Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 3. (a) As required under 52 U.S.C. 20506(d)(1), the designated office employee shall transmit a completed voter registration application: (1) to the circuit court clerk or board of registration of the county in which the individual's residential address (as indicated on the …

Sec. 5. A designated employee may use any of the following methods to transmit voter registration applications or declinations under section 3 or 4 of this chapter: (1) Hand delivery to the county voter registration office. (2) Delivery by the United States Postal Service, using …

Sec. 6. If a county director or designated employee transmits registration applications or declinations by hand delivery under section 5(1) of this chapter, the circuit court clerk or board of registration shall provide the director or designated employee with a receipt for the f…

Sec. 7. (a) The co-directors of the election division shall provide the division with a list of the current addresses and telephone numbers of the offices of the circuit court clerk or board of registration in each county. The division shall promptly forward the list and each rev…

Sec. 8. Voter registration information received or maintained under this chapter is confidential. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC.120.

Sec. 9. The codirectors of the election division shall notify the division of family resources of the following: (1) The scheduled date of each primary, general, municipal, and special election. (2) The jurisdiction in which the election will be held. As added by P.L.12-1995, SEC…

Note: This version of section effective 10-1-2026. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 10-1-2026. Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to any alien for whom federal financial participation is unavailable under 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(5) or any alien who has …

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who is a lawful permanent resident is eligible for Medicaid assistance under this article for a period of one (1) year. (b) This subsection applies to the eligibility of an individual or the individual's dependent for Med…

Note: This version of section effective 10-1-2026. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 10-1-2026. Sec. 3. A person who is in the United States and who does not meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(5) is not entitled to receive assistance under this …

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section is effective October 1, 2026. (b) The office of the secretary shall do the following: (1) Verify citizenship or satisfactory immigration status for each applicant, recipient, or identified household member of an applicant or recipient. (2) Either: (A) a…

Sec. 4. A child who: (1) is born in the United States to a person described in section 2 or 3 of this chapter; and (2) otherwise meets the requirements for assistance under this article; is eligible to receive Medicaid under this article. As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.38.…

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies to the following individuals who are lawfully residing in the United States as set forth in 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(4): (1) A pregnant individual during: (A) the pregnancy; and (B) the maximum amount of time allowable under federal law that does not …

Sec. 5. Any provision of this chapter that violates a federal law or federal regulation is void. As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.38.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "solicitation" means a direct communication initiated by a provider doing business in Indiana to an individual or a provider in another state with the intent of inducing a nonresident of Indiana to relocate the person's residence to Indiana fo…

Sec. 3. A provider that violates this chapter is subject to the sanctions imposed under IC 12-15-22. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-16.2(d).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.

Sec. 1. The division shall administer the hospital care for the indigent program under this article. As added by P.L.120-2002, SEC.18.

Sec. 4. To the extent permitted under federal statutes or regulations, patient days for patients under the hospital care for the indigent program shall be included in calculating allowable disproportionate share additional payments under 42 U.S.C. 1395 ww(d). As added by P.L.120-…

Sec. 5. The hospital care for the indigent program does not apply to inmates and patients of institutions of the department of correction, the Indiana department of health, the division of mental health and addiction, or the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative servi…

Sec. 6.3. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply to the hospital care for the indigent program: (1) "Assistance" means the satisfaction of a person's financial obligation under IC 12-16-7.5-1.2 for hospital items or services, physician services, or transpor…

Sec. 0.3. (a) The township assistance control board is a continuation of the township poor relief control board (renamed by P.L.73-2005). (b) The rules adopted by the township poor relief control board shall be treated, after June 30, 2005, as rules of the township assistance con…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each county having at least one (1) distressed township. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-1.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.

Sec. 10. The township trustee shall serve as an advisor to the management committee and assist the management committee in carrying out the committee's duties under this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-8(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.

