§ 16-39-2-5.5 — Provider requirements; individualized mental health safety plans

Indiana § 16-39-2-5.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 39: HEALTH RECORDS
• Ch. 2: Release of Mental Health Records to Patient and

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5. (a) Each psychiatric crisis center,
psychiatric inpatient unit, and psychiatric residential treatment provider
shall do the following:
(1) Collaboratively develop an individualized mental health safety
plan with each patient.
(2) Explain the benefits of coordinating care and sharing
individualized mental health safety plans with mental health
providers in the community that can help with the patient's safe
transition back into the community.
(3) Make a good faith effort before a patient leaves the facility at
which the patient is receiving care to obtain the patient's consent
to disclose the patient's individualized mental health safety plan
with mental health providers, integrated school based mental
health providers, mobile integrated healthcare programs (as
described in IC 16-31-12), and mental health community
paramedicine programs that will be supporting the patient's safe
transition back into the community and, if applicable, school.
(b) Upon disclosure of the patient's individualized mental health
safety plan described in subsection (a), a mobile integrated healthcare
program (as described in IC 16-31-12) or a mental health community
paramedicine program may do the following:
(1) Help facilitate services that are determined to be necessary for
a patient.
(2) Coordinate, cooperate, and communicate with other licensed
mental health professionals, health care professionals, and service
providers in the community to implement or continue the
individualized mental health safety plan.
(3) Monitor the services to determine the effectiveness of the
services.
(4) Adapt the patient's mental health safety plan as needed for the
patient's welfare and safety.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.225-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2021, SEC.2.