Another weird bill in Kentucky

A lot of bad bills are being introduced in Kentucky right now - as they always are - but this is among the strangest.

It's hard to follow, but it certainly doesn't look good. In Kentucky, you can already be involuntarily committed just for looking at someone funny, and it appears as if this bill would make it even worse.

Under this bill, if a person is "found by a qualified mental health professional to not meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization", guess what? They "shall be admitted" to a psychiatric facility anyway. They would continue to be held if a court "reasonably believes" that "probable cause would be found" to hold them.

"Would be found"? So they want to detain people based solely on speculation?

It would also allow you to be institutionalized for up to 360 days.

And, if a facility discharges someone early, a court may review that action.

This bill would also create a new section of law that says that if a court decides that a person isn't eligible to be involuntarily committed, they can still be committed if they don't comply with their "treatment" plan.

One of the aims of the bill is to bring about "a lessening of irrational thoughts." I swear I am not making this up.

Of course, this bill is unconstitutional - and it's not even close. Which of course makes it more likely to pass.