Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1222
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 12-7-2-24, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2007,
SECTION 104, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 24. "Bureau" means the following:
(1) For purposes of IC 12-10, the bureau of aging and in-home
services established by IC 12-10-1-1.
(2) For purposes of IC 12-11, the bureau of developmental
disabilities services established by IC 12-11-1.1-1.
(3) For purposes of IC 12-12, the rehabilitation services bureau of
the division of disability and rehabilitative services established by
IC 12-12-1-1.
(4) For purposes of IC 12-12.5, the bureau of quality
improvement services established by IC 12-12.5-1-1.
SECTION 2. IC 12-7-2-33.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.197-2011,
SECTION 38, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 33.7. (a) As used in this chapter, "class I child
care home" means a child care home that serves any combination of
full-time and part-time children, not to exceed at any one (1) time
twelve (12) children plus three (3) children during the school year only
who are enrolled in at least full-day kindergarten. Except as provided
in IC 12-17.2-5-6.3(b), the addition of three (3) school age children
may not occur during a break in the school year that exceeds four (4)
weeks.
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(b) A child:
(1) for whom a provider of care in the child care home is a parent,
stepparent, guardian, custodian, or other relative and who is at
least seven (7) years of age; or
(2) who is at least fourteen (14) years of age and does not require
child care;
shall not be counted in determining whether the child care home is
within the limit set forth in subsection (a).
SECTION 3. IC 12-7-2-69, AS AMENDED BY P.L.85-2017,
SECTION 47, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 69. (a) "Division", except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), refers to any of the following:
(1) The division of disability and rehabilitative services
established by IC 12-9-1-1.
(2) The division of aging established by IC 12-9.1-1-1.
(3) The division of family resources established by IC 12-13-1-1.
(4) The division of mental health and addiction established by
IC 12-21-1-1.
(b) The term refers to the following:
(1) For purposes of the following statutes, the division of
disability and rehabilitative services established by IC 12-9-1-1:
(A) IC 12-9.
(B) IC 12-11.
(C) IC 12-12.
(D) IC 12-12.5.
(E) (D) IC 12-12.7.
(F) (E) IC 12-28-5.
(2) For purposes of the following statutes, the division of aging
established by IC 12-9.1-1-1:
(A) IC 12-9.1.
(B) IC 12-10.
(C) IC 12-10.5.
(3) For purposes of the following statutes, the division of family
resources established by IC 12-13-1-1:
(A) IC 12-13.
(B) IC 12-14.
(C) IC 12-15.
(D) IC 12-16.
(E) IC 12-17.2.
(F) IC 12-18.
(G) IC 12-19.
(H) IC 12-20.
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(4) For purposes of the following statutes, the division of mental
health and addiction established by IC 12-21-1-1:
(A) IC 12-21.
(B) IC 12-22.
(C) IC 12-23.
(D) IC 12-25.
(c) With respect to a particular state institution, the term refers to
the division whose director has administrative control of and
responsibility for the state institution.
(d) For purposes of IC 12-24, IC 12-26, and IC 12-27, the term
refers to the division whose director has administrative control of and
responsibility for the appropriate state institution.
SECTION 4. IC 12-9-1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.210-2015,
SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 3. The division consists of the following bureaus:
(1) The rehabilitation services bureau established by
IC 12-12-1-1.
(2) The bureau of developmental disabilities services established
by IC 12-11-1.1-1.
(3) The bureau of quality improvement services established by
IC 12-12.5-1-1.
(4) (3) The bureau of child development services established by
IC 12-12.7-1-1.
SECTION 5. IC 12-9-5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2007,
SECTION 116, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 3. The division shall administer the
following programs:
(1) Programs established under any of the following statutes:
(A) This article.
(B) IC 12-11.
(C) IC 12-12.
(D) IC 12-12.5.
(E) (D) IC 12-12.7.
(2) Programs under the following statutes, to the extent the
division has responsibilities for programs under those statutes:
(A) IC 12-24.
(B) IC 12-26.
(C) IC 12-27.
(D) IC 12-28.
(E) IC 12-29.
(3) Supported employment for a person with developmental
disabilities.
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(4) Epilepsy service centers program.
(5) Epilepsy clinic program.
(6) Medicaid waivers for in-home services for treatment of
developmental disabilities.
SECTION 6. IC 12-11-1.1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.210-2015,
SECTION 21, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 1. (a) The bureau of developmental disabilities
services is established within the division.
