As used in this section and KRS § 216B.455 and KRS § 216B.457:
(1) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 216B.450

  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) “Community-based” means a facility that is located in an existing residential neighborhood or community;
(3) “Freestanding” means a completely detached building or two (2) residences under one (1) roof that are clearly separate and can serve youth independently;
(4) “Home-like” means a residence with living space designed to accommodate the daily living needs and tasks of a family unit, with opportunity for adult-child communication, shared tasks, adult-child learning, congregate meals, and family- type routines appropriate to the ages and levels of functioning of the residents;
(5) “Psychiatric residential treatment facility” means either a licensed:
(a) Level I community-based, and home-like facility with a maximum of nine (9) beds which provides inpatient psychiatric residential treatment to residents age six (6) to twenty-one (21) years who have an emotional disability or severe emotional disability as defined in KRS § 200.503, with an age range of no greater than five (5) years at the time of admission in a living unit; or
(b) Level II home-like facility that provides twenty-four (24) hour inpatient psychiatric residential treatment and habitation to persons who:
1. Are ages four (4) to twenty-one (21) years, with an age range of no greater than five (5) years at the time of admission to the facility;
2. Have a severe emotional disability as defined by KRS § 200.503 in addition to severe and persistent aggressive behaviors, intellectual disability, sexually acting out behaviors, or developmental disability; and
3. Do not meet the medical necessity criteria for an acute care hospital or a psychiatric hospital and whose treatment needs cannot be met in an ambulatory care setting, Level I psychiatric residential treatment facility, or other less restrictive environment;
(6) “Qualified mental health personnel” means a staff member who operates under the supervision of a qualified mental health professional; and
(7) “Qualified mental health professional” has the same meaning as in KRS § 202A.011.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 510, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 455, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 332, sec. 1, effective April 9,
1992.