{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-441.048","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 441.048","heading":"Screening for mental health risk issues upon admittance to detention.","body":"Every prisoner, upon admittance to detention, shall be screened for mental health risk\nissues, including mental illness, suicide, intellectual disabilities, and acquired brain\ninjury, by the personnel of the facility in which facility the prisoner is detai ned. Facilities\nhave the discretion of using the telephonic behavioral health jail triage system created in\nKRS 210.365. Where the triage system indicates levels of behavioral health risk, the\nfacility holding the prisoner may consider implementing the rec ommended protocols for\nhousing, supervision, and care delivery that match the level of risk.","path":["KRS Chapter 441"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40844","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:55Z","sha256":"807414a3a81977f17e84a5e5be752080988bfbf54059d77ae6a71716c2274899","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-441.047","next":"us-ky/krs-441.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}