§ 12-24-19-1 — Applicability of chapter

Indiana § 12-24-19-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 24: STATE INSTITUTIONS
• Ch. 19: Community Care for Individuals With Mental Illness

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(a) This chapter applies only to a patient who
is transferred or discharged from a state institution administered by the
division of mental health and addiction.
(b) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) An individual who is admitted to a state institution only for
evaluation purposes.
(2) An individual who is incompetent to stand trial.
(3) An individual who has a developmental disability (as defined
in IC 12-7-2-61).
(4) An individual in an alcohol and drug services program who is
not concurrently diagnosed with a mental illness.
(5) An individual who has escaped from the facility to which the
individual was involuntarily committed.
(6) An individual who was admitted to a facility for voluntary
treatment and who has left the facility against the advice of the
attending physician.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.215-2001, SEC.70; P.L.99-2007, SEC.121.