KRS 202A.0807: Annual report. (Effective October 1, 2026)

(1) By October 1 of each year beginning in 2027, the cabinet in coordination with the

Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit to the Legislative Research

Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and the

Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary a report that includes:

(a) The number of:

1. Petitions filed under KRS 202A.051;

2. Petitions filed under KRS 202A.0811;

3. Court orders for seventy-two (72) hour hospital admission;

4. Petitions dismissed prior to a final order unde r KRS 202A.051 or

202A.0819;

5. Petitions that result in an order for involuntary hospitalization under

KRS 202A.051 and if the orders were for sixty (60) days or three

hundred sixty (360) days of involuntary hospitalization;

6. Petitions that result in an order for outpatient treatment or any other

reasonable conditions;

7. Petitions filed following a respondent's violation of court -ordered

outpatient treatment or other reasonable conditions;

8. Precertification review hearings conducted under this chapter;

9. Discharge hearings conducted under KRS 202A.051; and

10. Review hearings conducted under KRS 202A.0805;

(b) The stage of a proceeding under this chapter where a:

1. Petition is dismissed; and

2. Court has ordered a respondent to court -ordered outpatient or any other

reasonable conditions;

(c) The length of time a respond ent receives treatment under this chapter prior to

discharge by a hospital or termination of an order to receive outpatient

treatment; and

(d) A summary of the services provided to a respondent who is ordered to

involuntary hospitalization or to receive outpatient treatment.

(2) Any hospital, qualified mental health professional, and any other mental health

agency who evaluates or treats a respondent under this chapter shall be required to

report data to the cabinet as required under this section. The cabin et shall

promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to

implement this section.

(3) The cabinet and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall enter into an

agreement to share data necessary to prepare the report required under this section.

(4) The report prepared under this section shall not identify specific individuals.