SB 125 KY

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Passed Legislature

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care of a child by psychiatric hospitals and pediatric teaching hospitals; establish procedures for discharge and transfer of the child from an inpatient admission under specific circumstances; amend KRS 15A.305 to include a mental health facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice as an identified facility for the detention and treatment of children; direct the operation of 2 female-only facilities with authority to increase as population increases; direct reimbursement rates for local governments lodging juveniles to be set by administrative regulation; amend KRS 600.020 to remove and add defined terms; amend KRS 610.265 to remove beginning date that is past; amend KRS 610.340 to enable release of information in specific circumstances; amend various sections of KRS to conform; authorize the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to construct a high acuity youth mental health facility, subject to funding; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide clinical services; direct the Department of Juvenile Justice to continue to implement the plan to return to a regional model of detention.

• D. Carroll Republican · primary
• M. Nunn Republican · primary

1. Jan 27, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 27, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Feb 11, 2026 to Judiciary (S) · upper
4. Feb 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
5. Feb 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Feb 17, 2026 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S) · upper
7. Feb 25, 2026 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2) · upper
8. Feb 26, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 02 2026 · upper
9. Mar 2, 2026 3rd reading · upper
10. Mar 2, 2026 passed 37-0 with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2) · upper
11. Mar 2, 2026 bill reconsidered · upper
12. Mar 2, 2026 committee substitute (1) reconsidered · upper
13. Mar 2, 2026 Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn · upper
14. Mar 2, 2026 passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (2) · upper
15. Mar 3, 2026 received in House · lower
16. Mar 3, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
17. Mar 16, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
18. Mar 31, 2026 taken from Judiciary (H) · lower
19. Mar 31, 2026 1st reading · upper
20. Mar 31, 2026 returned to Judiciary (H) · lower
21. Apr 1, 2026 taken from Judiciary (H) · lower
22. Apr 1, 2026 2nd reading · upper
23. Apr 1, 2026 returned to Judiciary (H) · lower