(b) The bureau shall plan, coordinate, and administer the provision
of individualized, integrated community based services for individuals
with a developmental disability and their families, within the limits of
available resources. The planning and delivery of services must be
based on future plans of the individual with a developmental disability
rather than on traditional determinations of eligibility for discrete
services, with an emphasis on the preferences of the individual with a
developmental disability and that individual's family.
(c) Services for individuals with a developmental disability must be
services that meet the following conditions:
(1) Are provided under public supervision.
(2) Are designed to meet the developmental needs of individuals
with a developmental disability.
(3) Meet all required state and federal standards.
(4) Are provided by qualified personnel.
(5) To the extent appropriate, are provided in home and
community based settings in which individuals without
disabilities participate.
(6) Are provided in conformity with a service plan developed
under IC 12-11-2.1-2.
(d) The bureau shall approve entities to provide community based
services and supports as follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 2011, the bureau shall ensure that an entity
approved to provide day services, identified day habilitation,
including facility based or community based habilitation,
prevocational services, or employment services under home and
community based services waivers is accredited by an approved
national accrediting body described in subsection (j).
(2) Beginning July 1, 2012, the bureau shall ensure that an entity
approved to provide residential habilitation and support services
under home and community based services waivers is accredited
by an approved national accrediting body. However, if an entity
is accredited to provide home and community based services
under subdivision (1) other than residential habilitation and
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support services, the bureau may extend the time that the entity
has to comply with this subdivision until the earlier of the
following:
(A) The completion of the entity's next scheduled accreditation
survey.
(B) July 1, 2015.
(e) Subject to subsection (k), the bureau shall initially approve,
reapprove, and monitor community based residential, habilitation, and
employment service providers that provide alternatives to placement of
individuals with a developmental disability in state institutions and
health facilities licensed under IC 16-28 for individuals with a
developmental disability. The services must simulate, to the extent
feasible, patterns and conditions of everyday life that are as close as
possible to the conditions in which individuals without disabilities
participate. The community based service categories include the
following:
(1) Supervised group living programs, which serve at least four
(4) individuals and not more than eight (8) individuals, are funded
by Medicaid, and are licensed by the division.
(2) Supported living service arrangements to meet the unique
needs of individuals in integrated settings. Supported living
service arrangements providing residential services may not serve
more than four (4) unrelated individuals in any one (1) setting.
However, a program that:
(A) is in existence on January 1, 2013, as a supervised group
living program described in subdivision (1); and
(B) has more than four (4) individuals residing as part of the
program;
may convert to a supported living service arrangement under this
subdivision and continue to provide services to up to the same
number of individuals in the supported living setting.
(f) To the extent that services described in subsection (e) are
available and meet the individual's needs, an individual is entitled to
receive services in the least restrictive environment possible.
(g) Community based services under subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2)
must consider the needs of and provide choices and options for:
(1) individuals with a developmental disability; and
(2) families of individuals with a developmental disability.
(h) The bureau shall administer a system of service coordination to
carry out this chapter.
(i) The bureau may issue orders under IC 4-21.5-3-6 against a
provider that violates rules issued by the bureau for programs in which
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the provider is providing services in accordance with section 11 of this
chapter.
(j) For purposes of subsections (d) and (k), "approved national
accrediting body" means any of the following:
(1) The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF), or its successor.
(2) The Council on Quality and Leadership In Supports for People
with Disabilities, or its successor.
(3) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), or its successor.
(4) The ISO-9001 human services QA system.
(5) The Council on Accreditation, or its successor.
(6) An independent national accreditation organization approved
by the secretary.
(k) An entity that is accredited by an approved national accrediting
body is not subject to reapproval surveys or routine monitoring surveys
by the division or bureau, or bureau of quality improvement services,
including any reapproval survey under a home and community based
services waiver. However, the bureau may perform validation surveys
and complaint investigations of an entity accredited by an approved
national accrediting body.
(l) The bureau shall monitor services provided by the following:
(1) An entity that provides services to an individual with funds
provided by the bureau or under the authority of the bureau.
(2) An entity that has entered into a provider agreement
under IC 12-15-11 to provide Medicaid in-home waiver
services.
(m) The bureau shall establish and administer a complaint
process for the following:
(1) An individual who receives services from an entity with
funds provided through the bureau or under the authority of
the bureau.
