Sec. 2. (a) Subject to the approval of the Indiana commission to combat substance use disorder, the division of mental health and addiction shall establish an opioid treatment pilot program for opioid use disorder.
(b) The program shall be designed to assist participants in overcoming opioid use disorder by providing inpatient, residential, and outpatient opioid treatment services.
(c) An individual is eligible to participate in the program if the individual is:
(1) at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) not being charged with a felony or misdemeanor; and
(3) incapacitated by opioid use disorder as demonstrated by the fact that the individual is at serious risk of injury or death due to abuse of opioids.
(d) The division shall establish the program in the following counties:
(1) Tippecanoe County.
(2) Marion County.
(3) Wayne County.
(e) A county may use:
(1) outpatient commitment proceedings under IC 12-26-14; and
(2) commitment proceedings under IC 12-26;
in appropriate cases if a person meets the requirements of the statute.
As added by P.L.125-2017, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.222-2019, SEC.1; P.L.114-2022, SEC.23.
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