210.300 Designation of hospital districts -- Guidelines -- Administrative regulations
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-- Annual review.
(1)The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate
administrative regulations no later than October 1, 2022, in accordance with KRS
Chapter 13A establishing hospital districts, for the purpose of determining to which
of the state institutions or contracted hospitals for the mentally ill the persons
admitted from each county shall initially be sent.
(2)In establishing the hospital districts under subsection
(1)of this section, the
secretary shall consider the:
(a)Distance and travel time from each county to a state institution or contracted
hospital for the mentally ill;
(b)Need to transport the individual to a hospital or psychiatric facility to secure
an evaluation or for admission without unnecessary delay as required under
KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 202C; and
(c)Population of the hospital districts based upon the most recent federal
decennial census.
(3)The secretary shall also establish and maintain a list of local hospitals containing a
psychiatric unit or crisis stabilization unit approved by the cabinet to which
individuals may be transported and admitted as an alternative to a state institution
or contracted hospital for the mentally ill when clinically appropriate due to
circumstances that include but are not limited to:
(a)The ability or inability of the designated state institution or contracted hospital
to accept the individual to be transported or evaluated without delay due to
capacity limitations, lack of staffing, or other impediment; or
(b)The need for immediate and emergent treatment or evaluation arising from
but not limited to the threat or reasonable fear of physical harm to the
individual or any employee or agent of the transporting agency or service.
Only those hospitals that have filed a written notice with the cabinet of the
hospital's willingness to accept patients under this subsection may accept
admissions.
(4)The secretary shall review the hospital districts on an annual basis to ensure
transports and evaluations occur without unnecessary delay as required under this
section and KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 202C, and shall provide a report to the
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and the Interim Joint Committee on
Judiciary on or before October 1, 2022, and on or before October 1 of each year
thereafter. The report shall, at a minimum, include:
(a)Any changes made to any hospital district and the reason for the change;
(b)The name and location of state institutions accepting patients for admission
under KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 202C, including the counties the state
institution serves; and
(c)The name and locations of any contracted hospital accepting patients for
admission under KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 202C, including the counties
the contracted hospital serves.