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Ind. Code § 12-24-19-1

Applicability of chapter

As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54

Sec. 1. (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.

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