{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-196.175","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 196.175","heading":"Pregnant inmate -- Access to community-based programs -- Social worker","body":"to discuss options for care, feeding, and placement of infant -- Inmate's access\nto telephone -- Facility to provide nutrition and hygiene -related products for\ncare of infant free of charge to indigent inmate.\nFor any inmate housed in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention\nfacility, residential center, or reentry center who is known to be pregnant:\n(1) The facility shall provide the inmate notice o f, access to, and a written application\nfor community-based programs serving pregnant, birthing, or lactating inmates. At a\nminimum, the notice shall contain how to qualify for the programs as well as\ntimelines for applying and the process for appealing a denial. If a community-based\nprogram accepts the inmate but is denied access to the facility, the facility shall\nprovide to the inmate, in writing within fifteen (15) days of the request, the safety or\nsecurity concerns for the inmate, infant, public, or staff that led to the denial.\n(2) The facility shall refer the inmate to a social worker who shall:\n(a) Discuss with the inmate the options available for feeding, placement, and care\nof the infant, including the benefits of lactation;\n(b) Provide the inmate access to a phone to contact family regarding placement of\nthe infant; and\n(c) Oversee the placement of the infant.\n(3) For up to seventy-two (72) hours after the birth, the facility shall ensure that:\n(a) The infant is allowed to remain with the inmate, unless a medical professional\ndetermines that doing so would pose a health or safety risk to the inmate or\ninfant; and\n(b) The inmate has access to nutritional or hygiene -related products necessary to\ncare for the infant, including but not limited to diape rs. Such products shall be\nprovided free of charge to indigent inmates.","path":["KRS Chapter 196"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51151","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:49Z","sha256":"94d7d022cbc9fde6e2fed4070b46de6bd3b2e24ee3499f4b513446070ec5c244","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-196.174","next":"us-ky/krs-196.176"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}