Kentucky SB 90: AN ACT relating to breast-feeding. Amend KRS 211.755 to establish that a mother breast-feeding a child or expressing milk in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be shall report any violations to the local health department, independent health department, or county health department, having jurisdiction for the county in which the violation occurred; provide that the local health department, independent health department, or county health department shall conduct an investigation of any reported violation; amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for any person or municipality that violates KRS 211.755(2) or (3).

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CHAPTER 122
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CHAPTER 122
( SB 90 )
AN ACT relating to behavioral health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. KRS 533.272 is amended to read as follows:
(1) A pilot program shall be established in no more[less] than twenty (20)[ten (10)] counties selected by the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court to participate in a behavioral health conditional dismissal program. The pilot
program shall begin January 1, 2023, and shall continue until January 1, 2031,[last for four (4) years] unless
extended or limited by the General Assembly.
(2) Each participating county shall have access to:
(a) Medication-assisted treatment;
(b) Recovery services as defined under KRS 533.270; and
(c) Educational and vocational resources sufficient to provide the training and assistance required under
KRS 533.286.
(3) (a) Every behavioral health treatment program provider in the pilot program shall collect and maintain data
as provided in this subsection relating to program participants under their care, designed to inform the
outcomes and effectiveness of the pilot program, to be submitted to the Administrative Office of the
Courts as provided under paragraphs (b) to (e) of this subsection.
(b) A report shall be made for each program participant no later than fourteen (14) days following the
initiation of treatment. The data to be collected and submitted in the report shall include the following
information regarding each participant:
1. Age, gender, and race or ethnicity;
2. Housing history;
3. Educational history;
4. Employment history;
5. Past involvement in addiction recovery and treatment for a substance use disorder;
6. Past treatment for a mental health disorder; and
7. Criminal history.
(c) A second report shall be made for each program participant identified in paragraph (b) of this
subsection no later than twenty-eight (28) days after filing the initial report and shall provide the
progression of the program participant, including but not limited to:
1. Continuation in the program;
2. The status and type of recommended treatment;
3. Employment or job training;
4. The status and type of educational training;
5. Housing status;
6. Any other information the program provider determines may assist in evaluation of the pilot
program; and
7. If the participant has been discharged from the program due to an inability or unwillingness to
meet the terms and conditions of the treatment program, including the specific reason for the
discharge.

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(d) Subsequent reports shall be filed on a quarterly basis. The initial quarterly report shall be submitted no
later than April 15, 2023, with reports due thereafter on January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15
of each year of the pilot program. The quarterly reports shall include for the reporting period:
1. The information required under paragraph (c) of this subsection as it relates to each program
participant, including the length of time the individual has been a program participant;
2. The number of clinical assessments performed by the program provider;
3. The total number of individuals participating in the behavioral health conditional dismissal
program with that provider;
4. The number of individuals who remain in compliance with the terms and conditions of the
treatment program;
5. The number of individuals who have been discharged from the program due to an inability or
unwillingness to meet the terms and conditions of the treatment program, including the specific
reason for the discharge;
6. For any individual discharged under subparagraph 5. of this paragraph, the length of time the
individual participated in the program;
7. The number of individuals who have been discharged from the program upon successful
completion of the treatment program requirements;
8. The number of individuals who have received medication-assisted treatment and the result of that
treatment;
9. The number of individuals who have completed a recommended job skills or job training
program; and
10. The number of individuals who have completed a recommended educational component of the
program.
(e) A final report shall be filed for each program participant no later than thirty (30) days following
discharge from the program and shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
1. If the discharge from the program was due to an inability or unwillingness to meet the terms and
conditions of the treatment program the:
a. Specific reason for the discharge;
b. Length of time the individual participated in the program;
c. Goals met during the participation period;
d. Identified barriers to completion of the program, if known; and
e. Recommended adjustments to the behavioral health conditional dismissal program that
could provide a greater probability of successful completion to similar participants; and
2. If the discharge from the program occurred upon successful completion of the program
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