Section 11-10-4-2 - Providing care and treatmentThe department shall provide for the care and treatment of every confined offender who is determined to be mentally ill by a psychiatrist employed or retained by the department. To provide that care and treatment, the department may:
(1) establish and operate its own mental health facilities and programs;(2) transfer offenders to the division of mental health and addiction, subject to the approval of the director of the division of mental health and addiction; or(3) contract with any city, county, state, or federal authority or with other public or private organizations for the provision of care and treatment.As added by Acts1979 , P.L. 120, SEC.3. Amended by Acts1980 , P.L. 87, SEC.1; P.L. 2-1992, SEC.104; P.L. 135-1993, SEC.2; P.L. 215-2001, SEC.19.