(2) An entity that has entered into a provider agreement
under IC 12-15-11 to provide Medicaid in-home waiver
services.
SECTION 7. IC 12-12.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2022]. (QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SERVICES).
SECTION 8. IC 12-13-6-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.210-2015,
SECTION 33, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 1. The following bureaus are established within
the division:
(1) A bureau of child care. An office of early childhood and out
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of school learning.
(2) A bureau of economic independence.
SECTION 9. IC 12-15-1.3-24 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 24. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the
secretary, through the office, may apply to the United States
Department of Health and Human Services for a Medicaid waiver
to provide Medicaid reimbursement by:
(1) the office; or
(2) a contractor of the office;
for eligible services provided by qualified medical personnel (as
defined in IC 11-10-3-1) to provide behavioral health services to a
committed offender held by the department of correction if the
secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to claim any
enhanced federal matching funds available for the Medicaid
program or programs funded through Medicaid.
(b) Nothing in this section obligates the secretary to apply for a
waiver under this section.
(c) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines that a waiver similar to the waiver described
in subsection (a) is no longer available to the state, this section is
void.
SECTION 10. IC 12-17.2-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2020,
SECTION 59, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 4. (a) The following constitute sufficient grounds
for a denial of a license application:
(1) A determination by the department of child services
established by IC 31-25-1-1 of child abuse or neglect (as defined
in IC 31-9-2-14) by:
(A) the applicant;
(B) a member of the applicant's household;
(C) an employee of the applicant who may be present on the
premises of the child care home during operating hours of the
child care home; or
(D) a volunteer of the applicant who may be present on the
premises of the child care home during operating hours of the
child care home.
(2) A criminal conviction of the applicant, or an employee or
volunteer of the applicant who may be present on the premises of
the child care home during operating hours of the child care
home, or a member of the applicant's household, of any of the
following:
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(A) A felony:
(i) related to the health or safety of a child;
(ii) that is a sex offense (as defined in IC 11-8-8-5.2);
(iii) that is a dangerous felony; or
(iv) that is not a felony otherwise described in items (i)
through (iii), and less than ten (10) years have elapsed from
the date the person was discharged from probation,
imprisonment, or parole, whichever discharge date is latest.
(B) A misdemeanor related to the health or safety of a child.
(C) A misdemeanor for operating a child care center without
a license under IC 12-17.2-4-35, or a substantially similar
offense committed in another jurisdiction if the offense is
directly or indirectly related to jeopardizing the health or
safety of a child.
(D) A misdemeanor for operating a child care home without a
license under section 35 of this chapter, or a substantially
similar offense committed in another jurisdiction if the offense
is directly or indirectly related to jeopardizing the health or
safety of a child.
(3) A determination by the division that the applicant made false
statements in the applicant's application for licensure.
(4) A determination by the division that the applicant made false
statements in the records required by the division.
(5) A determination by the division that the applicant previously
operated a:
(A) child care center without a license under IC 12-17.2-4; or
(B) child care home without a license under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), if:
(1) a license application is denied due to a criminal conviction of:
(A) an employee or a volunteer of the applicant; or
(B) a member of the applicant's household; and
(2) the division determines that the:
(A) employee or volunteer has been dismissed by the
applicant; or
(B) member of the applicant's household is no longer a
member of the applicant's household;
the criminal conviction of the former employee, former volunteer, or
former member does not require denial of a license application.
SECTION 11. IC 12-17.2-5-6.3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.162-2005,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 6.3. (a) To qualify for a license to operate a class
I child care home under this chapter, a person must do the following:
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(1) Provide documentation to the division that the licensee has
received a high school diploma or a high school equivalency
certificate as described in IC 12-14-5-2.
(2) Provide documentation to the division that the licensee:
(A) has completed;
(B) is enrolled in; or
(C) agrees to complete within the next three (3) years;
a child development associate credential program or a similar
program approved by the division.
(3) Complete the training course taught or approved by the
division concerning safe sleeping practices for a child within the
person's care as described in IC 12-17.2-2-1(10).
The division may grant a waiver or variance of the requirement under
subdivision (2).
(b) A class I child care home may serve a three (3) school age child
during a break in the school year that exceeds four (4) weeks children
under IC 12-7-2-33.7 if the child care home meets the following
conditions: are met:
(1) The school age child:
(A) was in the home part time during the four (4) months
preceding the break; or
(B) has a sibling attending the child care home.
