Section 440 IAC 4.1-3-3 - County complaints regarding a community mental health centerAuthority: IC 12-21-2-3; IC 12-29-2-1; IC 12-29-2-16
Affected: IC 12-7-2-40.6
Sec. 3.
(a) If the county commissioners have a concern about the community mental health center (CMHC) that is assigned to their county as part of its exclusive geographic primary service area, the county commissioners shall first take their complaint to the CMHC.(b) If the concern cannot be resolved, the county commissioners may make a complaint to the director of the division of mental health and addiction. The director of the division of mental health and addiction shall mediate the disagreement between the CMHC and the county. The CMHC and the county have ninety (90) days to resolve their differences.(c) If the CMHC and the county have not resolved their differences within ninety (90) days, the county commissioners may file a request with the director of the division of mental health and addiction to have another CMHC assigned to their county as a part of the CMHC's exclusive geographic primary service area. Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 4.1-3-3; filed Apr 3, 2003, 11:10 a.m.: 26 IR 2620, eff Jul 1, 2003; readopted filed Apr 7, 2008, 3:40 p.m.: 20080507-IR-440070745RFA; Readopted filed 8/11/2014, 11:21 a.m.: 20140910-IR-440140240RFAReadopted filed 11/9/2020, 3:09 p.m.: 20201209-IR-440200502RFA