Sec. 3. (a) Before an individual described in section 2 of this chapter is discharged or placed on outpatient status under IC 12-26, a discharge plan shall be formulated in consultation with the patient’s designated case manager. The superintendent shall provide copies of the individual’s plan of discharge or placement to a community mental health center serving the area in which the individual will reside. The plan must include the following:

(1) A copy of the papers authorizing the discharge or placement.

(2) An assessment of the individual’s mental health.

(3) The superintendent’s recommendations concerning the follow-up treatment services and the specific residential placement that the individual should receive after the individual is discharged or placed.

(4) If the individual has been placed on outpatient status, a description of the conditions relating to the individual’s placement.

     (b) If the plan provided to the community mental health center under subsection (a) recommends or requires that an individual receive treatment from another treatment provider, the community mental health center shall document the following:

(1) Whether the initial contact with the treatment provider occurred.

(2) Whether treatment was rendered according to the recommendations in the individual’s plan.

(3) What changes, if any, were made in the individual’s plan by the treatment provider.

     (c) If the plan provided to the community mental health center under subsection (a) recommends or requires that an individual reside at a location designated by the superintendent in the plan, the case manager shall monitor whether the individual is residing at the location.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-30-2(a), (b), (c).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.50; P.L.188-2013, SEC.14.