§ 12-10-6-5 — Individuals with a mental illness; comprehensive care plan; rules

(a) An individual who is determined under
section 2.1(a)(2) of this chapter to be incapable of residing in the
individual's own home because of mental illness may be admitted to a
home or facility that provides residential care to the extent that money
is available for the care.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after an individual with a mental illness
is placed in a home or facility that provides residential care, a
comprehensive care plan must be developed for the individual.
(c) The residential care facility, in cooperation with the community
mental health center or an individual's managed care provider (as
defined in IC 12-7-2-127(b)) serving the area in which the residential
care facility is located, shall develop the comprehensive care plan for
the individual. The plan must include the following:
(1) Psychosocial rehabilitation services that are provided within
the community.
(2) A comprehensive range of activities to meet multiple levels of
need, including the following:
(A) Recreational and socialization activities.
(B) Social skills.
(C) Educational, training, occupational, and work programs.
(D) Opportunities for progression into less restrictive and more
independent living arrangements.
(3) Appropriate alternate placement if the individual's needs
cannot be met by the facility.
(d) The Indiana department of health shall, in coordination with the
division of mental health and addiction and the division, adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 to govern:
(1) residential care; and
(2) the comprehensive care plan;
provided to individuals with a mental illness who reside under this
chapter in a home or facility that provides residential care.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 4-28-15-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.19; P.L.215-2001, SEC.37; P.L.99-2007, SEC.62; P.L.197-2011, SEC.40; P.L.85-2017, SEC.54; P.L.56-2023, SEC.88.