---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to court-ordered mental health treatment."
description: "Amend KRS 202A.0811 to clarify that the respondent be evaluated by a mental health professional and not examined, specify where and by when a qualified mental health professional's findings shall be certified, and specify when a date for a hearing shall be set; amend KRS 202A.0815 to expand the class of individuals who can have access to assisted outpatient treatment by modifying the criteria requirements for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "Kentucky HB 127 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney", "County", "Courts", "District", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Health and Medical Services", "Judges and Court Commissioners", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "C. Stevenson", "D. Bentley", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "L. Willner", "M. Prunty", "N. Tate", "R. Palumbo", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d53f34c4-5af0-474e-9ba9-7075edf2fd48"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb127.html"
source_hash: "3682601f8ca8425881ab7d52cdd442b1a03553d1936946a3a0775287fb10a218"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 127 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to court-ordered mental health treatment.

Amend KRS 202A.0811 to clarify that the respondent be evaluated by a mental health professional and not examined, specify where and by when a qualified mental health professional's findings shall be certified, and specify when a date for a hearing shall be set; amend KRS 202A.0815 to expand the class of individuals who can have access to assisted outpatient treatment by modifying the criteria requirements for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb127/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0032.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb127/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 127 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 32) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d53f34c4-5af0-474e-9ba9-7075edf2fd48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).