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.

Introduced: January 14, 2026

Last action: February 9, 2026

To Committee On Committees (S)

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This bill updates the language used in state law to refer to mental health locations as "facilities" instead of "institutions." It also clarifies that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible for covering emergency and other medical care that patients at state-operated mental health facilities may receive outside of those facilities. Who it may affect: patients receiving care at state-operated mental health facilities and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

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