202B.030 Placement of involuntarily admitted mentally retarded individual. - Kentucky Statutes

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202B.030 Placement of involuntarily admitted mentally retarded individual. When mentally retarded individuals are involuntarily hospitalized under this chapter, the
cabinet may place them in an ICF/MR. No mentally retarded person may be involuntarily
placed in a hospital without the consent of the secretary, except when the determination
of concurrent mental illness is made under the provisions of KRS Chapter 202A. No
mentally retarded person may be involuntarily admitted to a hospital or ICF/MR when the
cabinet determines that appropriate programs and space are not available. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 4.