Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 14 - Psychiatric or Forensic Psychiatric Facility Victim Notification System
Section 501 KAR 14:010 - Psychiatric or Forensic Psychiatric Facility Victim Notification System

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024

RELATES TO: KRS 202A.410, 439.3401

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 202A.410 requires the Department of Corrections to promulgate an administrative regulation for the notification of crime victims, judges, and witnesses who request notice of when an involuntarily committed person, who is charged with or convicted of a violent crime, is discharged or escapes from a psychiatric or forensic psychiatric facility.

Section 1. Definitions.

(1) "Notification" means the communication by telephone or email to the individual regarding the release or escape of an involuntarily committed person.

(2) "Register" means the individual seeking notice providing a telephone number or email through the VINE system to be contacted when the involuntarily committed person is released or escapes.

Section 2.

(1) If the psychiatric or forensic psychiatric facility enters the involuntarily committed person's information, the victim, judge, or witness may register for notification.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall provide:
(a) The ability to register for notification purposes; and

(b) The notification for which the individual has registered.

Section 3. A victim, judge, or witness may register for notification by calling Victim Information and Notification Every Day (VINE) at (800) 511-1670 or visiting www.VINElink.com and register an email or telephone number for notification of the release of the involuntarily committed person.

Section 4. If the Department of Corrections provides the psychiatric or forensic psychiatric facility with a secure Web-based service to enter the involuntarily committed person's information for victim notification, the Web-based account access shall be limited and secured.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 202A.410(5)

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