 to provide that a judge can order a person to undergo treatment for up to one year; clarify that the petition for treatment may be initiated in a District Court in the county in which the person resides on a permanent or temporary basis; clarify that the petitioner is responsible for only those costs of evaluation and treatment not covered by a third-party payor; clarify that no petitioner shall be required to place a deposit with the court to cover the costs of evaluation and treatment; amend KRS 222.433 to clarify that the petitioner can choose the qualified health professionals who will evaluate the respondent; allow an examination of a qualified health professional performed within the last 3 months to be admissible as one of the required examinations; allow the petitioners an opportunity to file the correct paperwork and to gather additional evidence; allow for the renewal of the petition for treatment beyond one year; allow the court order to be amended to place the respondent in a more appropriate treatment program; amend KRS 222.434 to clarify that the District Court of any county where the person may be found may issue a 72 hour emergency treatment order; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to require treatment programs to notify the court when the respondent fails to appear or participate in treatment as ordered by the court; amend KRS 222.435 to allow the petitioner, or a person chosen by the petitioner, to transport the respondent to a hospital, to an examination, or to a treatment program; create a new section of KRS 222.430 to 222.437 to provide that proceedings are not open to the public and that any court records of a respondent are confidential; amend KRS 222.470 to require Medicaid and private insurers to use comparative medical necessity and reimbursement methodology to cover alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services.
Title
AN ACT relating to treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-15 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute |
| 2017-03-07 | Senate | returned to Judiciary (S) |
| 2017-03-07 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2017-03-07 | Senate | taken from Judiciary (S) |
| 2017-03-06 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2017-03-06 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2017-03-06 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2017-03-06 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2017-03-03 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2017-03-02 | House | 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with floor amendments (5) and (6-title) |
| 2017-03-01 | House | floor amendments (5) and (6-title) filed |
| 2017-02-27 | House | floor amendment (4) filed |
| 2017-02-23 | House | floor amendment (3) filed |
| 2017-02-21 | House | floor amendment (2) filed |
| 2017-02-21 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017 |
| 2017-02-17 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2017-02-16 | House | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2017-02-16 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2017-02-14 | House | posted in committee |
| 2017-02-14 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2017-02-10 | House | introduced in House |
