Bill Text: IN SB0203 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Protection and advocacy services commission.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 45 [SB0203 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0203-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-28.
Synopsis: Protection and advocacy services commission. Provides that
an individual with mental illness is eligible for services from the
protection and advocacy services commission if the individual lives in
a community setting, including the individual's own home.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
January 31, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
(1) has
(2) is:
(A) an inpatient or a resident in a facility rendering care or treatment even if the location of the inpatient or resident is unknown;
(B) in the process of being admitted to a facility rendering care or treatment, including an individual being transported to the facility;
(C) involuntarily confined in a municipal detention facility for reasons other than serving a sentence resulting from conviction for a crime; or
(D) living in a community setting, including the individual's own home.