Sec. 15. (a) A community mental health center that:
(1) is certified by the division of mental health and addiction; and
(2) is not administered by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2;
shall include a member of a county fiscal body or a member of a board of county commissioners (or the designee of the member of the board of county commissioners) on the center's governing board. The member shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county where the community mental health center maintains its corporate mailing address. The member of the county fiscal body or board of county commissioners selected under this subsection (or the designee of a member of the board of county commissioners selected under this subsection) must reside in one (1) of the counties in the community mental health center's primary service area.
(b) A community mental health center that:
(1) is certified by the division of mental health and addiction; and
(2) is administered by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2;
shall include a member of a county fiscal body or a member of a board of county commissioners (or the designee of the member of the board of county commissioners) on the center's advisory board. The member shall be selected by the board of county commissioners of the county where the community mental health center maintains its corporate mailing address. The member of the county fiscal body or board of county commissioners selected under this subsection (or the designee of a member of the board of county commissioners selected under this subsection) must reside in one (1) of the counties in the community mental health center's primary service area.
As added by P.L.79-2002, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.123-2008, SEC.4; P.L.76-2018, SEC.9.