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 transferredor discharged from a state institution administered by the division ofmental 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 forevaluation purposes.
        (2) An individual who is incompetent to stand trial.
        (3) An individual who has a developmental disability (asdefined in IC 12-7-2-61).
        (4) An individual in an alcohol and drug services program whois not concurrently diagnosed with a mental illness.
        (5) An individual who has escaped from the facility to whichthe individual was involuntarily committed.
        (6) An individual who was admitted to a facility for voluntarytreatment and who has left the facility against the advice of theattending 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 goaloriented 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 thepatient the following:
        (1) Assessment of the consumer.
        (2) Treatment planning.
        (3) Crisis assistance.
        (4) Providing access to and training the patients to utilize basiccommunity resources.
        (5) Assistance in daily living.
        (6) Assistance for the patient to obtain services necessary formeeting 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.

IC 12-24-19-3 Discharge or transfer from institution to least restrictive setting
    Sec. 3. A patient shall be discharged or transferred from a stateinstitution to the least restrictive setting:
        (1) when the discharge or transfer is appropriate to the patient'sunique 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 shallprovide by written contract a continuum of care in the community forappropriate patients who are discharged or transferred under thischapter that does the following:
        (1) Integrates services.
        (2) Facilitates provision of appropriate services to patients.
        (3) Ensures continuity of care, including case management, sothat a patient is not discharged or transferred without adequateand 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 theamount of federal funding and other nonstate funds available forproviding the continuum of care in the community required by thischapter.
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 timelydevelopment 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" meanstemporary treatment services to facilitate an individual's:
        (1) transfer from a mental health institution to a communityresidential setting; or
        (2) discharge from a mental health institution.
    (b) The transitional care program shall assist consumers in makinga smooth adjustment to community living and operate incollaboration with a managed care provider of services in theconsumer's home area.    (c) Resources for the program shall come from the totalappropriation for the facility, and may be adjusted to meet the needsof consumer demand by the director.
    (d) Each state institution administered by the division of mentalhealth and addiction shall establish a transitional care program withadequate staffing patterns and employee skill levels for patients'transitional care needs where clinically appropriate.
    (e) The transitional care program shall be staffed by transitionalcare specialists and at least one (1) transitional care case manager.
    (f) A transitional care case manager must have at least a bachelor'sdegree and be trained in transitional care.
    (g) Psychiatric attendants working in this program shall betrained, classified, and compensated as appropriate for a transitionalcare specialist.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.215-2001,SEC.71.