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.
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