2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 210 STATE AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 210.140 Transfer of patient or inmate to institution operated by different cabinet.
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210.140 Transfer of patient or inmate to institution operated by different cabinet.
(1)
(2)
Pursuant to agreement entered into by the heads of the cabinets concerned, a patient
or inmate of a state institution operated by one (1) state cabinet may be transferred
to a state institution operated by another state cabinet, except that:
(a) An inmate may be transferred from a penal or correctional institution as
provided in KRS Chapter 202A or in any regulation promulgated under such
chapter, provided that no transfer shall be made to a correctional facility
located on the grounds of a state mental hospital;
(b) No patient or inmate may be transferred to a penal or correctional institution
unless he has been committed to such institution by judgment of a court; and
(c) No patient or inmate may be transferred to an institution for the mentally ill or
individuals with an intellectual disability, except for a period of observation
not to exceed sixty (60) days, unless he has been hospitalized in accordance
with KRS 202A.051.
When a patient or inmate hospitalized by court order to one (1) institution is
transferred to another institution pursuant to this section, the order of hospitalization
shall be deemed to apply to the institution to which transferred.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 72, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. --Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 445, sec. 40, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 47,
effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 332, sec. 24. -- Amended
1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 49. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 5. -- Created
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 14.
Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended in 1982 Acts
Chapter 445, which contains the following language in Section 45 of that Act: "This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 1982." The Ky. Constitution, in Section 55,
requires that a reason be set forth for the emergency. However, no reason is set forth
in this Act. The effective date for 1982 Acts with no emergency provision is July 15,
1982.
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