AN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions.

Introduced: March 4, 2026

Last action: March 24, 2026

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This bill creates a new administrative division within the Kentucky Department of Corrections specifically for a Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex. It is an organizational change that formally establishes this unit within the department's Office of Adult Institutions. The emergency declaration means it would take effect immediately upon becoming law. Who it may affect: people incarcerated in Kentucky state facilities and Department of Corrections staff.

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