KRS 210.140: Transfer of patient or inmate to institution operated by different cabinet.

(1) Pursuant to agreement entered into by the heads of the cabinets concerned, a patient

or inmate of a state institution operated by one (1) state cabinet may be transferre d

to a state institution operated by another state cabinet, except that:

(a) An inmate may be transferred from a penal or correctional institution as

provided in KRS Chapter 202A or in any regulation promulgated under such

chapter, provided that no transfe r shall be made to a correctional facility

located on the grounds of a state mental hospital;

(b) No patient or inmate may be transferred to a penal or correctional institution

unless he has been committed to such institution by judgment of a court; and

(c) No patient or inmate may be transferred to an institution for the mentally ill or

individuals with an intellectual disability, except for a period of observation

not to exceed sixty (60) days, unless he has been hospitalized in accordance

with KRS 202A.051.

(2) When a patient or inmate hospitalized by court order to one (1) institution is

transferred to another institution pursuant to this section, the order of hospitalization

shall be deemed to apply to the institution to which transferred.