1. (a) While assigned to a community transition program, a person must comply with:

   1. (1) the rules concerning the conduct of persons in the community transition program, including rules related to payments described in section 12 of this chapter, that are adopted by the community corrections advisory board establishing the program or, in counties that are not served by a community corrections program, that are jointly adopted by the courts in the county with felony jurisdiction; and
   2. (2) any conditions established by the sentencing court for the person.

2. (b) As a rule of the community transition program, a person convicted of a sex offense (as defined in IC 11-8-8-5.2 ) may not use a social networking website (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-307 ) or an instant messaging or chat room program (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-173 ) to communicate, directly or through an intermediary, with a child less than sixteen (16) years of age. However, the rules of the community transition program may permit the offender to communicate using a social networking website or an instant messaging or chat room program with:

   1. (1) the offender's own child, stepchild, or sibling; or
   2. (2) another relative of the offender specifically named in the rules applicable to that person.

3. (c) As a rule of the community transition program, an individual may be required to receive:

   1. (1) addiction counseling;
   2. (2) inpatient detoxification;
   3. (3) case management;
   4. (4) daily living skills; and
   5. (5) medication assisted treatment, including a federal Food and Drug Administration approved long acting, nonaddictive medication for the treatment of opioid or alcohol dependence.

As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.89; P.L.247-2013, SEC.1; P.L.187-2015, SEC.3; P.L.209-2015, SEC.3; P.L.1-2025, SEC.161.