(2) The child care home meets the following requirements:
(A) (1) Provides at least thirty-five (35) square feet for each child.
(B) (2) Maintains the child to staff ratio required under rules
adopted by the division for each age group of children in
attendance.
(C) Provides age appropriate toys, games, equipment, and
activities for each age group of children enrolled.
(D) If the licensee does not reside in the child care home, the
child care home has:
(i) at least two (2) exits that comply with the exit
requirements for an E-3 building occupancy classification
under the Indiana building code adopted by the fire
prevention and building safety commission; and
(ii) (3) Has an illuminated exit sign over each required exit or
emergency lighting for each required exit.
(3) The licensee for the child care home has maintained a class I
child care home license for at least twelve (12) children:
(A) for at least one (1) year; and
(B) without any citations for noncompliance.
SECTION 12. IC 12-17.2-5-6.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.145-2006,
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SECTION 101, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 6.5. (a) To qualify for a license to
operate a class II child care home under this chapter, a person must do
the following:
(1) Provide all child care services on the first story of the child
care home unless the class II child care home meets the
exceptions to the first story requirements contained in the Indiana
building code adopted by the fire prevention and building safety
commission in effect at the time the class II child care home
provider applies for licensure.
(2) Provide a smoke detection system that is:
(A) hard wired to the building's electrical system; and
(B) wired in a manner that activates all of the detector devices
in the building when one (1) detector device is activated.
(3) Provide a fire extinguisher in each room that is used to
provide child care services.
(4) Meet:
(A) the exit requirements for an E-3 building occupancy
classification under the Indiana building code adopted by the
fire prevention and building safety commission, except for any
illumination requirements, in effect at the time the class II
child care home provider initially applies for licensure; and
(B) the illumination requirements established in section
6.3(b)(2)(D) 6.3(b)(3) of this chapter.
(5) Provide a minimum of thirty-five (35) square feet for each
child.
(6) Conduct fire drills required under article 37 of the Indiana fire
prevention code adopted by the fire prevention and building
safety commission in effect at the time the class II child care
home provider applies for licensure.
(7) Apply for a license before July 1, 1996, or after June 30, 2001.
(8) Comply with rules adopted by the division of family resources
for class II child care homes.
(9) Complete the training course taught or approved by the
division concerning safe sleeping practices for a child within the
person's care as described in IC 12-17.2-2-1(10).
(b) To qualify for a license to operate a class II child care home
under this chapter, a person, before applying for the license, must have:
(1) a class I child care home license; or
(2) at least one (1) year of experience as a caregiver in a child
care home or child care center.
SECTION 13. IC 12-17.2-5-32, AS AMENDED BY P.L.121-2020,
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SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 32. (a) The following constitute sufficient grounds
for revocation of a license:
(1) A determination by the department of child services of child
abuse or neglect (as defined in IC 31-9-2-14) by:
(A) the licensee;
(B) a member of the licensee's household;
(C) an employee of the licensee who may be present on the
premises of the child care home during operating hours of the
child care home; or
(D) a volunteer of the licensee who may be present on the
premises of the child care home during operating hours of the
child care home.
(2) A criminal conviction of the licensee, or an employee or
volunteer of the licensee who may be present on the premises of
the child care home during operating hours of the child care
home, or a member of the licensee's household of any of the
following:
(A) A felony:
(i) related to the health or safety of a child;
(ii) that is a sex offense (as defined in IC 11-8-8-5.2);
(iii) that is a dangerous felony; or
(iv) that is not a felony otherwise described in items (i)
through (iii), and less than ten (10) years have elapsed from
the date the person was discharged from probation,
imprisonment, or parole, whichever discharge date is latest.
(B) A misdemeanor related to the health or safety of a child.
(C) A misdemeanor for operating a child care center without
a license under IC 12-17.2-4-35, or a substantially similar
offense committed in another jurisdiction if the offense is
directly or indirectly related to jeopardizing the health or
safety of a child.
(D) A misdemeanor for operating a child care home without a
license under section 35 of this chapter, or a substantially
similar offense committed in another jurisdiction if the offense
is directly or indirectly related to jeopardizing the health or
safety of a child.
(3) A determination by the division that the licensee made false
statements in the licensee's application for licensure.
(4) A determination by the division that the licensee made false
statements in the records required by the division.
