Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1199 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1199
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 34-30-2.1-594.5; IC 36-8.
7	7	Synopsis: Mental health support for law enforcement officers.
8	8	Requires a political subdivision to contract with mental health
9	9	providers for the purpose of supplementing existing crisis intervention
10	10	teams with mental health professionals. Specifies certain eligibility
11	11	requirements for mental health professionals' rapid response assistance.
12	12	Requires a mental health professional who is appointed to accompany
13	13	responding law enforcement or police officers to a call or be separately
14	14	dispatched to an emergency involving a mental health or substance use
15	15	disorder crisis. Provides that a law enforcement officer or police officer
16	16	(officer) may not be held liable for damages, including punitive
17	17	damages, for any act or omission related to a mental health
18	18	professional's contribution to a crisis intervention team or a crisis
19	19	intervention team response. Specifies that no other person or entity may
20	20	be held liable for certain damages by reason of an agency relationship
21	21	with an officer. Defines certain terms.
22	22	Effective: July 1, 2025.
23	23	Bartlett
24	24	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
25	25	Safety.
26	26	2025 IN 1199—LS 6801/DI 116 Introduced
27	27	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
28	28	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
29	29	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
30	30	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
31	31	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
32	32	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
33	33	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
34	34	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
35	35	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
36	36	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
37	37	HOUSE BILL No. 1199
38	38	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
39	39	government.
40	40	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
41	41	1 SECTION 1. IC 34-30-2.1-594.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
42	42	2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
43	43	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 594.5. IC 36-8-23.5-7 (Concerning
44	44	4 crisis intervention teams and mental health professionals).
45	45	5 SECTION 2. IC 36-8-1-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
46	46	6 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
47	47	7 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.5. "Crisis intervention team" has the meaning set
48	48	8 forth in IC 36-8-23.5-1.
49	49	9 SECTION 3. IC 36-8-1-9.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
50	50	10 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
51	51	11 1, 2025]: Sec. 9.3. "Mental health professional" has the meaning set
52	52	12 forth in IC 36-8-23.5-2.
53	53	13 SECTION 4. IC 36-8-23.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
54	54	14 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
55	55	15 JULY 1, 2025]:
56	56	16 Chapter 23.5. Crisis Intervention and Mental Health
57	57	17 Professionals
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59	59	1 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "crisis intervention team" has
60	60	2 the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-1-2(7).
61	61	3 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "mental health professional"
62	62	4 means a:
63	63	5 (1) mental health counselor licensed under IC 25-23.6-8.5;
64	64	6 (2) psychologist; or
65	65	7 (3) psychiatrist.
66	66	8 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" means a
67	67	9 county, township, city, or town.
68	68	10 Sec. 4. (a) A law enforcement agency of a political subdivision
69	69	11 shall contract with a mental health professional for the purpose of
70	70	12 either:
71	71	13 (1) supplementing an existing crisis intervention team with an
72	72	14 on-call mental health professional; or
73	73	15 (2) providing rapid response assistance to an emergency
74	74	16 described in section 5 of this chapter.
75	75	17 (b) A mental health professional described in this section must:
76	76	18 (1) have training in the treatment of substance use disorders
77	77	19 and mental health disorders; and
78	78	20 (2) possess expertise in one (1) or more of the following areas
79	79	21 to be eligible for an appointment to an existing crisis
80	80	22 intervention team:
81	81	23 (A) Trauma informed care.
82	82	24 (B) De-escalation techniques.
83	83	25 (C) Crisis communication.
84	84	26 Sec. 5. If an emergency dispatch involves a mental health or
85	85	27 substance use disorder crisis, an on-call mental health professional
86	86	28 described in section 4 of this chapter shall, to the extent
87	87	29 practicable, accompany responding law enforcement officers or
88	88	30 police officers to the scene or be separately dispatched to the scene
89	89	31 for the purpose of providing:
90	90	32 (1) onsite guidance to responding officers;
91	91	33 (2) onsite treatment to persons in crisis;
92	92	34 (3) coordination and referrals for follow-up care and
93	93	35 wraparound services; and
94	94	36 (4) any other treatment, assistance, or guidance deemed
95	95	37 necessary by the mental health professional.
96	96	38 Sec. 6. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize
97	97	39 the exercise of any police power by a mental health professional
98	98	40 described in section 4 of this chapter.
99	99	41 Sec. 7. A law enforcement officer or police officer may not be
100	100	42 held liable for damages, including punitive damages, for any act or
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102	102	1 omission related to a mental health professional's contribution to
103	103	2 a crisis intervention team or a crisis intervention team response. If
104	104	3 a law enforcement officer or police officer is not liable for an act or
105	105	4 omission under this section, no other person or entity incurs
106	106	5 liability by reason of an agency relationship with the applicable law
107	107	6 enforcement officer or police officer.
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