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Ind. Code § 11-10-4-2

Providing care and treatment

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Ford v. Wainwright (1986)

Most recently applied in Harris v. State (November 1986)

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3

Sec. 2. The department shall provide for the care and treatment of every confined offender who is determined to be mentally ill by a psychiatrist employed or retained by the department. To provide that care and treatment, the department may:

(1) establish and operate its own mental health facilities and programs;

(2) transfer offenders to the division of mental health and addiction, subject to the approval of the director of the division of mental health and addiction; or

(3) contract with any city, county, state, or federal authority or with other public or private organizations for the provision of care and treatment.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.