KY SB91 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Vetoed on March 27 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-30 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 154)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Summary

Amend KRS 202A.081 to require that an attorney be present for a patient agreed order and allow a peer support specialist to be present; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency recognized by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to assemble a multi-disciplinary team to develop a treatment plan, monitor treatment adherence, and report to the court; require that crisis services are available 24/7; provide that failure to abide by the order may result in rehospitalization provided that the criteria are met, procedures are initiated via affidavit by the multi-disciplinary team, and mental health examinations take place at community mental health centers; permit additional orders with due process; require that patient agreed order services are covered by Medicaid; require that courts report such orders to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses; and rename this commitment process a patient agreed order; amend KRS 202A.261 to exempt certain hospitals from being required to provide particular services; amend KRS 202A.271 to require certain hospitals to be paid for services performed under portions of this Act at the same rates the hospital negotiates for other services; create new sections of KRS Chapter 202A to create a process for District Courts to order assisted outpatient mental health treatment; provide for transportation processes for the purposes of a mental health examination; establish eligibility and court proceedings; require a mental health examination and the development of a treatment plan; establish the process for hearings; require the court to appoint an outpatient provider agency to monitor and report on the person under order; authorize 72-hour emergency admission for failure to comply with orders; provide for the right to stay, vacate, or modify orders; provide for a process to change a treatment plan; permit an additional period of treatment to be ordered provided certain criteria are met; require that assisted outpatient treatment services are covered by Medicaid; make the implementation of all newly created sections of KRS Chapter 202A contingent on funding; name these new sections of the bill "Tim's Law"; APPROPRIATION.

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Title

AN ACT relating to court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment and making an appropriation therefor.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-30Housedelivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 154)
2017-03-29Houseenrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-29Houseenrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-29Housereceived in Senate
2017-03-29SenateBill passed 91-0
2017-03-29Senateveto overridden
2017-03-29Senateposted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2017-03-29Senateto Rules (H)
2017-03-29Senatereceived in House
2017-03-29HouseBill passed 35-1
2017-03-29Houseveto overridden
2017-03-29Houseposted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
2017-03-29Houseto Rules (S)
2017-03-29Housevetoed Bill received in Senate
2017-03-27Senatevetoed
2017-03-15Senatedelivered to Governor
2017-03-15Senateenrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-15Senateenrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-15Senatereceived in Senate
2017-03-14House3rd reading, passed 95-0
2017-03-14Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
2017-03-08Housereported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
2017-03-07Housereturned to Judiciary (H)
2017-03-07House1st reading
2017-03-07Housetaken from Judiciary (H)
2017-03-06Houseposted in committee
2017-03-01Houseto Judiciary (H)
2017-02-28Housereceived in House
2017-02-27Senate3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute
2017-02-24Senateposted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
2017-02-23Senate2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-22Senatereported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
2017-02-16Senatereassigned to Health & Welfare (S)
2017-01-07Senateto Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2017-01-04Senateintroduced in Senate

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