Title LI, Unified Juvenile Code
10 chapters · 255 sections in this title.
KRS § 605.010 Court-designated workers required
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In each judicial district there shall be a court-designated worker or agency. The number of persons assigned as court-designated workers shall be determined by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
KRS § 605.020 Supervision of court-designated workers -- Training -- Data collection, tracking, and reporting -- Graduated response protocol -- Complaint form
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tracking, and reporting -- Graduated response protocol -- Complaint form. (1) Standards for the employment of court-designated workers shall be set by the Administrative Office of the Courts. (2) If the Administrative Office of the Courts contracts with a public agency for the pr…
KRS § 605.030 Duties of court-designated workers
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(1) A court-designated worker may: (a) Receive complaints; (b) Review complaints taken by peace officers; (c) Investigate complaints except neglect, abuse, and dependency; (d) Perform an initial screening for human trafficking as defined in KRS 529.010 for referral to the cabinet…
KRS § 605.040 Prohibited activities
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A court-designated worker shall not: (1) Issue arrest or search warrants; (2) Supervise a child following his adjudication when the child is committed to the cabinet or placed on probation under the supervision of the cabinet or any other agency or individual; (3) Perform any cle…
KRS § 605.050 Appointment of chief probation officers and volunteer probation officers -- Training
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Training. (1) In counties containing a city of the first class or a city with a population equal to or greater than twenty thousand (20,000) as of the most recent federal decennial census, the county judge/executive may appoint a chief probation officer of the juvenile court and …
KRS § 605.060 Duties of probation officers
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Probation officers appointed pursuant to KRS 605.050 shall: (1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS Chapter 645, make investigations as provided in this chapter, including the administration of a validated risk and needs assessment; (2) Be present in court to represent the intere…
KRS § 605.080 Transportation of children
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(1) Any child ordered to be transported, by a committing or sentencing court, shall be transported by the sheriff or the jailer of that county. Any other law enforcement agency may enter into agreements with the court, sheriff, or jailer to transport juveniles. (2) Any peace offi…
KRS § 605.090 Alternative treatment for committed children -- Notice of inappropriate behavior of child -- Procedures for removal of child committed as dependent, neglected, or abused -- Reports -- Written transfer summary -- Placement of public offenders
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inappropriate behavior of child -- Procedures for removal of child committed as dependent, neglected, or abused -- Reports -- Written transfer summary -- Placement of public offenders. (1) Unless precluded by law, any child committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or the c…
KRS § 605.093 Day treatment programs of Department of Juvenile Justice
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By August 1, 2000, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide, based on available general fund appropriations, a day treatment program accessible to every school district in each judicial region of the state. The day treatment programs shall combine therapeutic and academic…
KRS § 605.095 Department of Juvenile Justice to operate postadjudication facilities and programs -- Transfer of juveniles to Department of Corrections facilities
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programs -- Transfer of juveniles to Department of Corrections facilities. (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall operate or contract for the operation of any postadjudication juvenile detention or treatment facility in which a juvenile is confined for a public offense or a…
KRS § 605.100 Care, treatment, and rehabilitation of committed children -- Validated needs and risk assessment
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needs and risk assessment. (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice or the cabinet shall arrange for a program of care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the children committed to it, which program shall be designed to provide for classification, segregation, and specialized treatme…
KRS § 605.102 Caregiver of committed child to use reasonable and prudent parent standard for child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate activities -- Limitation of liability -- Cabinet official's immunity not abrogated or diminished -- Cabinet and caregiver to verify appropriateness of child's application for operator's license or permit -- Request for cancellation -- Administrative regulation
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standard for child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate activities -- Limitation of liability -- Cabinet official's immunity not abrogated or diminished -- Cabinet and caregiver to verify appropriateness of child's application for operator's license or permit -- …
KRS § 605.110 Smoking cessation services, medical care, and educational programs for committed children -- Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children -- Personnel -- Financing
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committed children -- Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children -- Personnel -- Financing. (1) (a) Any child committed to or in the custody of the cabinet or the Department of Juvenile Justice who is not placed in a location where smoking cessation services are…
KRS § 605.115 Access to Medicaid funding for local school districts providing funding matches for services for eligible children with disabilities
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matches for services for eligible children with disabilities. The commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, with the cooperation of the Kentucky Board of Education and the commissioner of education, shall i…
KRS § 605.120 Payments to home where children are placed -- Reimbursement system for foster parents -- Pilot projects -- Relative caregiver and fictive kin services data reporting -- Decisions regarding haircuts and hairstyles
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foster parents -- Pilot projects -- Relative caregiver and fictive kin services data reporting -- Decisions regarding haircuts and hairstyles. (1) The cabinet is authorized to expend available funds to provide for the board, lodging, and care of children who would otherwise be pl…
KRS § 605.121 Child-care benefits permissible for foster parents
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The cabinet may allow foster parents to receive child-care benefits if the foster parents are working outside the home or teleworking inside the home, subject to other eligibility requirements required by federal or state law.
KRS § 605.130 General duties of cabinet
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In addition to the other duties, functions, and responsibilities imposed by law, the cabinet, through its authorized representatives, shall have general supervision and management of all matters contained in KRS 620.150 and 620.170 and shall, wherever possible: (1) Locate and pla…
KRS § 605.135 Cabinet to determine child's eligibility for federal benefits -- Procedures if cabinet is representative payee -- Annual review -- Cabinet duties -- Administrative regulations
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cabinet is representative payee -- Annual review -- Cabinet duties -- Administrative regulations. (1) (a) For all children in the care and custody of the cabinet, the cabinet shall determine within sixty (60) days after entry into care whether each child is receiving or eligible …
KRS § 605.140 Juvenile Court Advisory Board
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(1) The Chief District Judge may appoint a board of not less than six (6) nor more than ten (10) reputable inhabitants of the county to be called the Advisory Board of the Juvenile Court. The members of the board shall hold office during the pleasure of the judge and shall serve …
KRS § 605.150 Authority to promulgate administrative regulations
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(1) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. (2) The Department of Juvenile Justice may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. (3) The cabinet and the department shall not promul…
KRS § 605.160 Provision of information to those caring for committed children -- Show cause hearing
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cause hearing. (1) The cabinet, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Kentucky Department of Education shall provide information to the individuals and entities contracting with the cabinet and the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide services and care to children comm…
KRS § 605.170 Reporting of assaults, threats, and menacing conduct against client or staff -- Information system to track threats and violent incidents against staff -- Safety liaisons
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-- Information system to track threats and violent incidents against staff -- Safety liaisons. (1) Each staff member of the department shall report to his or her supervisor any physical or verbal conduct of a client or an individual associated with a client that appears to be thr…
KRS § 605.990 Penalties
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(1) Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter, other than KRS 605.080(4), shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Any person who intentionally violates KRS 605.080(4), shall be guilty of a violation.