Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 441.048 (2026)

Screening for mental health risk issues upon admittance to detention

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Every prisoner, upon admittance to detention, shall be screened for mental health risk issues, including mental illness, suicide, intellectual disabilities, and acquired brain injury, by the personnel of the facility in which facility the prisoner is detained. Facilities have the discretion of using the telephonic behavioral health jail triage system created in KRS 210.365. Where the triage system indicates levels of behavioral health risk, the facility holding the prisoner may consider implementing the recommended protocols for housing, supervision, and care delivery that match the level of risk. Effective: July 12, 2012 History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 119, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: Slone v. Lincoln Cnty., 242 F. Supp. 3d 579 (E.D. Ky. 2017).

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Slone v. Lincoln Cnty., 242 F. Supp. 3d 579 (E.D. Ky. 2017). “§ 441.048.] Although not expressly addressed in the manual, when a suicide alert is present during intake, the individual being booked waits in the booking area under constant supervision while the deputy contacts Comp Care, the jail’s “telephonic behavioral health triage…”

Jones v. Kenton Cnty., Kentucky (E.D. Ky. 2025). · cites it 2× “13] And it further contends that “KRS 441.048 literally establishes that system as an acceptable correction practice.”

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