Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 4. On the first day of each month, or within three (3) days thereafter, all money deposited under section 3 of this chapter shall be forwarded by the division to the treasurer of state to be deposited in a special fund to be known as the mental health fund. [Pre-1992 Revisio…

Sec. 5. The division may do the following: (1) Investigate, either with division staff or on a contractual or other basis, the financial condition of each person liable under this chapter. (2) Make determinations of the ability of the patient and the responsible parties to pay ma…

Sec. 6. (a) The division may, upon receipt of a properly executed application, agree to accept payment at a lesser rate than that prescribed under this article. (b) The division shall, in determining whether to accept the lesser amount under this section, take into consideration …

Sec. 7. The division may accept more money than is owed if a person desires to pay more. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-18.1-9.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

Sec. 1. If a hearing has been held under IC 12-26-6 or IC 12-26-7 and the court finds that the individual is: (1) mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled; (2) likely to benefit from an outpatient therapy program that is designed to decrease the individual's dangerou…

Sec. 10. (a) After an individual has been returned to the facility to which the individual is committed under this article, the secretary shall conduct a hearing under IC 4-21.5-3 to determine whether: (1) the individual has failed to comply with the requirements described in sec…

Sec. 2. Before the court may issue an order under section 1 of this chapter, a representative of an outpatient therapy program approved by the court must represent to the court that the individual may enter that program immediately. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-9.1-20.5(b).…

Sec. 3. The court may require an individual ordered to enter an outpatient therapy program under section 1 of this chapter to do the following: (1) Follow the therapy program the individual enters. (2) Attend each medical and psychiatric appointment made for the individual. (3) R…

transfer to sub-acute stabilization program; jail or prison Sec. 4. (a) If a staff member of a program involved in the treatment, supervision, or care of an individual ordered to enter an outpatient therapy program under section 1 of this chapter has reason to believe that the in…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon receiving notification under section 4 of this chapter, the court shall reopen the original commitment proceeding and determine whether the: (1) individual: (A) has failed to comply with the requirements of section 3 of this chapter; (B) is mentally ill and eithe…

Sec. 6. If an individual is ordered to enter a therapy program under section 1 of this chapter, the individual is entitled to review of the order and release from the program at the same intervals and under the same conditions as an individual committed under: (1) IC 12-26-6 if t…

Sec. 7. If an individual: (1) has been committed under IC 12-26-6 or IC 12-26-7; (2) is likely to benefit from a therapy program designed to decrease the individual's dangerousness or grave disability; (3) is not likely to be either dangerous or gravely disabled if the individual…

Sec. 8. An individual placed on outpatient status under section 7 of this chapter may be required to do the following: (1) Follow the therapy program designed by the facility in which the individual has been placed. (2) Attend any medical or psychiatric appointments made for the …

Sec. 9. If the individual's attending or examining physician determines that the individual has failed to comply with the requirements under section 8 of this chapter and is likely to be dangerous or gravely disabled, the individual: (1) may, in accordance with IC 12-24-8, be ret…

Sec. 0.3. (a) Actions taken under IC 12-8-1 (expired), after December 31, 2007, and before March 24, 2008, are legalized and validated to the extent that those actions would have been legal and valid if P.L.113-2008 had been enacted before January 1, 2008. (b) Actions taken under…

Sec. 1. (a) The office of the secretary of family and social services is established. (b) The office of the secretary includes the following: (1) The secretary. (2) Each office. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 10. The office of the secretary is designated as the sole state agency responsible for administering programs concerning the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with a disability under 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 10.5. (a) The office of the secretary is designated as the single state agency for administration of the state Medicaid program under IC 12-15. (b) The office of the secretary shall develop and coordinate Medicaid policy for the state. As added by P.L.109-2014, SEC.15.

