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2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 202A - HOSPITALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL
.0815 Criteria for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 202A.0815 (2017)
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202A.0815 Criteria for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment. No person shall be court-ordered to assisted outpatient mental health treatment unless the person: (1) Has been involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to KRS 202A.051(11) at least two (2) times in the past twelve (12) months; (2) Is diagnosed with a serious mental illness; (3) Is unlikely to adequately adhere to outpatient treatment on a voluntary basis based on a qualified mental health professional's: (a) Clinical observation; (b) Review of treatment history, including the person's prior history of repeated treatment nonadherence; and (c) Identification of specific characteristics of the person's clinical condition described as anosognosia, or failure to recognize his or her diagnosis of serious mental illness; and (4) Is in need of court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment as the least restrictive alternative mode of treatment presently available and appropriate. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 5, effective June 29, 2017.
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