Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply until January 1, 2000. As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.177.

Sec. 2. An applicant for or a recipient of services under the program may appeal to the office if at least one (1) of the following occurs: (1) An application or a request is not acted upon by the office within a reasonable time after the application or request is filed. (2) The …

Sec. 3. The secretary shall conduct hearings and appeals concerning the program under IC 4-21.5. As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.177.

Sec. 4. The office shall, upon receipt of notice of appeal under section 2 of this chapter, set the matter for hearing and give the applicant or recipient an opportunity for a fair hearing in the county in which the applicant or recipient resides. As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.17…

Sec. 5. (a) At a hearing held under section 4 of this chapter, the applicant or recipient and the office may introduce additional evidence. (b) A hearing held under section 4 of this chapter shall be conducted under rules adopted by the secretary for applicants and recipients of …

Sec. 6. The secretary, through the office: (1) may make necessary additional investigations; and (2) shall make decisions concerning the: (A) granting of program services; and (B) amount of program services to be granted; to an applicant or a recipient that the office believes ar…

Sec. 1. Each: (1) physician holding an unlimited license to practice medicine; or (2) optometrist licensed under IC 25-24-1; shall report in writing, on forms prescribed by the office of the secretary, not more than ten (10) days after diagnosis, to the office of the secretary, t…

Sec. 2. The office of the secretary shall, on the first business day of each month, send a copy of a report filed under section 1 of this chapter to the following persons: (1) For persons less than seventeen (17) years of age, to the following: (A) The Indiana School for the Blin…

Sec. 3. All reports filed under this chapter shall be kept confidential and used solely to determine the eligibility of the individuals for assistance or rehabilitation. As added by P.L.104-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. (a) On receiving a report under this chapter, the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services shall provide information to the visually impaired individual designated in the report concerning available state and local services. (b) For a visually impaired i…

Sec. 5. This chapter does not prohibit a physician or an optometrist from making a referral to a local school corporation, an agency, the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or an agency or organization working with the blind or visually impaired. As added by P.L.…

Sec. 6. The office of the secretary shall prepare and provide educational materials for: (1) licensed optometrists; (2) licensed physicians; (3) the Indiana University School of Medicine; and (4) the Indiana University School of Optometry; to inform individuals and schools of the…

Sec. 7. A person required to make a report of blindness under this chapter who fails to do so commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.104-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 0.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "estate" includes: (1) all real and personal property and other assets included within an individual's probate estate; (2) any interest in real property owned by the individual at the time of death that was conveyed to the individual's survi…

Sec. 0.6. (a) This section applies to the enforcement of claims against assets transferred by a nonprobate transfer involving a deceased transferor who dies before, on, or after July 1, 2018. (b) The office's claim against assets transferred by a nonprobate transfer may be enforc…

Sec. 0.8. Any nonprobate assets: (1) that the office determined were exempt or unavailable assets; or (2) that were transferred out of the probate estate; before May 1, 2002, may not be included in the definition of estate under this chapter. As added by P.L.178-2002, SEC.85.…

Sec. 1. Upon the death of a Medicaid recipient, the total amount of Medicaid paid on behalf of the recipient after the recipient became fifty-five (55) years of age must be allowed as a preferred claim against the estate of the recipient in favor of the state. The affidavit of a …

Sec. 2. A claim may not be enforced against the following: (1) Real estate of a recipient while it is necessary for the support, maintenance, or comfort of the surviving spouse, a dependent child less than twenty-one (21) years of age, or a dependent who is nonsupporting because …

Sec. 5. The office may not file a claim against the estate of a recipient's surviving spouse. As added by P.L.152-1995, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.109; P.L.149-2012, SEC.5.

Sec. 6. Notwithstanding sections 2 and 5 of this chapter, the office may waive the application of this chapter in cases of undue hardship. The office of the secretary shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing criteria for hardship waivers that are consistent with guidelines …

Sec. 7. A person receiving beneficiary payments from an annuity contract of a deceased Medicaid recipient is liable to the state for reimbursement of Medicaid benefits: (1) paid to; or (2) on behalf of; the deceased Medicaid recipient to the extent of any payments that are receiv…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "coalition" refers to the Indiana coalition against domestic violence or a successor organization. As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 10. The chairperson of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall do the following: (1) Work with the state domestic violence fatality review coordinator to prepare the agenda for each meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee.…

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), meetings of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee are open to the public. (b) A meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee that involves: (1) confidential records; or (2) identifying …

Sec. 12. Members of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee and individuals who attend a meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee as invitees of the chairperson: (1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before th…

Sec. 13. (a) The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall submit to the legislative council, the governor, the Indiana criminal justice institute, and the coalition before December 31 of each even-numbered year a report that includes the following information: …

Sec. 14. (a) A report released under section 13 of this chapter may not contain identifying information relating to the fatalities reviewed by the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee or any local domestic violence fatality review team. (b) Except as otherwise pr…

Sec. 15. The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee or its members, concerning a review of a domestic violence fatality, at a meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee: …

Sec. 16. A member of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee is not entitled to receive compensation or a per diem. As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 17. The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee is subject to the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-33-18 applying to records held by the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee. As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state domestic violence fatality review coordinator" refers to the individual employed by the coalition as the state domestic violence fatality review coordinator. As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 3. The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee is established to: (1) identify similarities, trends, and factual patterns concerning the deaths of domestic violence victims in Indiana; (2) create strategies and make recommendations for the prevention of injurie…

Sec. 4. (a) The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee consists of the following members: (1) A coroner or deputy coroner. (2) A representative from the Indiana department of health who specializes in injury prevention. (3) A medical practitioner with expertise in …

Sec. 5. A member of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee and any individuals invited to attend a meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall sign a confidentiality statement prepared by the state domestic violence fatality revie…

Sec. 6. The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall do the following: (1) Compile and analyze data recorded by local domestic violence fatality review teams in reviewing domestic violence fatalities. (2) Review mortality records and examine all other records r…

Sec. 7. (a) Upon request by a local domestic violence fatality review team, the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall assist the local domestic violence fatality review team or conduct a review of a death or near fatality that occurred in Indiana as permitte…

factors Sec. 8. In reviewing a death under this chapter, the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall: (1) identify the factors that surrounded or contributed to the death; (2) determine whether similar deaths could be prevented; (3) if applicable, identify: (A…

Sec. 9. (a) The governor shall select the chairperson of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee. (b) The statewide domestic violence fatality review committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson. As added by P.L.258-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 2. If an individual is: (1) a child; (2) the parent of a child requiring the parent's care; or (3) sick, aged, injured, crippled, or physically or mentally unable to work or travel; the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, of the township in which the i…

Sec. 3. An individual: (1) who: (A) applies to the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, for assistance or is in need of assistance; or (B) obtains free medical aid, hospitalization, public institutional care, or assistance in any part at public expense; and …

Sec. 4. The record of and bill for services provided under this chapter shall be filed and paid in the manner provided for the filing and payment of other kinds of relief provided by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance. The township trustee, as administr…

Sec. 5. If an individual or a member of an individual's household who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual or household member does not have legal residence, the township trustee, as adminis…

Sec. 6. An individual may be denied township assistance for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days whenever the individual or a member of the individual's household: (1) has been: (A) sent by a township where the individual does not reside to a location outside the township …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the therapeutic psilocybin and ibogaine research fund established by section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.152-2024, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.123.

Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "ibogaine" means a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in the root bark of the iboga. (b) The term includes ibogaine. As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.124.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "psilocybin" means a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug compound that is produced by fungi, including members of the genus psilocybe. (b) The term includes psilocin. As added by P.L.152-2024, SEC.4.