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.

Health and Medical Services Hospitals and Nursing Homes Mental Health State Agencies

Introduced: February 6, 2025

Last action: March 14, 2025

For Concurrence In Senate (1) And (2-Title)

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This bill updates the law governing state-run mental health facilities by replacing outdated language and clarifying that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible for covering emergency and other medical care that patients receive outside of those facilities. In other words, if someone is a patient at a state mental health facility and needs outside medical treatment, the state's responsibility to provide care extends to that outside care as well. Who it may affect: patients currently residing in state-operated mental health facilities and their families.

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