{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-202a.0803","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 202A.0803","heading":"Failure to comply with court order -- Emergency admission --","body":"Transportation.  (Effective October 1, 2026)\n(1) A person's substantial failure to comply with a court order for community -based\noutpatient treatment may constitute presumptive ground s for the court or an\nauthorized staff physician to order a seventy-two (72) hour emergency admission to\nallow for reexamination of the person to determine whether he or she meets the\ncriteria for involuntary hospitalization under KRS 202A.026.\n(2) (a) Failure to comply with an order for community -based outpatient treatment\nshall not be grounds to find the person in contempt of court but shall be prima\nfacie evidence that:\n1. The person can benefit from inpatient hospitalization; and\n2. Inpatient hospitalization is the least restrictive mode of treatment.\n(b) If a new petition for involuntary hospitalization is filed within twelve (12)\nmonths of an order for community-based outpatient treatment, the clerk of the\ncourt shall provide the prior order to:\n1. The court with the petition for involuntary hospitalization; and\n2. The qualified mental health professional along with the court's order for\nexamination.\n(c) The qualified mental health professional who condu cts the examination as\ndescribed under paragraph (b)2. of this subsection shall independently\nevaluate the person, considering the person's prior order for community -based\noutpatient treatment, and certify whether he or she meets the criteria for\ninvoluntary hospitalization under KRS 202A.026.\n(d) A person shall not be involuntarily hospitalized based solely on his or her\nfailure to comply with a prior order for community -based outpatient\ntreatment.\n(3) (a) Any person admitted to a hospital under subsection  (1) of this section or\ntransferred to a hospital while ordered hospitalized under subsection (1) of\nthis section shall be transported from the person's home county by the sheriff\nof that county or other peace officer as ordered by the court.\n(b) The sheriff or other peace officer may, upon agreement of a person authorized\nby the peace officer, authorize the cabinet, a private agency on contract with\nthe cabinet, or an ambulance service designated by the cabinet to transport the\nperson to the hospital.\n(c) The transportation costs of the sheriff, other peace officer, ambulance service,\nor other private agency on contract with the cabinet shall be paid by the\ncabinet in accordance with an administrative regulation promulgated by the\ncabinet in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.\n(4) (a) Any person released from the hospital under subsection (1) of this section\nshall be transported to the person's county of discharge by a sheriff or other\npeace officer, by an ambulance service designated by the cabinet, or by othe r\nappropriate means of transportation which is consistent with the treatment\nplan of that person.\n(b) The transportation cost of transporting the patient to the patient's county of\ndischarge when performed by a peace officer, ambulance service, or other\nprivate agency on contract with the cabinet shall be paid by the cabinet in\naccordance with an administrative regulation promulgated by the cabinet in\naccordance with KRS Chapter 13A.","path":["KRS Chapter 202A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58204","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:59Z","sha256":"b1e8cdf17bfcc2d8105220b53ef53e646477a82c6c12aba85d8f7a8b9d398645","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-202a.0801","next":"us-ky/krs-202a.0805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}