(5) A determination by the division that the licensee previously
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operated a:
(A) child care center without a license under IC 12-17.2-4; or
(B) child care home without a license under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), if:
(1) a license is revoked due to a criminal conviction of:
(A) an employee or a volunteer of the licensee's; or
(B) a resident of the licensee's household; and
(2) the division determines that the:
(A) employee or volunteer has been dismissed by the licensee;
or
(B) member of the licensee's household is no longer a member
of the licensee's household;
the criminal conviction of the former employee, former volunteer, or
former member does not require revocation of a license.
SECTION 14. IC 12-21-5-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2022]: Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "certified community
behavioral health clinic" refers to a community behavioral health
clinic that has been certified according to criteria established by
the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and
Human Services under Section 223 of the federal Protecting Access
to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93).
(b) Not later than November 1, 2022, the division shall establish
a plan to expand the use of certified community behavioral health
clinics in Indiana.
(c) The division shall, in preparing the plan required under
subsection (b), consider the following:
(1) Use of crisis hotline centers and mobile crisis teams, as
described in IC 12-21-8.
(2) Use of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration Certified Community Behavioral
Health Clinic Expansion Grants.
(3) Potential expansion of Medicaid certified community
behavioral health clinics under Section 223 of the federal
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93).
(4) Restructuring state funding for behavioral health services
through prospective payment or another financing model.
SECTION 15. IC 12-21-8-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.207-2021,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 10. (a) The division shall coordinate:
(1) available onsite response services of crisis calls using state
and locally funded mobile crisis teams; and
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(2) crisis receiving and stabilization services resulting from a
9-8-8 call.
(b) The mobile crisis teams must include: the following:
(1) Jurisdiction based behavioral health teams, including:
(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. and
(B) peers certified by the division. An other behavioral
health professional (OBHP), as defined in 440 IAC 11-1-12.
(2) (C) Emergency medical services personnel licensed under
IC 16-31.
(3) (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) a licensed advance practice nurse or clinical nurse
specialist.
The supervision required under this subsection may be performed
remotely.
SECTION 16. IC 35-36-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.161-2018,
SECTION 120, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 1. (a) If at any time before the final
submission of any criminal case to the court or the jury trying the case,
the court has reasonable grounds for believing that the defendant lacks
the ability to understand the proceedings and assist in the preparation
of a defense, the court shall immediately fix a time for a hearing to
determine whether the defendant has that ability. The court shall
appoint two (2) or three (3) competent, disinterested:
(1) psychiatrists;
(2) psychologists endorsed by the Indiana state board of
examiners in psychology as health service providers in
psychology; or
(3) physicians;
who have expertise in determining competency. At least one (1) of the
individuals appointed under this subsection must be a psychiatrist or
psychologist. However, none may be an employee or a contractor of a
state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2-184). The individuals who are
appointed shall examine the defendant and testify at the hearing as to
whether the defendant can understand the proceedings and assist in the
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preparation of the defendant's defense.
(b) At the hearing, other evidence relevant to whether the defendant
has the ability to understand the proceedings and assist in the
preparation of the defendant's defense may be introduced. If the court
finds that the defendant has the ability to understand the proceedings
and assist in the preparation of the defendant's defense, the trial shall
proceed. If the court finds that the defendant lacks this ability, it shall
delay or continue the trial and order the defendant committed to the
division of mental health and addiction. The division of mental health
and addiction shall provide competency restoration services or enter
into a contract for the provision of competency restoration services by
a third party in the:
(1) location where the defendant currently resides; or
(2) least restrictive setting appropriate to the needs of the
defendant and the safety of the defendant and others.
However, if the defendant is serving an unrelated executed sentence in
the department of correction at the time the defendant is committed to
the division of mental health and addiction under this section, the
division of mental health and addiction shall provide competency
restoration services or enter into a contract for the provision of
competency restoration services by a third party at a department of
correction facility agreed upon by the division of mental health and
addiction or the third party contractor and the department of correction.
A contract entered into with a third party under this subsection
may confer to the third party all authority the division would have
in providing competency restoration services to the defendant at a
state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2-184).
(c) If the court makes a finding under subsection (b), the court shall
transmit any information required by the office of judicial
administration to the office of judicial administration for transmission
to the NICS (as defined in IC 35-47-2.5-2.5) in accordance with
IC 33-24-6-3.
HEA 1222 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
HEA 1222 — Concur