{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15.291","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15.291","heading":"Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission -- Membership --","body":"Meetings -- Criteria for award of moneys from opioid abatement trust fund.\n(1) There is hereby established the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission.\nThe commission sha ll be attached to the Department of Law for administrative\npurposes.\n(2) (a) The commission shall consist of the following voting members:\n1. The Attorney General or his or her designee, who shall act as chair;\n2. The State Treasurer or his or her designee;\n3. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or his or\nher designee;\n4. One (1) member appointed by the University of Kentucky from the\nHEALing Communities Study Team;\n5. One (1) member appointed by the Attorney General representing victims\nof the opioid crisis;\n6. One (1) member appointed by the Attorney General representing the\ndrug treatment and prevention community;\n7. One (1) member appointed by the Attorney General representing law\nenforcement; and\n8. Two (2) citizens at large appointed by the Attorney General.\n(b) The commission shall consist of the following nonvoting members who shall\nserve at the pleasure of their appointing authority:\n1. One (1) member appointed by the Speaker of the House of\nRepresentatives; and\n2. One (1) member appointed by the President of the Senate.\n(3) (a) Members of the commission appointed under subsection (2)(a)1. to 3. of this\nsection shall serve terms concurrent with holding their respective offices or\npositions.\n(b) The remaining members of the commission shall serve staggered two (2) year\nterms as follows:\n1. Members of the commission appointed under subsection (2)(a)4. to 6. of\nthis section shall serve an initial term of two (2) years; and\n2. Members of the commission appointed under subsection (2)(a)7. to 8. of\nthis section shall serve an initial term of one (1) year.\n(c) Members of the commission shall not receive compensation for their services\nbut may be reimbursed for necessary travel and lodging expenses incurred in\nthe performance of their duties.\n(4) (a) Meetings of the commission shall be conducted according to KRS 61.800 to\n61.850.\n(b) The commission shall meet at least twice within each calendar year.\n(c) Five (5) voting members of the commission shall constit ute a quorum for the\ntransaction of business.\n(d) Each member of the commission shall have one (1) vote, with all actions\nbeing taken by an affirmative vote of the majority of members present.\n(5) The commission shall award moneys from the opioid abatement  trust fund\nestablished in KRS 15.293 to reimburse prior expenses or to fund projects\naccording to the following criteria related to opioid use disorder (OUD) or any co -\noccurring substance use disorder or mental health (SUD/MH) issues:\n(a) Reimbursement for:\n1. Any portion of the cost related to outpatient and residential treatment\nservices, including:\na. Services provided to incarcerated individuals;\nb. Medication-assisted treatment;\nc. Abstinence-based treatment; and\nd. Treatment, recovery, or other servi ces provided by community\nhealth centers or not-for-profit providers;\n2. Emergency response services provided by law enforcement or first\nresponders; or\n3. Any portion of the cost of administering an opioid antagonist as defined\nin KRS 217.186; or\n(b) Provide funding for any project which:\n1. Supports intervention, treatment, and recovery services provided to\npersons:\na. With OUD or co-occurring SUD/MH issues; or\nb. Who have experienced an opioid overdose;\n2. Supports detoxification services, including:\na. Medical detoxification;\nb. Referral to treatment; or\nc. Connections to other services;\n3. Provides access to opioid-abatement-related housing, including:\na. Supportive housing; or\nb. Recovery housing;\n4. Provides or supports transportation to treatment or recovery programs or\nservices;\n5. Provides employment training or educational services for persons in\ntreatment or recovery;\n6. Creates or supports centralized call centers that provide information and\nconnections to appropriate services;\n7. Supports crisis stabilization centers that serve as an alternative to\nhospital emergency departments for persons with OUD and any co -\noccurring SUD/MH issues or persons that have experienced an opioid\noverdose;\n8. Improves oversight of opioid treatment programs to ensure evidence -\nbased and evidence-informed practices;\n9. Provides scholarships and support for certified addiction counselors and\nother mental and behavioral health providers, including:\na. Training scholarships;\nb. Fellowships;\nc. Loan repayment programs; or\nd. Incentives for providers to work in rural or underserved areas of\nthe Commonwealth;\n10. Provides training on medication -assisted treatment for health care\nproviders, students, or other supporting professionals;\n11. Supports efforts to prevent over -prescribing and ensures appropriate\nprescribing and dispensing of opioids;\n12. Supports enhancements or improvements consistent with state law for\nprescription drug monitoring programs;\n13. Supports the education o f law enforcement or other first responders\nregarding appropriate practices and precautions when dealing with\nopioids or individuals with OUD or co-occurring SUD/MH issues;\n14. Supports opioid -related emergency response services provided by law\nenforcement or first responders;\n15. Treats mental health trauma issues resulting from the traumatic\nexperiences of opioid users or their family members;\n16. Engages nonprofits, the faith community, and community coalitions to\nsupport prevention and treatment, and to  support family members in\ntheir efforts to care for opioid users in their family;\n17. Provides recovery services, support, and prevention services for women\nwho are pregnant, may become pregnant, or who are parenting with\nOUD or co-occurring SUD/MH issues;\n18. Trains healthcare providers that work with pregnant or parenting women\non best practices for compliances with federal requirements that children\nborn with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome get referred to appropriate\nservices and receive a plan of care;\n19. Addresses Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, including prevention,\neducation, and treatment of OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH issues;\n20. Offers home-based wrap-around services to persons with OUD and any\nco-occurring SUD/MH issues, including parent-skills training;\n21. Supports positions and services, including supportive housing and other\nresidential services relating to children being removed from the home or\nplaced in foster care due to custodial opioid use;\n22. Provides public education about opioids or opioid disposal;\n23. Provides drug take-back disposal or destruction programs;\n24. Covers the cost of administering an opioid antagonist as defined in KRS\n217.186;\n25. Supports pre-trial services that connect individuals with OUD and any\nco-occurring SUD /MH issues to evidence -informed treatment and\nrelated services;\n26. Supports treatment and recovery courts for persons with OUD and any\nco-occurring SUD/MH issues, but only if they provide referrals to\nevidence-informed treatment;\n27. Provides evidence -informed treatment, recovery support, harm\nreduction, or other appropriate services to individuals with OUD and\nany co-occurring SUD/MH issues who are incarcerated, leaving jail or\nprison, have recently left jail or prison, are on probation or parole, are\nunder community corrections supervision, or are in re -entry programs or\nfacilities;\n28. Meets the criteria included in any settlement agreement, judgment, or\nbankruptcy order as provided in KRS 15.293(3)(a); or\n29. Any other project deemed appropriate for opi oid-abatement purposes by\nthe commission.\n(6) The commission may identify additional duties or responsibilities, including:\n(a) Reporting on projects and programs related to addressing the opioid epidemic;\n(b) Developing priorities, goals, and recommendati ons for spending on the\nprojects and programs;\n(c) Working with state agencies or outside entities to develop measures for\nprojects and programs that address substance use disorders; or\n(d) Making recommendations for policy changes on a state or local leve l,\nincluding statutory law and administrative regulations.\n(7) The commission shall:\n(a) Create and maintain a website on which it shall publish its minutes,\nattendance rolls, funding awards, and reports of funding by recipients; and\n(b) Promulgate adminis trative regulations to implement this section. The\ncommission may promulgate emergency administrative regulations to take\neffect immediately so that funds may be distributed more quickly and\nefficiently to combat the opioid epidemic.","path":["KRS Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56157","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:33Z","sha256":"215c8a051737e27610ccb54ee4e993b0f6ef97b083a2bd597ed70184c07bfb45","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15.290","next":"us-ky/krs-15.293"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}