Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB90: AN ACT relating to behavioral health.
Status: Signed into law, April 13, 2026
Amend KRS 533.272 to extend the behavioral health conditional dismissal program pilot project until January 1, 2031; amend KRS 533.288 to extend the Behavioral Health Conditional Dismissal Program Implementation Council until December 31, 2031; amend 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 13, to establish that moneys appropriated for the behavioral health conditional dismissal program through June 30, 2026, shall not lapse and shall be carried forward.
What the bill says
An act relating to the behavioral health conditional dismissal program.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to the behavioral health conditional dismissal program. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 533.272 is amended to read as follows: (1) A pilot program shall be established in no more[less] than twenty (20)[ten (10)] counties selected by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to participate in a behavioral health conditional dismissal program. The pilot program shall begin January 1, 2023, and shall continue until January 1, 2031,[last for four (4) years] unless extended or limited by the General Assembly. (2) Each participating county shall have access (b) Recovery services as defined under KRS 533.270; and (c) Educational and vocational resources sufficient to provide the training and assistance required under KRS 533.286. (3) (a) Every behavioral health treatment program provider in the pilot program shall collect and maintain data as provided in this subsection relating to program participants under their care, designed to inform the outcomes and effectiveness of the pilot program, to be submitted to the Administrative Office of the Courts as provided under paragraphs (b) to (e) of this subsection. (b) A report shall be made for each program participant no later than fourteen (14) days following the initiation of treatment. The data to be collected and submitted in the report shall include the following information …
Sponsors
- Brandon Storm (R, SD-021) · primary sponsor
- Danny Carroll (R, SD-002)
- Matthew Deneen (R, SD-010)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : passed 36-0
- : Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Votes
- Senate: FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 90 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) (HCS 1) RSN# 4100 (April 1, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 384 (March 31, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 90 RSN# 3774 (January 22, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Criminal Procedure, Funds, Crimes And Punishments, Courts, Sunset Legislation, Attorney, County, Public Advocate, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees
Common questions
- What is SB90?
- SB90 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to behavioral health.
- What does SB90 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the behavioral health conditional dismissal program.
- What is the status of SB90?
- Signed into law as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 122) (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB90?
- Brandon Storm (R, SD-021), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB90?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb90.html
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