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988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This dialing code will be available to everyone across the United States starting on July 16, 2022. Learn more at 988lifeline.org.

​​Our mission is to provide leadership to prevent disability, build resilience in individuals and their com​munities and facilitate recovery for people affected by mental illness, substance abuse or intellectual or developmental disability. Please visit the DBHDID website for additional information.

Administrative Regulations​​​ Notice​

Aug. 4, 2022

The Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities filed the following proposed administrative regulation amendments Aug. 4, 2022. View the amendments on the Legislative Research Commission website.

908 KAR 1:374 Licensure of nonhospital-based outpatient alcohol and other drug treatment entities
Summary: The regulation amendment establishes standards for nonhospital-based alcohol and other drug treatment entities providing ambulatory withdrawal management, outpatient treatment services, intensive outpatient services, partial hospitalization or office-based opiate treatment services. It further establishes standards for operation of narcotic treatment programs in accordance with KRS 222.231(12) and 42 C.F.R. Part 8 and updates federal standards in compliance with Senate Bill 178 (2022 Regular Session).  

Written public comments may be submitted to the Office of Regulatory Affairs  through Oct. 31, 2022. Upon request to the Office of Regulatory Affairs  by Oct. 17, 2022 a public hearing will be held Oct. 24, 2022, at 9 a.m. via Zoom.​

Feb. 22, 2022

The Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual disabilities filed the following proposed administrative regulation amendments Feb. 21, 2022. View the amendments on the Legislative Research Commission website.

908 KAR 3:010 E and O - Patient's rights
Summary: This amended emergency administrative regulation incorporates the designation of an essential personal care visitor, as defined and established in SB 100, for a resident of an assisted-living community, long-term care facility or state-owned or -operated psychiatric hospital. The ordinary amended administrative regulation is identical to the above-​referenced regulation.

Written public comments on the emergency version may be submitted to the Office of Regulatory Affairs through April 30, 2022. Upon request to the Office of Regulatory Affairs ​by Apr. 21, 2022 a public hearing will be held Apr. 28, 2022, at 9 a.m. via Zoom.

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