{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-210.365","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 210.365","heading":"Crisis intervention team (CIT) training for firefighters and law","body":"enforcement officers -- Curriculum -- Individual and aggregate reports --\nTelephonic behavioral health jail triage system.\n(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Commission\" means the Kentucky Fire Commission;\n(b) \"Crisis intervention team (CIT) training\" means a forty (40) hour training\ncurriculum based on the Memphis Police Department Crisis Intervention\nTeam model of best practices for law enforcement intervention with persons\nwho may have a mental illness, substance use disorder, an intellectual\ndisability, developmental disability, or dual diagnosis that meets the\nrequirements of subsections (2) to (5) of this section and is approved by the\ncommission and the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council;\n(c) \"Department\" means the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental\nand Intellectual Disabilities;\n(d) \"Prisoner\" has the same meaning as set out in KRS 441.005; and\n(e) \"Qualified mental health professional\" has the same meaning as set  out in\nKRS 202A.011.\n(2) The department shall, in collaboration with the commission, Justice and Public\nSafety Cabinet, the regional community boards for mental health or individuals\nwith an intellectual disability, and representatives of the Kentucky sta tewide\naffiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, coordinate the development of\nCIT training designed to train firefighters and law enforcement officers to:\n(a) Effectively respond to persons who may have a mental illness, substance use\ndisorder, intellectual disability, developmental disability, or dual diagnosis;\n(b) Reduce injuries to firefighters, officers, and citizens;\n(c) Reduce inappropriate incarceration;\n(d) Reduce liability; and\n(e) Improve risk management practices for firefighter and law enforcement\nagencies.\n(3) The CIT training shall include but not be limited to:\n(a) An introduction to crisis intervention teams;\n(b) Identification and recognition of the different types of mental illnesses,\nsubstance use disorders, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities,\nand dual diagnoses;\n(c) Interviewing and assessing a person who may have a mental illness, substance\nuse disorder, intellectual disability, developmental disability,  or dual\ndiagnosis;\n(d) Identification and common effects of psychotropic medications;\n(e) Suicide prevention techniques;\n(f) Community resources and options for treatment;\n(g) Voluntary and involuntary processes for hospitalization of a person with a\nmental illness, substance use disorder, intellectual disability, developmental\ndisability, or dual diagnosis; and\n(h) Hostage or other negotiations with a person with a mental illness, intellectual\ndisability, substance use disorder, developmental disability, or dual diagnosis.\n(4) The curriculum shall be presented by a team composed of, at a minimum:\n(a) A firefighter, firefighter personnel training instructor, or a law enforcement\ntraining instructor who has completed a forty (40) hour CIT training course\nand a CIT training instructor's course which has been approved by the\ncommission or the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, and at least forty\n(40) hours of direct experience working with a CIT;\n(b) A representative from the local community board for mental hea lth or\nindividuals with an intellectual disability serving the region where CIT\ntraining is conducted;\n(c) A consumer of mental health services; and\n(d) A representative of the Kentucky statewide affiliate of the National Alliance\non Mental Illness.\n(5) (a) The department shall submit the CIT training curriculum and the names of\navailable instructors approved by the department to conduct or assist in the\ndelivery of CIT training to the commission or Kentucky Law Enforcement\nCouncil no later than July 1, 2021.\n(b) The commission or Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall notify the\ndepartment of approval or disapproval of the CIT training curriculum and\ntrainers within thirty (30) days of submission of the curriculum and the names\nof instructors.\n(c) The commission or Kentucky Law Enforcement Council may waive instructor\nrequirements for non -firefighter trainers or non -law enforcement trainers\nwhose names are submitted by the department.\n(d) If the curriculum or trainers are not approved, the department shall h ave an\nopportunity to revise and resubmit the curriculum and to submit additional\nnames of instructors if necessary.\n(6) If the curriculum is approved, the commission or Kentucky Law Enforcement\nCouncil shall:\n(a) Notify all agencies employing firefighters, as defined in KRS 61.315(1)(b), of\nthe availability of the CIT training;\n(b) Notify the Department of Kentucky State Police and all law enforcement\nagencies employing peace officers certified under KRS 15.380 to 15.404 of\nthe availability of the CIT training; and\n(c) Notify all instructors and entities approved for firefighter or law enforcement\ntraining under KRS 15.330 and 95A.040 of the availability of the CIT\ntraining.\n(7) Any firefighter training entity or law enforcement training entity approved by the\ncommission or Kentucky Law Enforcement Council may use the CIT training\nmodel and curriculum in firefighter or law enforcement in -service training as\nspecified by subsection (1) of this section that is consistent with the Memphis CIT\nnational model for best practices.