440 IAC 8-2-1 Applicability

[NOTE: IC 12-7-2 is repealed by P.L. 145-2026, SECTION 62, effective July 1, 2026.] Sec. 1. (a) This rule applies to all managed care providers and community mental health centers certified by the division. (b) The division must determine whether a managed care provider is eligible to serve a population described in this rule to be funded to provide services to that population. (c) If a managed care provider is awarded a contract, the managed care provider must provide services from the continuum of care as clinically appropriate to all enrolled individuals within the specific population. (d) A managed care provider must also provide services to eligible, nonenrolled individuals within that population, within the limits of the resources of the managed care provider. (e) Community mental health centers must provide the continuum of care as set forth at IC 12-7-2.1-83 to the following populations, without regard to the individual's ability to pay, within the limits of the capacity of the centers, to be certified as a community mental health center: (1) Seriously mentally ill adults. (2) Individuals who are chronically addicted. (3) Seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.