Applicability of chapter

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.