The secretary or the secretary's designee shall
do the following:
(1)Organize the division, create the appropriate personnel
positions, and employ personnel necessary to discharge the
statutory duties and powers of the division or a bureau of the
division.
(2)Subject to the approval of the state personnel department,
establish personnel qualifications for all deputy directors,
assistant directors, bureau heads, and superintendents.
(3)Subject to the approval of the budget director and the
governor, establish the compensation of all deputy directors,
assistant directors, bureau heads, and superintendents.
(4)Study the entire problem of mental health, mental illness, and
addictions existing in Indiana.
(5)Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the following:
(A)Standards for the operation of
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The secretary or the secretary's designee shall
do the following:
(1) Organize the division, create the appropriate personnel
positions, and employ personnel necessary to discharge the
statutory duties and powers of the division or a bureau of the
division.
(2) Subject to the approval of the state personnel department,
establish personnel qualifications for all deputy directors,
assistant directors, bureau heads, and superintendents.
(3) Subject to the approval of the budget director and the
governor, establish the compensation of all deputy directors,
assistant directors, bureau heads, and superintendents.
(4) Study the entire problem of mental health, mental illness, and
addictions existing in Indiana.
(5) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the following:
(A) Standards for the operation of private institutions that are
licensed under IC 12-25 for the diagnosis, treatment, and care
of individuals with psychiatric disorders, addictions, or other
abnormal mental conditions.
(B) Licensing or certifying community residential programs
described in IC 12-22-2-3.5 for individuals with serious mental
illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), or chronic
addiction (CA) with the exception of psychiatric residential
treatment facilities.
(C) Subject to IC 12-29-2-21, certifying community mental
health centers to operate in Indiana.
(D) Establish exclusive geographic primary service areas for
community mental health centers. The rules must include the
following:
(i) Criteria and procedures to justify the change to the
boundaries of a community mental health center's primary
service area.
(ii) Criteria and procedures to justify the change of an
assignment of a community mental health center to a primary
service area.
(iii) A provision specifying that the criteria and procedures
determined in items (i) and (ii) must include an option for the
county and the community mental health center to initiate a
request for a change in primary service area or provider
assignment.
(iv) A provision specifying the criteria and procedures
determined in items (i) and (ii) may not limit an eligible
consumer's right to choose or access the services of any
provider who is certified by the division of mental health and
addiction to provide public supported mental health services.
(6) Institute programs, in conjunction with an accredited college
or university and with the approval, if required by law, of the
commission for higher education, for the instruction of students
of mental health and other related occupations. The programs may
be designed to meet requirements for undergraduate and
postgraduate degrees and to provide continuing education and
research.
(7) Develop programs to educate the public in regard to the
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of all abnormal mental
conditions.
(8) Make the facilities of the state institutions available for the
instruction of medical students, student nurses, interns, and
resident and fellow physicians under the supervision of the faculty
of any accredited school of medicine or osteopathy located in
Indiana or an accredited residency or fellowship training program
in connection with research and instruction in psychiatric
disorders.
(9) Institute a stipend program designed to improve the quality
and quantity of staff that state institutions employ.
(10) Establish, supervise, and conduct community programs,
either directly or by contract, for the diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of psychiatric disorders.
(11) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the records and data
to be kept concerning individuals admitted to state institutions,
community mental health centers, or other providers.
(12) Compile information and statistics concerning the ethnicity
and gender of a program or service recipient.
(13) Establish standards for services described in IC 12-7-2-40.6
for community mental health centers and other providers.
(14) Provide that the standards for services provided by recovery
residences for residential care and supported housing for chronic
addiction, when used as a recovery residence, to:
(A) be certified through an entity approved by the division to
ensure adherence to standards determined by the National
Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) or a similar entity;
and
(B) meet other standards established by the division under rules
adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(15) Provide that the standards for services provided by recovery
community organizations for behavioral health recovery, when
used as a recovery community organization:
(A) be certified through an entity approved by the division to
ensure adherence to standards determined by the Indiana
Recovery Network or similar entity that certifies recovery
community organizations; and
(B) meet other standards established by the division under rules
adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(16) Require the division to:
(A) provide best practice recommendations to community
mental health centers; and
(B) work with community mental health centers in a
collaborative manner in order to ensure improved health
outcomes as a part of reviews or audits.
Documentation developed as a part of an incident or death
reporting audit or review is confidential and may only be shared
between the division and the community mental health center.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 16-13-1-7.1(a)(3), (a)(5),
(a)(6), (b), (c); 16-13-2-1(b); 16-13-2-8.]