(1) The cabinet is prohibited from collecting, attempting to collect, or threatening to collect moneys due from any individual person for services rendered at a cabinet facility as a means of coercing or attempting to coerce the person into removing any person for whom they are responsible from a cabinet facility, changing the level of care or treatment of the person or removing the person from one cabinet facility to another, or to a private facility.
(2) Any person who believes that the cabinet is violating the provisions of this section may apply for injunctive relief to the Circuit Court where he resides, where the facility is located, where the patient resides, or to the Franklin Circuit Court.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.630

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
  • 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

Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 252, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1980.