Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 12-27-2-1 (2026)
Professional and appropriate services or training; humane care; religious practice; consultation with legal counsel and private practitioners
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. Subject to section 2 of this chapter, a patient is entitled to all of the following:
(1) Mental health services or developmental training:
(A) in accordance with standards of professional practice;
(B) appropriate to the patient's needs; and
(C) designed to afford a reasonable opportunity to improve the patient's condition.
(2) Humane care and protection from harm.
(3) The right to practice the patient's religion.
(4) Contact and consultation with legal counsel and private practitioners of the patient's choice at the patient's expense.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-1.6-2(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.21.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Commitment of T.S. v. Logansport State Hosp., 959 N.E.2d 855 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011).
Commitment of T.S. v. Logansport State Hosp., 959 N.E.2d 855 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). “Both Indiana Code sections 12-27-2-1 (2007) and 12-27-5-2 (2007) provide avenues by which a committed patient may place the appropriateness of a particular course of treatment or habilitation program before a court for judicial review.”
Hurt v. State, 694 N.E.2d 1212 (Ind. Ct. App. 1998). “CODE § 12-27-2-1 which vitiated any prior statements.”
J.S. v. Ctr. for Behavioral Health, 859 N.E.2d 666 (Ind. 2007). “6-2 (amended and recodified at I.C. § 12-27-2-1 and I.C. § 12-27-2-2); Ind.”
K.W. v. Logansport State Hosp., 660 N.E.2d 609 (Ind. Ct. App. 1996). “Indiana Code 12-27-2-1 provides in relevant part that a patient is entitled to each of the following: "(1) Mental health services or developmental training: (A) In accordance with standards of professional practice; (B) Appropriate to the patient's needs; and (C) Designed to…”
O'BANNON v. Schindler, 796 N.E.2d 335 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “Ind. Code § 12-27-2-1 (1). Chapter 2 further specifies that a patient is entitled to "humane care and protection from harm.”
Commitment of K B (Ind. Ct. App. 2025). “Indiana Code section 12-27-2-1 states: Subject to [I.C.”
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