2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 209A - Spousal abuse or neglect 209A.122 Definitions for section -- Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center -- Duties -- Information to be sent by Kentucky State Police, Administrative Office of the Courts, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
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209A.122 Definitions for section -- Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center -Duties -- Information to be sent by Kentucky State Police, Administrative
Office of the Courts, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
(1)
(2)
(3)
As used in this section:
(a) "Center" means the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center created in
KRS 15.280;
(b) "Corollary victim" means an individual other than the victim who is directly
impacted by domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, either
through relationship or proximity;
(c) "Domestic violence fatalities" means deaths that occur as a result of domestic
violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, and includes but is not
limited to homicides, related suicides, and corollary victims; and
(d) "Near fatality" means a crime where serious physical injury as defined in KRS
500.080 occurs.
The center shall:
(a) Collect information on domestic violence fatalities, domestic violence and
abuse, and dating violence and abuse within the Commonwealth from
subsections (3) to (5) of this section; and
(b) Produce an annual report by July 1 of each year and submit the report to the:
1.
Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence;
2.
Governor;
3.
Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
4.
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary;
5.
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children; and
6.
Legislative Research Commission.
The Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence may provide the agencies
listed in paragraph (b)1. to 6. of this subsection with best practices and any other
recommendations for public policy by November 1 of each year.
(a) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall provide the center with:
1.
The number of domestic violence and abuse and dating violence and
abuse calls for service to which the Kentucky State Police and
associated law enforcement agencies responded;
2.
The number of arrests by Kentucky State Police and associated agencies
in response to calls of domestic violence and abuse or dating violence
and abuse; and
3.
If an arrest was made, the arresting offense charged by Kentucky State
Police or associated law enforcement agencies.
(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall separately provide the center
with information reported to the Law Information Network of Kentucky
(LINK). The Department of Kentucky State Police shall provide the center
with the:
1.
Number of orders of protection received to be served by law
(4)
(5)
enforcement agencies;
2.
Number of orders of protection served by law enforcement agencies;
3.
Number of orders of protection in LINK; and
4.
Average time for actual service to be returned.
The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide the center with:
(a) The number and type of petitions for orders of protection filed and denied
under KRS 403.725;
(b) The number and type of petitions for interpersonal violence orders filed and
denied under KRS 456.030;
(c) The number of emergency protective orders granted under KRS 403.730 and
temporary interpersonal protective orders granted under KRS 456.040;
(d) The number of domestic violence orders granted under KRS 403.740 and
interpersonal protective orders granted under 456.060, excluding amended or
corrected orders;
(e) The relationship between the petitioner and the respondent, if known;
(f) Demographics of the parties, including age, race, and gender;
(g) Information on whether the victim was or is pregnant, if indicated on the
petition; and
(h) The number of criminal charges for a violation of an order of protection.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide the center with:
(a) The number of reports of alleged child abuse made to the cabinet through an
adult or child abuse hotline in which there were also allegations of domestic
violence; and
(b) Domestic violence and abuse and dating violence and abuse shelter statistics
reported to the cabinet, including but not limited to the:
1.
Number of minors served in shelter;
2.
Number of minors served in non-shelter services;
3.
Number of adults served in shelter;
4.
Number of adults served in non-shelter services;
5.
Demographics, including age and race;
6.
Number of crisis or hotline calls;
7.
Number of minors receiving:
a.
Crisis intervention;
b.
Victim advocacy services; and
c.
Individual or group counseling or support group; and
8.
Number of adult victims receiving:
a.
Crisis intervention;
b.
Victim advocacy services;
c.
Individual or group counseling or support group;
d.
Criminal or civil legal advocacy;
e.
f.
Medical accompaniment; and
Transportation services.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 15, effective June 29, 2023; and ch. 153,
sec. 3, effective June 29, 2023. -- Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 224, sec. 1, effective
July 14, 2022.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2023). This statute was amended by 2023
Ky. Acts chs. 25 and 153, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has altered the format of subsection (2) of this
statute to correct manifest clerical or typographical errors in 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 224,
sec. 1.
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