Indiana § 11-10-12-5.7 Assistance in securing treatment for mental illness or addictive
disorder upon release or discharge; timing of assistance; Medicaid; use
of outside entity

Indiana Statutes

§ 11-10-12-5.7 — Assistance in securing treatment for mental illness or addictive disorder upon release or discharge; timing of assistance; Medicaid; use of outside entity

Indiana § 11-10-12-5.7

Art. 10CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS

Ch. 12Release Procedures

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Ind. Code § 11-10-12-5.7 (2026).

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(a)The department shall assist a committed offender who has a mental illness or addictive disorder in securing treatment through an approved Medicaid program, as the authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the committed offender might be eligible for treatment when the offender is:

(1)released on parole;

(2)assigned to a community transition program;

(3)discharged from the department; or

(4)required to receive inpatient psychiatric services while incarcerated to the extent authorized under federal law.

(b)The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive treatment at the time the committed of

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7. (a) The department shall assist a
committed offender who has a mental illness or addictive disorder in
securing treatment through an approved Medicaid program, as the
authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health
navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the
committed offender might be eligible for treatment when the offender
is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program;
(3) discharged from the department; or
(4) required to receive inpatient psychiatric services while
incarcerated to the extent authorized under federal law.
(b) The department shall provide the assistance described in
subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender
will be able to receive treatment at the time the committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(c) Subject to federal law, an inmate placed in a work release
program or other department program involving alternative sentencing
programs is eligible for Medicaid covered services.
(d) The department may use a community mental health center (as
defined in IC 12-7-2-38), hospital, mental health professional, or other
provider certified or licensed by the division of mental health and
addiction to provide treatment for a mental illness or addictive disorder
through the Medicaid program.
(e) The department may permit an offender committed to the
department to remain within a treatment facility operated by the
department for not more than fourteen (14) days past the offender's
mandatory release date, if:
(1) the offender has a serious physical or mental disorder or
disability;
(2) the offender is being held in the treatment facility operated by
the department until the offender may be placed in a similar
treatment setting outside the department;
(3) the department made a good faith effort to timely place the
offender in a treatment setting outside the department on or before
the offender's mandatory release date; and
(4) the offender:
(A) consents to being held in a treatment facility operated by
the department beyond the offender's mandatory release date;
or
(B) has been ordered by a court to be committed to a treatment
setting outside the department.