Indiana Code 12-21-8-10. Division coordination requirements; mobile crisis team requirements
(1) available onsite response services of crisis calls using state and locally funded mobile crisis teams; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-21-8-10
- crisis receiving and stabilization services: means behavioral health services that provide short term, less than twenty-four (24) hour care with the capacity for diagnosis, initial management, observation, crisis stabilization, and follow-up referral services to a person in a homelike environment. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-2
- mobile crisis team: means behavioral health professionals and peers that provide professional onsite community based intervention, including de-escalation, stabilization, and treatment for individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-3
- peer: means an individual employed on the basis of the individual's personally lived experience with mental illness or addiction and recovery and meets the requirements of peer certification established by the division. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-5
(b) The mobile crisis teams must include:
(1) a peer certified by the division; and
(2) at least one (1) of the following:
(A) A behavioral health professional licensed under IC 25-23.6.
(B) An other behavioral health professional (OBHP), as defined in 440 IAC 11-1-12.
(C) Emergency medical services personnel licensed under IC 16-31.
(D) Law enforcement based coresponder behavioral health teams.
(c) Crisis response services provided by a mobile crisis team must be provided under the supervision of:
(1) a behavioral health professional licensed under IC 25-23.6;
(2) a licensed physician; or
(3) an advanced practice registered nurse (as defined in IC 12-7-2-3.1).
The supervision required under this subsection may be performed remotely.
As added by P.L.207-2021, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.74-2022, SEC.15; P.L.11-2023, SEC.44.