Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 3.5. Except for a claim for the costs and expenses of administration, a claim filed under sections 2(c) and 3(b) of this chapter is a superior claim. As added by P.L.9-2006, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. The division: (1) may not consider a combined total of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) that is contributed by: (A) friends; (B) relatives; and (C) the resources of the deceased; and (2) may consider any amount that exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,…

Sec. 5. The division: (1) may not consider a combined total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) that is contributed by: (A) friends; (B) relatives; and (C) the resources of the deceased; and (2) may consider any amount that exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) contributed by: (A) f…

Sec. 6. (a) The funeral director and the cemetery representative shall file a sworn claim with the county office indicating expenses incurred due to the death of a recipient. (b) With respect to supplemental assistance to the blind and persons with disabilities, a sworn claim mus…

Sec. 1. A disproportionate share payment shall be made to: (1) a hospital licensed under IC 16-21; (2) a state mental health institution under IC 12-24-1-3; and (3) a private psychiatric institution licensed under IC 12-25; that serves a disproportionate share of Medicaid recipie…

Sec. 1. If a township trustee determines by investigation that a township assistance applicant or a township assistance applicant's household requires assistance, the township trustee shall, after determining that an emergency exists, furnish to the applicant or household the tem…

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "shelter" means a facility that provides temporary emergency assistance. (b) A township trustee may establish, purchase, acquire, maintain, or operate a shelter for eligible township assistance households needing temporary housing assistance. …

Sec. 3. Upon complaint that an individual within the township is: (1) sick; (2) in need; (3) without necessary financial resources; and (4) likely to suffer; the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall investigate and grant the temporary relief required. …

Sec. 4. If an individual who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual does not have legal residence and is homeless, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may, if the tr…

Sec. 1. With the approval of the governor, the director may do the following: (1) Establish a separate state institution for the purposes of observing, diagnosing, or treating alcohol abusers or drug abusers. (2) Transfer any part of the programs, records, and property at another…

Sec. 2. The division shall administer and operate a state institution established under section 1 of this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-1-9.3(c).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.

Sec. 3. If the programs, records, and property of a state institution are transferred under section 1(2) of this chapter, the state board of finance shall, under IC 4-9.1-1-7 and IC 4-13-2-23, transfer an appropriation to the state institution related to the transferred programs,…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "administrator" means a person who is the administrative head of a hospital, a sanitarium, an institution, an agency, or an instrumentality: (1) maintained or provided by the United States or an agency or instrumentality of the United States; …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "patient" means an individual who: (1) has a mental illness or appears to have a mental illness; (2) is in or under the supervision and control of a state institution; or (3) because of mental illness, is under the supervision and control of a cir…

Sec. 3. A person who: (1) neglects, when the person has a duty of care; (2) abuses; or (3) maltreats; an individual with a mental illness or an individual with a developmental disability under the care of a state institution commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1992 Revision Citat…

Sec. 4. A person who: (1) knows of an alleged violation of section 3 of this chapter; and (2) fails to make a written report to the superintendent within twenty-four (24) hours of the alleged violation; commits a Class A infraction. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-1-2(b).] As …

Sec. 5. (a) A superintendent who receives a written report of an alleged violation of section 3 of this chapter shall begin an investigation within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of the written report. (b) In accordance with IC 31-33, the superintendent shall report the all…

Sec. 6. An employee of a state institution who does any of the following commits a Class B misdemeanor: (1) Knowingly deals with, contracts with, purchases from, or purchases for a patient in the state institution any property without the permission of the superintendent. (2) Len…

Sec. 7. A person who: (1) recklessly entices or takes a patient away; or (2) aids, induces, or causes a patient to escape; from an administrator or a superintendent who has been granted custody of the patient commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-1-4.]…

Sec. 8. A person who knowingly or intentionally releases information concerning a patient's medical records or treatment under IC 12-24-11 or IC 16-39-2 without the knowing, written consent of the patient or the patient's parent or guardian commits a Class B infraction. [Pre-1992…