Ind. Code § 27-8-5-15.5
Inpatient services for treatment of mental illness or substance abuse
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 27 — Insurance · Status: effective
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Sec. 15.5.
(a) The following terms are defined for use in this section:
"Alcohol abuse" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-17.
"Community mental health center" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-77 and IC 12-7-2.1-78.
"Division of mental health and addiction" refers to the division created under IC 12-21-1-1.
"Drug abuse" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-128.
"Indiana department of health" refers to the department established by IC 16-19-1-1.
"Inpatient services" means services that require the beneficiary of the services to remain overnight in the facility in which the services are offered.
"Mental illness" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-226(1).
"Psychiatric hospital" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-270.
"Substance abuse" means drug abuse or alcohol abuse.
(b) An insurance policy that provides coverage for inpatient services for the treatment of:
(1) mental illness;
(2) substance abuse; or
(3) both mental illness and substance abuse;
may not exclude coverage for inpatient services for the treatment of mental illness or substance abuse that are provided by a community mental health center or by any psychiatric hospital licensed by the Indiana department of health or the division of mental health and addiction to offer those services.