Bill > HB5

This bill establishes new regulations for correctional facilities, juvenile detention centers, and jails across Kentucky, focusing on search procedures and facility accommodations. The bill mandates that all incarcerated youth, inmates, and prisoners can be searched at any time, with such searches to be conducted professionally, respectfully, and as minimally invasive as possible. It requires separate bathroom, changing room, and sleeping quarters for males and females, strictly defining these terms based on biological sex at birth, and prohibiting individuals from using facilities not matching their biological sex. The bill also restricts the use of public funds for cosmetic or elective medical procedures in correctional facilities, with a narrow exception for continuing hormone treatments that were already in progress upon an inmate's admission and would cause physical harm if discontinued. Additionally, the bill provides limited exceptions to the sex-segregated facility rules for specific circumstances such as custodial services, medical assistance, law enforcement actions, and emergency situations, while ensuring accommodations for individuals with disabilities remain possible.