(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Center” means the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center created in

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 209A.122

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 209A.020
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Victim: means an individual who is or has been abused by a spouse or former spouse or an intimate partner who meets the definition of a member of an unmarried couple as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 209A.020
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

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. (2) 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.
(3) (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
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.
(4) 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. (5) 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. Medical accompaniment; and f. 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.