Sec. 11. (a) If: (1) the sums appropriated by the general assembly in the biennial budget to the family and social services administration for the Medicaid assistance, Medicaid administration, public assistance (TANF), and the IMPACT (JOBS) work program are insufficient to enable…

Sec. 12. Subject to the appropriation limits established by the state's biennial budget for the office of the secretary and its divisions, and after assistance, including assistance under TANF (IC 12-14), medical assistance (IC 12-15), and food stamps (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)), is distr…

Sec. 13. The office of the secretary shall implement methods to facilitate the payment of providers under IC 12-15. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 14. The office of the secretary shall improve its system through the use of technology and training of staff to do the following: (1) Simplify, streamline, and destigmatize the eligibility and enrollment processes in all health programs serving children. (2) Ensure an effici…

Sec. 15. (a) The office of the secretary shall: (1) cooperate with; and (2) assist; a nonprofit organization with the purpose to implement and administer a program to provide health care to uninsured Indiana residents. (b) The office of the secretary shall assist a nonprofit orga…

Sec. 16. The office of the secretary may, through agreement with the federal government, operate a disability determination bureau that adjudicates claims for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. As added by P.L.210-2015, SEC.11.

Sec. 17. The office of the secretary may, through agreement with the federal government, operate a disability determination bureau that enters into an interim assistance agreement with the Social Security Administration under 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 42 U.S.C. 1383. As added by P.L.210…

Sec. 18. (a) Before December 1, 2016, the office of the secretary of family and social services, in cooperation with the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council, shall do the following: (1) Prepare and submit a report as described in subsection (b) to the legislative council in an …

Sec. 18.5. (a) As used in this section, "advisory council" refers to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council established under IC 12-9-4. (b) As used in this section, "board" refers to the community and home options to institutional care for the el…

Sec. 19. The office of the secretary has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of IC 12-13-16 (concerning the administration of the 211 dialing code used to provide access to human services information and referrals), inclu…

Sec. 2. The governor shall appoint the secretary of family and social services to coordinate family and social service programs among the divisions. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 20. Not later than September 30, 2024, the office of the secretary shall publish on the website of the office of the secretary a dashboard providing monthly information regarding state and federal child care subsidies available to Indiana residents, including the following i…

Sec. 21. (a) Not later than October 31 of each year, the office of the secretary shall submit a report to the legislative council, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, that provides for the previous fiscal year: (1) the number of individuals in Indiana who: (A) are not citize…

Sec. 3. (a) The secretary has administrative responsibility for the office of the secretary. (b) Subject to this article, the secretary may organize an office to perform the duties of the office. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 4. (a) The secretary may hire personnel necessary to perform the duties of each office. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the secretary is the appointing authority for the office of family and social services, including the divisions, offices, and institutions of the…

Sec. 5. (a) The secretary, through the offices, is responsible for coordinating the provision of technical assistance to each division for the following: (1) Compiling program budgets for each division. (2) Fiscal performance of each division. (3) Management and administrative pe…

Sec. 6. (a) The secretary and the commissioner of the Indiana department of health shall cooperate to coordinate family and social services programs with related programs administered by the Indiana department of health. (b) The secretary, in cooperation with the commissioner of …

Sec. 6.1. (a) Subject to an approved state plan amendment or waiver under subsection (b), the office of the secretary shall, immediately upon request by the department of child services, provide to the department of child services address information that is maintained by the off…

Sec. 7. The secretary, through the offices, may do the following: (1) Employ experts and consultants to carry out the duties of the secretary and the offices. (2) Utilize, with the consent of the other state agencies, the services and facilities of other state agencies without re…

Sec. 7.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the secretary, through the offices, may issue a waiver, in writing, of provisions of this title and rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 concerning provisions of this title if the secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to claim any…

Sec. 8. (a) The secretary shall cooperate with the federal Social Security Administration and with any other agency of the federal government in any reasonable manner that may be necessary to qualify for federal aid for assistance to persons who are entitled to assistance under t…

Sec. 9. Consistent with the powers and duties of the secretary under this article, the secretary may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 relating to the exercise of those powers and duties. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.13-2013, SEC.44.

Sec. 9.5. (a) This subsection applies to an emergency rule adopted under section 9(b) of this chapter (before section 9(b) of this chapter expired on December 31, 2012). An emergency rule adopted under section 9(b) of this chapter expires December 31, 2013, regardless of any expi…

Sec. 1. (a) The Indiana rural health transformation fund is established as a dedicated fund for the purpose of implementing the Indiana rural health transformation program authorized by federal law under Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21 (42 U.S.C. 1397ee), and based on Indiana'…

Sec. 2. (a) Beginning December 1, 2026, the office of the secretary shall before June 1 and December 1 of each year submit a written report for review to the budget committee concerning the following: (1) An itemization of each of the expenditures of money from the fund since the…

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…