AN ACT relating to state-operated mental health facilities.

Amend KRS 210.040 to replace the term "institutions" with "facilities"; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible to provide care that includes emergency and other medical care provided outside of a state facility for patients in state-operated mental health facilities.

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This bill updates the rules governing state-operated mental health facilities in Kentucky. It changes the official term from "institutions" to "facilities" and clarifies that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible for covering emergency and other medical care that patients at these facilities may receive outside of them. Who it may affect: patients currently receiving care at state-operated mental health facilities, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

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