Title 12, TITLE 12. HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a person who enters into a contract or extends the term of an existing contract with an individual to reside in a housing with services establishment. As added by P.L.73-1998, SEC.7.

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "administrator" means a natural person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a housing with services establishment. As added by P.L.184-2003, SEC.3.

Sec. 10. Unless extended by the written consent of the director, each year after the initial year in which an operator has filed a disclosure document under section 7 of this chapter, the operator shall file with the director within four (4) months after the end of the operator's…

Sec. 11. (a) An operator shall amend its initial disclosure document filed with the director under sections 7 and 8 of this chapter at any time if necessary to prevent the initial or annual disclosure document from containing any material misstatement of fact or omission of a mat…

Sec. 12. (a) The director shall develop a standardized disclosure document to be filed by the housing with services establishment. (b) The standardized disclosure document must include the following: (1) The name and mailing address of the owner or owners of the housing with serv…

affected Sec. 13. This chapter does not preclude the authority of the Indiana department of health to regulate: (1) a home health agency, as provided in IC 16-27 and rules adopted under IC 16-27; or (2) a health facility, as provided in IC 16-28 and rules adopted under IC 16-28. …

Sec. 14. (a) The secretary shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The secretary shall adopt rules concerning the following: (1) Procedures for the posting of notices at housing with services establishments, area agencies on aging, and centers f…

Sec. 15. (a) The director shall enforce this chapter. (b) The director may impose a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) but not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day of violation of this chapter. However, the total penalty for each violation may not…

compliance Sec. 16. (a) An operator shall, not later than September 1 of each year, provide each resident of a housing with services establishment information concerning influenza, including the following: (1) The means by which influenza is spread. (2) The causes and symptoms of…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “health related services" means home health services as listed under IC 16-27-1-5(b) and IC 16-27-1-5(c), attendant and personal care services, professional nursing services, and the central storage and distribution of medications. As added by P.L…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "housing with services establishment" means an establishment providing sleeping accommodations to at least five (5) residents and offering or providing for a fee: (1) at least one (1) regularly scheduled health related service; or (2) at least…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "operator" means a person that operates a housing with services establishment. As added by P.L.73-1998, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "resident" means an individual who has a contract to reside in a housing with services establishment. As added by P.L.73-1998, SEC.7.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "supportive services" means help with personal laundry, handling or assisting with personal funds of the residents, or arranging for medical services, health related services, or social services. The term does not include making referrals, assisti…

Sec. 7. (a) An operator shall file a disclosure document for each housing with services establishment with the director. If an operator fails to file a disclosure document, the operator may not: (1) enter into or extend the term of a contract with an individual to reside in a hou…

Sec. 9. (a) Each resident or the resident's representative must be given a complete copy of the contract between the establishment and the resident or the resident's representative and all supporting documents and attachments and any changes whenever changes are made. (b) A housi…

Sec. 1. Assistance shall be given to a needy individual with a disability who meets the following qualifications: (1) Has a pending application on file with the federal Social Security Administration for assistance under Public Law 92-603, supplemental security income (SSI), or i…

Sec. 2. An inmate may apply for assistance under this chapter. However, if assistance is granted, the assistance may not begin until the individual is no longer an inmate. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7.1-1(g).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.

under rules Sec. 1. Payment of a service provided in a hospital licensed under IC 16-21 shall be determined in accordance with a payment rate for the service that is established under rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the secretary in conjunction with the office. [Pre-1992 Revisio…

intergovernmental transfers; calculating Medicaid shortfall Sec. 1.1. (a) This section applies to a hospital that is: (1) licensed under IC 16-21; and (2) established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23. This section does not apply during the period that the of…

limitations; expiration Sec. 1.2. (a) As used in this section, "children's hospital" means: (1) a freestanding general acute care hospital that: (A) is designated by the Medicare program as a children's hospital; or (B) furnishes inpatient and outpatient health care services to p…

intergovernmental transfers; calculating Medicaid shortfall Sec. 1.3. (a) This section applies to a hospital that is: (1) licensed under IC 16-21; and (2) established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23. This section does not apply during the period that the of…

amount of distribution Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to a hospital that: (1) is licensed under IC 16-21; (2) is not a unit of state or local government; and (3) is not owned or operated by a unit of state or local government. This section does not apply during the period tha…

Sec. 1.6. (a) This section applies only if the office determines, based on information received from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, that payments made under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (A), (B), or (C) of this chapter will not be approved for federal f…

provider program Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a hospital that: (1) is licensed under IC 16-21; and (2) qualifies as a provider under IC 12-15-16, IC 12-15-17, or IC 12-15-19 of the Medicaid disproportionate share provider program. (b) The office may, after consulting with…

Sec. 11. Hospitals licensed under IC 16-21 that are established and operated under IC 16-22, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23 are nominal charge hospitals for purposes of the Medicaid program. As added by P.L.283-2001, SEC.21.

