republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-127.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 127	Kentucky HB 127 (2022RS)	bill	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	enacted	C. Massey C. Stevenson D. Bentley K. Fleming K. Moser L. Willner M. Prunty N. Tate R. Palumbo S. Westrom	3	23	2	2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d53f34c4-5af0-474e-9ba9-7075edf2fd48	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb127.html	3682601f8ca8425881ab7d52cdd442b1a03553d1936946a3a0775287fb10a218	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 32 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/d53f34c4-5af0-474e-9ba9-7075edf2fd48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).