{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-196.285","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 196.285","heading":"Intensive secured substance abuse recovery program.","body":"(1) The department shall develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery\nprogram utilizing existing resources or by contract to house and care for persons\nsuffering from substance abuse who have been charged with a felony offense.\n(2) The program shall accept persons referred to it under KRS 533.250 and 533.251.\n(3) Persons may agree to be ordered into the program for a period of not less than\nninety (90) days and not more than three hundred sixty -five (365) days. No person\nshall be involuntarily ordered into the program, a commitment shall not occur\nbefore the court has considered an evaluation of the defendant's treatment needs and\nconducted a hearing where the defendant may appear with counsel with an\nopportunity to present evidence on his or her own be half, and persons in the\nprogram may petition the court to review the program's determination as to the\nlength of time the person is to remain in the program or to issue an order to leave\nthe program, which the court shall grant upon request, at any time. However, that\ndeparture shall constitute a material breach of any agreement to hold the person's\ncase in abeyance or of the person's pretrial diversion agreement. The court shall\nrevoke a defendant's program commitment over the defendant's objection prior to\nthe expiration of the commitment period only pursuant to an order of the\ncommitting court issued after the court has conducted a hearing on the matter where\nthe defendant may appear with counsel and present evidence on his or her behalf.\n(4) The department shall locate the program in a secure facility with security standards\ncomparable to those found in a minimum security correctional institution operated\nby the department.\n(5) The program shall be capable of concurrently housing no fewer than two hundre d\n(200) persons. The department shall have regulatory authority, when the program is\nat or near capacity, to prioritize admissions to the program.\n(6) The program's recovery component shall be designed to serve the committed\nperson's substance abuse condit ion, and to provide the person with the skills and\ntraining needed to prevent the person from engaging in substance abuse upon\nrelease from the program. The program shall provide each person leaving the\nprogram with an aftercare plan, which shall include a  referral to a local substance\nabuse provider capable of providing a level of continuing substance abuse care\nappropriate to the released person's needs. In designing the program, the department\nshall consult with and may contract with the Division of Behavioral Health.","path":["KRS Chapter 196"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6822","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:49Z","sha256":"e725b9d0bff234627ae329df829f61d5208b42b20169897713f7c18c6aa49379","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-196.282","next":"us-ky/krs-196.286"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}