§ 11-10-4-4 — Voluntary transfers to division of mental health and addiction or mental health facility

(a) An offender who believes the offender to
have a mental illness and to be in need of care and treatment in the
division of mental health and addiction or a mental health facility shall,
at the offender's request for transfer, be examined by a psychiatrist
employed or retained by the department of correction, who shall report
the psychiatrist's findings to the department of correction. If the report
states that the offender has a mental illness and is in need of care and
treatment in the division of mental health and addiction or a mental
health facility, the department of correction shall transfer the offender
to the division of mental health and addiction, subject to the approval
of the director of the division of mental health and addiction, or to a
mental health facility. If the department of correction intends to transfer
an offender to the division of mental health and addiction, the
department of correction shall transmit a copy of the psychiatrist's
report to the division of mental health and addiction.
(b) Section 3(c) and 3(d) of this chapter apply to transfers under this
section.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by Acts
1980, P.L.87, SEC.3; P.L.2-1992, SEC.106; P.L.215-2001, SEC.21;
P.L.99-2007, SEC.40.