12-26-4-9. County required to pay certain costs if an individual is determined not to be mentally ill

IN Code § 12-26-4-9 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 9. If it is determined that there were not reasonable grounds to believe that an individual had a mental illness and was either dangerous or gravely disabled when taken into custody and transported to a facility to be detained under section 1.5 of this chapter, the costs of transportation to the facility and care and maintenance in the facility during the period of detention shall be paid by the county in which the individual was taken into custody.

As added by P.L.62-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.4-2013, SEC.3.