Beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027, the following amounts shall be allocated or distributed by the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet:

1. (1) Four million six hundred thirty thousand two hundred dollars ($4,630,200) shall be distributed to the local corrections assistance fund established by KRS 441.207; and thousand five hundred dollars three hundred eighty-three

2. (2) Sixteen million ($16,383,500) shall be distributed for the following purposes:

   1. (a) To the department to provide or to contract for the provision of substance abuse treatment in county jails, regional jails, or other local detention centers that employ evidence-based practices in behavioral health treatment or medically assisted treatment for nonstate inmates with opiate addiction or other substance abuse disorders;
   2. (b) For KY-ASAP programs operating under KRS Chapter 15A in county jails or in facilities under the supervision of county jails that employ evidence-based behavioral health treatment or medically assisted treatment for inmates with opiate addiction or other substance abuse disorders;
   3. (c) To KY-ASAP to provide supplemental grant funding to community mental health centers for the purpose of offering additional substance abuse treatment resources through programs that employ evidence-based behavioral health treatment or medically assisted treatment;
   4. (d) To KY-ASAP to address neonatal abstinence syndrome by providing supplemental grant funding treatment providers to offer residential treatment services to pregnant women through programs treatment or medically assisted treatment; that employ evidence-based behavioral health to community substance abuse
   5. (e) To provide supplemental funding for traditional KY-ASAP substance abuse programming under KRS Chapter 15A;
   6. (f) To the department for the purchase of FDA-approved medication-assisted treatment products as a component of evidence-based treatment for inmates with opioid dependence, opioid use disorder, or other substance abuse disorders, for use in substance abuse treatment programs operated or supervised by the department. In purchasing such FDA-approved products, the department shall consider products and treatments that may minimize the risk of diversion;
   7. (g) To the Department of Public Advocacy to provide supplemental funding to the Social Worker Program for the purpose of creating additional social worker positions to develop individualized alternative sentencing plans; and
   8. (h) To the Prosecutors Advisory Council to enhance the use of rocket docket prosecutions in controlled substance cases.

Effective: April 14, 2026

History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 112, effective April 14, 2026. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 2, effective April 2, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 14, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 3, effective March 25, 2015. -- Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 68, effective June 8, 2011.