Sec. 3. (a) The court may, at the time of sentencing, suspend the sentence and order a person to be placed in a community corrections program as an alternative to commitment to the department of correction. The court may impose reasonable terms on the placement or require the director of the community corrections program to impose reasonable terms on the placement. A court shall require a person:
(1) who is described in IC 10-13-6-10(a);
(2) who has not previously provided a DNA sample in accordance with IC 10-13-6; and
(3) whose sentence does not involve a commitment to the department of correction;
to provide a DNA sample as a term of placement.
(b) Placement in a community corrections program under this chapter is subject to the availability of residential beds or home detention units in a community corrections program.
(c) A person placed under this chapter is responsible for the person's own medical care while in the placement program.
(d) Placement under this chapter is subject to the community corrections program receiving a written presentence report or memorandum from a county probation agency.
As added by P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.96. Amended by P.L.135-1993, SEC.7; P.L.140-2006, SEC.29 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.29; P.L.179-2015, SEC.15; P.L.111-2017, SEC.12.