Indiana § 16-39-2-5.5 - Provider requirements; individualized mental health safety plans
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§ 16-39-2-5.5. Provider requirements; individualized mental health safety plans
Sec. 5.5. (a) Each psychiatric crisis center, psychiatric inpatient unit, and psychiatric residential treatment provider shall do the following:
(1) Collaboratively develop an individualized mental health safety plan with each patient.
(2) Explain the benefits of coordinating care and sharing individualized mental health safety plans with mental health providers in the community that can help with the patient's safe transition back into the community.
(3) Make a good faith effort before a patient leaves the facility at which the patient is receiving care to obtain the patient's consent to disclose the patient's individualized mental health safety plan with mental health providers, integrated school based mental health providers, mobile integrated healthcare programs (as described in IC 16-31-12), and mental health community paramedicine programs that will be supporting the patient's safe transition back into the community and, if applicable, school.
(b) Upon disclosure of the patient's individualized mental health safety plan described in subsection (a), a mobile integrated healthcare program (as described in IC 16-31-12) or a mental health community paramedicine program may do the following:
(1) Help facilitate services that are determined to be necessary for a patient.
(2) Coordinate, cooperate, and communicate with other licensed mental health professionals, health care professionals, and service providers in the community to implement or continue the individualized mental health safety plan.
(3) Monitor the services to determine the effectiveness of the services.
(4) Adapt the patient's mental health safety plan as needed for the patient's welfare and safety.
As added by P.L.225-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2021, SEC.2.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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