Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the township trustee shall, in cases of necessity, do the following: (1) Promptly provide medical assistance for poor individuals in the township who are not provided for in public institutions. (2) See that medicines, me…

Sec. 3. (a) The township trustee may, in cases of necessity, authorize the payment from township assistance money for essential utility services, including the following: (1) Water services. (2) Gas services. (3) Electric services. (4) Fuel oil services for fuel oil used for heat…

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies only to a township assistance recipient who has prepaid service. (b) As used in this section, "electric service provider" means a corporation organized under: (1) IC 8-1-13; or (2) IC 23-17 that: (A) is an electric cooperative; and (B) has at le…

Sec. 5. (a) An applicant or a household that receives food relief in any township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) may request the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to issue a food order upon any eligible market, and the township tru…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may not purchase food out of the township assistance fund for an applicant or a household that is eligible to participate in the federal food stamp program. (b) A townsh…

Sec. 7. (a) A combined grocery (marketing fresh vegetables, fresh eggs, and dairy products) and meat market (marketing fresh meat) in a township having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) is eligible to accept food purchase orders from the township trustee, as adminis…

Sec. 8. (a) If an applicant or a household is considered by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to be incompetent or irresponsible to select food from a combined grocery and meat market or to make proper use of food stamps, the township trustee, as admi…

Sec. 9. (a) A township trustee may not provide food assistance for more than thirty (30) days unless an individual files an application with the township trustee that includes the following: (1) Evidence of application for food stamps from the division of family resources. (2) Th…

Sec. 1. For the purpose of this chapter, the director, in accordance with sound medical and psychiatric knowledge, may determine what symptoms and conditions must exist to say that an individual abuses drugs. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-7-1.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17…

Sec. 2. The division may do the following: (1) Provide for the promotion, establishment, coordination, and conduct of unified local programs of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation in the field of drug abuse in cooperation with federal, state, local, and private a…

Sec. 3. The division may establish drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation units: (1) independently within local communities; (2) as part of the community mental health plan; or (3) in cooperation with local authorities or associations for the purpose of study, rehabilitation, an…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to taxable costs and expenses under the following statutes: (1) IC 12-24-8. (2) IC 12-24-9. (3) IC 12-24-17-8. [1992 Revision Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

Sec. 2. The taxable costs and expenses to be paid are as follows: (1) To the physician for making the statement accompanying the allegation of insanity, an amount to be fixed by the court not more than ten dollars ($10). (2) To the two (2) medical examiners for making out the cer…

Sec. 3. The costs specified in this chapter shall be paid out of the county general fund upon the certificate of the circuit court clerk and the warrant of the county auditor. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-15-5 part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

Sec. 1. At the request of the individual who is the subject of a proceeding under this article or another interested party, the court may establish a guardianship for the individual or the individual's property instead of making or continuing a regular commitment to a facility un…

Sec. 2. A guardianship established under section 1 of this chapter shall be established under the applicable Indiana law governing guardianships. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-11 part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.20.