CHAPTER 19. COMMUNITY CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
IC 12-24-19
Chapter 19. Community Care for Individuals With Mental Illness
IC 12-24-19-1
Applicability of chapter
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.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.215-2001,
SEC.70; P.L.99-2007, SEC.121.
IC 12-24-19-2
"Case management" defined
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "case management" means goal
oriented activities that locate, facilitate, provide access to,
coordinate, or monitor the full range of basic human needs,
treatment, and service resources for individual patients.
(b) The term includes where necessary and appropriate for the
patient the following:
(1) Assessment of the consumer.
(2) Treatment planning.
(3) Crisis assistance.
(4) Providing access to and training the patients to utilize basic
community resources.
(5) Assistance in daily living.
(6) Assistance for the patient to obtain services necessary for
meeting basic human needs.
(7) Monitoring of the overall service delivery.
(8) Assistance in obtaining the following:
(A) Rehabilitation services and vocational opportunities.
(B) Respite care.
(C) Transportation.
(D) Education services.
(E) Health supplies and prescriptions.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54.
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Discharge or transfer from institution to least restrictive setting
Sec. 3. A patient shall be discharged or transferred from a state
institution to the least restrictive setting:
(1) when the discharge or transfer is appropriate to the patient's
unique needs;
(2) to prevent unnecessary and inappropriate hospitalization;
and
(3) in accordance with standards of professional practice.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54.
IC 12-24-19-4
Continuum of care
Sec. 4. Within the limits of appropriated funds, the division shall
provide by written contract a continuum of care in the community for
appropriate patients who are discharged or transferred under this
chapter that does the following:
(1) Integrates services.
(2) Facilitates provision of appropriate services to patients.
(3) Ensures continuity of care, including case management, so
that a patient is not discharged or transferred without adequate
and appropriate community services.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54.
IC 12-24-19-5
Maximization of funding
Sec. 5. To the extent possible, the director shall maximize the
amount of federal funding and other nonstate funds available for
providing the continuum of care in the community required by this
chapter.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54.
IC 12-24-19-6
Community services
Sec. 6. The director shall do the following to facilitate the timely
development and delivery of community services:
(1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2.
(2) Develop policies and administrative practices.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54.
IC 12-24-19-7
Transitional care
Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "transitional care" means
temporary treatment services to facilitate an individual's:
(1) transfer from a mental health institution to a community
residential setting; or
(2) discharge from a mental health institution.
(b) The transitional care program shall assist consumers in making
a smooth adjustment to community living and operate in
collaboration with a managed care provider of services in the
consumer's home area.
(c) Resources for the program shall come from the total
appropriation for the facility, and may be adjusted to meet the needs
of consumer demand by the director.
(d) Each state institution administered by the division of mental
health and addiction shall establish a transitional care program with
adequate staffing patterns and employee skill levels for patients'
transitional care needs where clinically appropriate.
(e) The transitional care program shall be staffed by transitional
care specialists and at least one (1) transitional care case manager.
(f) A transitional care case manager must have at least a bachelor's
degree and be trained in transitional care.
(g) Psychiatric attendants working in this program shall be
trained, classified, and compensated as appropriate for a transitional
care specialist.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.215-2001,
SEC.71.