Kentucky Statutes 222.421 – Treatment for substance use disorder on request — Priority access to licensed treatment services — Statistical report
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(1) Any person may request treatment from a physician or substance use disorder program licensed or approved by the cabinet to provide substance use disorder treatment services. Persons infected with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C shall have priority access to any licensed treatment services.
(2) Every substance use disorder program that provides intervention or treatment services to a person with a substance use disorder or prevention programming to any persons in the community shall, upon request of the cabinet, make a statistical report to the secretary, in a form and manner the secretary shall prescribe, of persons provided prevention, intervention, and treatment services during a specified period of time. The name or address of any person to whom prevention, intervention, or treatment services were provided shall not be reported. The secretary shall provide compilations of the statistical information to other appropriate agencies upon request.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 16, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 14, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 432, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 501, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 334, sec. 8, effective July 15,
1994.
(2) Every substance use disorder program that provides intervention or treatment services to a person with a substance use disorder or prevention programming to any persons in the community shall, upon request of the cabinet, make a statistical report to the secretary, in a form and manner the secretary shall prescribe, of persons provided prevention, intervention, and treatment services during a specified period of time. The name or address of any person to whom prevention, intervention, or treatment services were provided shall not be reported. The secretary shall provide compilations of the statistical information to other appropriate agencies upon request.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 222.421
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Program: means a set of services rendered directly to the public that is organized around a common goal of either preventing, intervening, or treating substance use disorder problems. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Substance use disorder: means a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Treatment: includes those services provided by the cabinet in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 16, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 14, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 432, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 501, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 334, sec. 8, effective July 15,
1994.