# KRS § 158.038: 158.038 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Recommendation required of Cabinet for Health and Family Services

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIII_C158_S158.038

## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 158.038
- **Heading:** 158.038 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Recommendation required of Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.038

## Text

158.038 Student identification badges must contain hotline number contact

information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide

prevention -- Recommendation required of Cabinet for Health and Family

Services.

(1) Beginning August 1, 2020, any student identification badge issued to a student in

grades six (6) through twelve (12) by a public school shall contain the contact

information for:

(a) A national domestic violence hotline;

(b) A national sexual assault hotline; and

(c) A national suicide prevention hotline.

(2) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to public charter

schools as a health and safety requirement under KRS 160.1592(1).

(3) By July 20, 2020, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall publish

recommendations for at least one (1) national hotline accessible twenty-four (24)

hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year

that specializes in each of the hotline categories required by subsection (1) of this

section.

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