KRS 620.048: Cabinet to file petition within 72 hours if child remains placed outside of

home during child protective services investigation under agreed upon safety

plan -- Cabinet to report on safety plans.

(1) During a child protective services inv estigation conducted pursuant to the authority

in this chapter where there is a safety plan negotiated and agreed upon between the

cabinet and the parent, guardian, person in a position of authority or special trust, as

defined in KRS 532.045, or other per son having custodial control or supervision of

the child or responsibility for his or her welfare that the child cannot safely remain

in the home, the cabinet shall file a petition in court within seventy -two (72) hours

if the child remains placed outside of his or her home for more than fourteen (14)

consecutive days.

(2) All safety plans implemented pursuant to this section shall be compiled by the

cabinet on a quarterly basis into a report containing at a minimum the total number

of safety plans, the out come of the safety plans, and the number of court petitions

filed.

(3) By December 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, the cabinet shall make available, on

its website and to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim

Joint Committee, S enate Standing Committee, and House Standing Committee on

Families and Children, the report on safety plans established in subsection (2) of

this section.