Annual report. (Effective October 1, 2026)

(1) By October 1 of each year beginning in 2027, the cabinet in coordination with the Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary a report that includes: (a) The number of: 1. Petitions filed under KRS 202A.051; 2. Petitions filed under KRS 202A.0811; 3. Court orders for seventy-two (72) hour hospital admission; 4. Petitions dismissed prior to a final order under KRS 202A.051 or 202A.0819; 5. Petitions that result in an order for involuntary hospitalization under KRS 202A.051 and if the orders were for sixty (60) days or three hundred sixty (360) days of involuntary hospitalization; 6. Petitions that result in an order for outpatient treatment or any other reasonable conditions; 7. Petitions filed following a respondent's violation of court-ordered outpatient treatment or other reasonable conditions; 8. Precertification review hearings conducted under this chapter; 9. Discharge hearings conducted under KRS 202A.051; and 10. Review hearings conducted under KRS 202A.0805; (b) The stage of a proceeding under this chapter where a: 1. Petition is dismissed; and 2. Court has ordered a respondent to court-ordered outpatient or any other reasonable conditions; (c) The length of time a respondent receives treatment under this chapter prior to discharge by a hospital or termination of an order to receive outpatient treatment; and (d) A summary of the services provided to a respondent who is ordered to involuntary hospitalization or to receive outpatient treatment. (2) Any hospital, qualified mental health professional, and any other mental health agency who evaluates or treats a respondent under this chapter shall be required to report data to the cabinet as required under this section. The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section. (3) The cabinet and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall enter into an agreement to share data necessary to prepare the report required under this section. (4) The report prepared under this section shall not identify specific individuals.