Criteria for involuntary hospitalization
Known as the Kentucky Mental Health Hospitalization Act
The act spans §§ 202–202 (85 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe (1993)
Most recently applied in United States v. Christopher Perkins (May 2023)
Effective: July 1, 1982 History: Created 1982 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No person shall be involuntarily hospitalized unless such person is a mentally ill person:
(1) Who presents a danger or threat of danger to self, family or others as a result of the mental illness;
(2) Who can reasonably benefit from treatment; and (3) For whom hospitalization is the least restrictive alternative mode of treatment presently available.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.