KRS § 209A.122 Definitions for section -- Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center -- Duties -- Policy recommendations -- Information to be sent by Kentucky State Police, Administrative Office of the Courts, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (Effective July 15, 2026)
AI-assisted research summary: The center must collect domestic violence-related information and file an annual report by July 1 each year to several named recipients. Kentucky State Police, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the cabinet must each provide specific data to the center; ZeroV may send best-practice and policy recommendations by November 15 each year.
209A.122 Definitions for section -- Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center -- Duties -- Policy recommendations -- Information to be sent by Kentucky State Police, Administrative Office of the Courts, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (Effective July 15, 2026) (1) As used in this section: (a) "Center" means the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center created in KRS 15.280; (b) "Corollary victim" means an individual other than the victim who is directly impacted by domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, either through relationship or proximity; (c) "Domestic violence fatalities" means deaths that occur as a result of domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, and includes but is not limited to homicides, related suicides, and corollary victims; and (d) "Near fatality" means a crime where serious physical injury as defined in KRS 500.080 occurs. (2) The center shall: (a) Collect information on domestic violence fatalities, domestic violence and abuse, and dating violence and abuse within the Commonwealth from subsections (3) to (5) of this section; and (b) Produce an annual report by July 1 of each year and submit the report to: 1. ZeroV; 2. The Governor; 3. The cabinet; 4. The Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; 5. The Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children; 6. The Legislative Research Commission; 7. The Administrative Office of the Courts; and 8. The Office of the Attorney General. ZeroV may provide the agencies listed in subparagraphs 2. to 8. of this paragraph with best practices and any other recommendations for public policy by November 15 of each year. (3) (a) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall provide the center with: 1. The statistical information from all JC-3 forms and all fields on a JC-3 form that relate to domestic violence and abuse and dating violence and abuse; 2. The number of arrests by Kentucky State Police and associated agencies in response to domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse; and 3. If an arrest was made, the arresting offense charged by Kentucky State Police or associated law enforcement agencies. (b) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall separately provide the center with information reported to the Law Information Network of Kentucky (LINK). The Department of Kentucky State Police shall provide the center with the: 1. Number of orders of protection entered to be served by law enforcement agencies; 2. Number of orders of protection served by law enforcement agencies; and 3. Average time for service. (4) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide the center with: (a) The number and type of petitions for orders of protection filed and denied under KRS 403.725; (b) The number and type of petitions for interpersonal violence orders filed and denied under KRS 456.030; (c) The number of emergency protective orders granted under KRS 403.730 and temporary interpersonal protective orders granted under KRS 456.040; (d) The number of domestic violence orders granted under KRS 403.740 and interpersonal protective orders granted under 456.060, excluding amended or corrected orders; (e) Information on whether the parties were represented by legal counsel or guardians ad litem; (f) The relationship between the petitioner and the respondent, if known; (g) Demographics of the parties, including age, race, and gender; (h) Information on whether the victim was or is pregnant, if indicated on the petition; and (i) The number of criminal charges for a violation of an order of protection. (5) The cabinet shall provide the center with: (a) The number of reports of substantiated child dependency, neglect, or abuse with family violence as a factor; and (b) Domestic violence and abuse and dating violence and abuse shelter statistics reported to the cabinet, including but not limited to the: 1. Number of minors served in shelter; 2. Number of minors served in nonshelter services; 3. Number of adults served in shelter; 4. Number of adults served in nonshelter services; 5. Demographics, including age and race; 6. Number of crisis or hotline calls; 7. Number of minors receiving: a. Crisis intervention; b. Victim advocacy services; and c. Individual or group counseling or support group; and 8. Number of adult victims receiving: a. Crisis intervention; b. Victim advocacy services; c. Individual or group counseling or support group; d. Criminal or civil legal advocacy; e. Medical accompaniment; and f. Transportation services. Effective: July 15, 2026 History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2026. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 15, effective June 29, 2023; and ch. 153, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2023. -- Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 224, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). Under the authority of KRS 7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has altered the format of subsection (2) of this statute to correct manifest clerical or typographical errors in 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 224, sec. 1.