\n(8) No later than one (1) year after June 26, 2021, the department shall submit to the\ncommission and Kentucky Law Enforcement Council a CIT training instructors'\ncurriculum and the names of available instructors approved by the department  to\nconduct or assist in the delivery of CIT training instructors' training. Additional\ninstructors may be submitted on a schedule determined by the commission or\nKentucky Law Enforcement Council.\n(9) All CIT-trained firefighters and law enforcement office rs shall report to his or her\nagency on forms provided with the CIT curriculum on encounters with persons with\nmental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual disabilities, developmental\ndisabilities, and dual diagnoses. The firefighter and law enfor cement agencies shall\naggregate reports received and submit nonidentifying information to the department\non a monthly basis. Except for information pertaining to the number of firefighter\nor law enforcement agencies participating in CIT training, the repor ts to the\ndepartment shall include the information specified in subsection (10) of this section.\n(10) The department shall aggregate all reports from firefighter or law enforcement\nagencies under subsection (9) of this section and submit nonidentifying statewide\ninformation to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the Criminal Justice Council,\nthe Cabinet  for Health and Family Services, and the Interim Joint Committee on\nHealth Services by December 1, 2008, and annually thereafter. The report shall\ninclude but not be limited to:\n(a) The number of firefighters or law enforcement officers trained per agency;\n(b) Firefighter or law enforcement responses to persons with mental illness,\nsubstance use disorders, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities,\nand dual diagnoses;\n(c) Incidents of harm to the firefighter or law enforcement officer or to the\ncitizen;\n(d) The number of times physical force was required and the type of physical\nforce used; and\n(e) The outcome of the encounters that may include but not be limited to\nincarceration or hospitalization.\n(11) To implement the requirements of subsectio ns (2) to (5) and (8) to (10) of this\nsection, the department may use public or private funds as available and may\ndevelop a contract with a nonprofit entity that is a Kentucky statewide mental\nhealth advocacy organization that has a minimum of five (5) ye ars of experience in\nimplementation of the CIT training program in Kentucky.\n(12) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall create a telephonic behavioral\nhealth jail triage system to screen prisoners for mental health risk issues, including\nsuicide risk. The triage system shall be designed to give the facility receiving and\nhousing the prisoner an assessment of his or her mental health risk, with the\nassessment corresponding to recommended protocols for housing, supervision, and\ncare which are designed to mitigate the mental health risks identified by the system.\nThe triage system shall consist of:\n(a) A screening instrument which the personnel of a facility receiving a prisoner\nshall utilize to assess inmates for mental health, suicide, intellectual\ndisabilities, and acquired brain injury risk factors; and\n(b) A continuously available toll -free telephonic triage hotline staffed by a\nqualified mental health professional which the screening personnel may\nutilize if the screening instrument indicates an increased mental health risk for\nthe assessed prisoner.\n(13) In creating and maintaining the telephonic behavioral health jail triage system, the\ncabinet shall consult with:\n(a) The Department of Corrections;\n(b) The Kentucky Jailers Association; and\n(c) The regional community services programs for mental health or individuals\nwith an intellectual disability created under KRS 210.370 to 210.460.\n(14) The cabinet may delegate all or a portion of the operational responsibility for the\ntriage system to the re gional community services programs for mental health or\nindividuals with an intellectual disability created under KRS 210.370 to 210.460 if\nthe regional program agrees and the cabinet remains responsible for the costs of\ndelegated functions.\n(15) The cabin et shall design into the implemented triage system the ability to screen\nand assess prisoners who communicate other than in English or who communicate\nother than through voice.\n(16) The cost of operating the telephonic behavioral health jail triage system shall be\nborne by the cabinet.\n(17) Records generated under this section shall be treated in the same manner and with\nthe same degree of confidentiality as other medical records of the prisoner.\n(18) Unless the prisoner is provided with an attorney during the screening and\nassessment, any statement made by the prisoner in the course of the screening or\nassessment shall not be admissible in a criminal trial of the prisoner, unless the trial\nis for a crime committed during the screening and assessment.\n(19) The cabinet may, after consultation with those entities set out in subsection (13) of\nthis section, promulgate administrative regulations for the operation of the\ntelephonic behavioral health jail triage system and the establishment of its\nrecommended protocols for prisoner housing, supervision, and care.","path":["KRS Chapter 210"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53691","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:11Z","sha256":"b8cfa4064998cb7143baab513f039d98cece430bac31786090e0ec7d0e6743e9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-210.360","next":"us-ky/krs-210.366"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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