Sec. 11. The management committee shall administer the township trustee's office until the committee has completed a financial and management evaluation of the trustee's office and reported the committee's findings to the control board under section 32 of this chapter. [Pre-1992 …

Sec. 12. At the time the governor appoints the members of the management committee, the governor shall also appoint a control board for the distressed township under section 29 of this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-8(d).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by…

Sec. 13. (a) When the management committee is appointed, the distressed township is a controlled township until the requirements of section 41 of this chapter are met. (b) During the period that the management committee is in control of the township trustee's office, the payment …

Sec. 14. A township trustee has no authority concerning township assistance in a controlled township. However, after the management committee has completed the evaluation of the trustee's office and reported the committee's findings to the control board as required by section 32 …

Sec. 15. (a) The management committee appointed under section 8 of this chapter shall do the following: (1) Conduct or have conducted a financial and compliance audit of the internal operations of the trustee's office. (2) Conduct or have conducted, to the extent practicable, a f…

Sec. 16. The management committee may be sued in the committee's own name. The management committee has the power to sue in the committee's own name and to defend an appeal from a determination made under section 28 of this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-11(b).] As…

Sec. 17. (a) The management committee may do the following: (1) Employ, promote, and remove employees of the trustee's office who perform township assistance duties as needed and, with the approval of the governor, fix their compensation. (2) Retain certified public accountants a…

Sec. 18. (a) The management committee and the control board shall adopt rules as required by sections 15 and 30 of this chapter. The management committee and the control board may each adopt rules to administer the township assistance program in a controlled township. IC 4-22-2 d…

Sec. 19. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an unemployed individual may not receive township assistance in a controlled township until the individual has registered for work at an office of the department of workforce development and has provided proof that…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "control board" refers to the township assistance control board. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-24(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.113.

Sec. 20. (a) The management committee shall assign a case number to each applicant who is qualified under section 18 of this chapter for township assistance from the township. (b) To the extent allowed by law, an individual's case number must be the individual's Social Security n…

Sec. 21. Notwithstanding IC 12-20-20, a claim may not be approved if the township assistance is provided during the period that the township is a controlled township and: (1) the township assistance claim is not presented for payment not more than sixty (60) days after the date t…

Sec. 22. (a) Sections 22 through 28 of this chapter create an exclusive administrative remedy for the payment of unpaid claims of creditors for the following goods and services that were provided under the authority of IC 12-2-1 (before its repeal) or this article before the town…

Sec. 23. The claim of a creditor is void if the creditor fails to file a statement of claims with the management committee not more than ninety (90) days after notice is given under section 24 or 25 of this chapter. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-18.] As added by P.L.2-1992…

Sec. 24. (a) The county auditor shall provide the management committee with the following: (1) The name, address, and voucher number of each creditor whose claims have not been paid. (2) An itemization of each creditor's claims against the distressed township. (b) The management …

Sec. 25. In addition to the notice required in section 24 of this chapter, the management committee shall publish a notice to all persons claiming to be creditors in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the county. If there is only one (1) newspaper of general circulation…

Sec. 26. (a) Upon receipt of a statement of claims from a creditor, the management committee shall review and evaluate the validity and reasonableness of each claim. The management committee is not required to conduct a hearing under IC 4-21.5-3. (b) The management committee's ev…

Sec. 27. (a) Except as provided in section 52(3) of this chapter, if the management committee finds a claim to be valid and reasonable in whole or in part, the amount of the claim found to be valid and reasonable shall be paid from the distressed township's township assistance ac…

Sec. 28. (a) A determination of the management committee concerning the validity and reasonableness of a claim is a final administrative determination. (b) A creditor aggrieved by a final determination of the management committee may appeal the determination by filing a petition …

Sec. 29. (a) A township assistance control board is established for each distressed township. The governor shall appoint the following members to the control board: (1) The budget director or the director's designee, who shall serve as the chairman of the board. (2) One (1) repre…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "creditor" means a person that has a claim against the township resulting from providing assistance to an indigent individual as authorized by the township trustee under this article. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-2.] As added by P.L.2-1992…

Sec. 30. (a) The control board shall supervise the township trustee in the administration of township assistance. The control board may appoint one (1) of the board's members to monitor the trustee's compliance with this chapter and to report discrepancies to the control board. T…

Sec. 31. (a) The control board may adopt rules concerning the distribution of township assistance designed to reduce the cost and improve the delivery of township assistance. IC 4-22-2 does not apply to the rules. The rules may include provisions governing the following: (1) The …

Sec. 32. (a) As soon as the management committee has completed the financial, compliance, economy, and efficiency audits required by section 15 of this chapter, the management committee shall make a report to the control board. The report must include the following: (1) The findi…