children's hospitals bordering Indiana; provision of information; expiration Sec. 12. (a) By November 1, 2022, and by November 1, 2023, the budget committee shall review the Medicaid reimbursements provided under section 1.2 of this chapter for children's hospitals that are locat…

prospective or retrospective application Sec. 2. The rates adopted under this chapter for a hospital licensed under IC 16-21 may be the following: (1) Prospective. (2) Retroactive. (3) A combination of prospective and retroactive. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-17.6(c) part.…

Sec. 2.5. (a) Payment for physician services provided in the emergency department of a hospital licensed under IC 16-21 must be at a rate of one hundred percent (100%) of rates payable under the Medicaid fee structure. (b) The payment under subsection (a) must be calculated using…

prospective payment rate Sec. 3. Payment of a service provided in a hospital operating under IC 16-24-1 shall be determined in accordance with a prospective payment rate for the service. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-17.6(c) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by …

under IC 16-24-1 Sec. 4. The office shall establish a per diem rate for the service provided in a hospital operating under IC 16-24-1 under rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the secretary. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-17.6(c) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by…

Sec. 4.5. Payment to a hospital for a test required under IC 16-41-6-4 must be in an amount equal to the hospital's actual cost of performing the test and may not reduce or replace the reimbursement of other services that are provided to the patient under the state Medicaid progr…

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-17.6(c) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.126-1998, SEC.22.

Sec. 6. (a) In addition to a payment due to a hospital for the delivery of a newborn infant, the office shall tender a payment to the hospital for the hospital's collection, handling, and delivery of a specimen for testing under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10). (b) Payment to a hospital req…

As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.70. Amended by P.L.156-1995, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.126-1998, SEC.21. IC 12-15-15-9 Attribution of payable claim to county; amount of payment on payable claims; conditions on payments; funds available for payments Sec. 9. (a) For purposes of this…

payments; limitation on payments Sec. 9.5. (a) For purposes of this section and IC 12-16-7.5-4.5, a payable claim is attributed to a county if the payable claim is submitted to the division by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 for payment under IC 12-16-7.5 for care provided b…

Sec. 9.6. For state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2007, the total amount of payments to hospitals under sections 9 and 9.5 of this chapter may not exceed the amount paid to hospitals under sections 9 and 9.5 of this chapter for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. …

As added by P.L.78-2004, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.212-2007, SEC.31; P.L.218-2007, SEC.52.

recipients to board of commissioners Sec. 1. If an applicant for or recipient of township assistance is not satisfied with the decision of the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, the applicant or recipient may appeal to the board of commissioners. [Pre-1992…

Sec. 2. An applicant for township assistance must file the applicant's appeal not more than fifteen (15) days from the date of issuance by the township trustee of adequate written notice of the denial of township assistance as provided by IC 12-20-6-8. An appeal must be made in w…

Sec. 3. (a) The board of county commissioners may: (1) conduct a hearing on the appeal; or (2) appoint a hearing officer: (A) from among the board; (B) from among the employees of the board; or (C) from qualified residents of the county; who will conduct a hearing for the board. …

Sec. 5. The appellant must be present at a hearing conducted by the board of commissioners or a hearing officer. The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, or the trustee's representative shall be notified in writing of the hearing date and time, but the failu…

Sec. 6. (a) The board of commissioners shall hold a hearing as soon as possible after the filing of an appeal but not more than ten (10) working days after the appeal form or other notice of appeal is received in the office of the board of commissioners. (b) The board of commissi…

Sec. 7. The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall carry out a decision of the board to sustain, increase, grant, or otherwise modify township assistance only if the board of commissioners complies with the requirements for a written decision under secti…

Sec. 8. (a) The township trustee or an applicant may appeal a decision of the board of commissioners to a circuit or superior court with jurisdiction in the county. (b) In hearing an appeal, the court shall be governed by the township's township assistance standards for determini…

trustee Sec. 9. If the court sets aside a decision of the board of commissioners in favor of an applicant, the township trustee may recover the amount of any assistance awarded as a result of the board's decision. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-18(e).] As added by P.L.2-1992…

Sec. 1. A police officer or peace officer making an arrest for public intoxication may do the following: (1) If an individual is unmanageable or is causing damage to the individual or others, take the individual into custody for criminal processing in the city lock-up or county j…

nonalcoholic factors contributing to intoxicated appearance Sec. 2. An individual to be taken to the city lock-up or county jail shall be evaluated at the earliest possible time for nonalcoholic factors that may be contributing to the appearance of intoxication. [Pre-1992 Revisio…

Sec. 3. A citation written for the purpose of the offense of public intoxication must contain the following: (1) The name of the individual arrested. (2) The place where arrested. (3) The name of the arresting officer. (4) The time of arrest. (5) The time and place for trial. (6)…

recording; priority Sec. 1. The liability created by this article for payment of any type of cost of treatment and maintenance of a patient constitutes a lien upon the real property of the patient and responsible parties of the patient whenever the lien has been recorded accordin…