Chapter 1 Administration of State Institutions
Chapter 2 Superintendents of State Institutions
Chapter 3 Employees of State Institutions
Chapter 4 Security at State Institutions
Chapter 5 Admission to State Institutions
Chapter 6 Provision of Clothing for Patients
Chapter 7 Employment and Remuneration of Patients at State Institutions
Chapter 8 Apprehending and Returning Escaped Patients
Chapter 9 Funeral Expenses of Patients
Chapter 10 Guardian for Estate of Patient Committed to State Institution
Chapter 11 Release of Records Concerning Patients Discharged From State Institutions
Chapter 12 Monitoring of Patients Discharged From State Institutions and the Use of Community Residential Programs
Chapter 13 Liability for Cost of Treatment of Patients in State Institutions
Chapter 14 Collection of Charges for Treatment and Maintenance of Patients
Chapter 15 Legal Process for Recovery of Treatment and Maintenance Charges
Chapter 16 Taxable Costs and Expenses
Chapter 17 Offenses
Chapter 18 Conveyance of Undeveloped Real Property of State Institutions in Certain Counties
Chapter 19 Community Care for Individuals With Mental Illness

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 12 > Article 24 - State Institutions

  • administrator: means a person who is the administrative head of a hospital, a sanitarium, an institution, an agency, or an instrumentality:

    Indiana Code 12-24-17-1

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: refers to the institution clothing fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-24-6-1
  • fund: refers to the mental health fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-24-14-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • patient: means an individual who is an inpatient in a state institution. See Indiana Code 12-24-7-1
  • patient: means an individual who:

    Indiana Code 12-24-17-2

  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • resident: refers to an individual who has lived continuously in Indiana during the previous year. See Indiana Code 12-24-5-1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • treatment team: includes physicians, psychologists, therapists, or other state institution staff designated to meet periodically to review a patient's progress. See Indiana Code 12-24-7-2