KRS 202B.030: Placement of involuntarily admitted individual with an intellectual

disability.

When individuals with an intellectual disability are involuntarily hospitalized under this

chapter, the cabinet may place them in an ICF/ID. No individual with an intel lectual

disability may be involuntarily placed in a hospital without the consent of the secretary,

except when the determination of concurrent mental illness is made under the provisions

of KRS Chapter 202A. No individual with an intellectual disability ma y be involuntarily

admitted to a hospital or ICF/ID when the cabinet determines that appropriate programs

and space are not available.