Title 12, HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 3. Subject to this article, the division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 prescribing the following: (1) The form of an application. (2) The establishment of procedures for applications. (3) The time for submitting and processing claims. As added by P.L.120-2002, SEC.20. Am…

Sec. 5. A hospital or an attending physician may assist the patient in the preparation of an application for assistance under the hospital care for the indigent program. As added by P.L.120-2002, SEC.20.

Sec. 6. A person who in good faith provides assistance in the completion of an application under this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability arising from the assistance. As added by P.L.120-2002, SEC.20.

Sec. 7. (a) A patient must sign an application if the patient is medically able to sign. (b) If a patient is medically unable to sign an application, the patient's next of kin or a legal representative, if available, may sign the application. (c) If no person under subsections (a…

Sec. 8. (a) A person or a person's representative may file an application directly with the division if the application is filed not more than forty-five (45) days after the person has been released or discharged from the hospital. (b) Reimbursement for the costs incurred in prov…

Sec. 8.5. A claim for services must be filed with the division not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the person who received the care has been released or discharged from the hospital. For good cause as determined by the division, this one hundred eighty (180) day lim…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "long acting reversible contraceptive" includes intrauterine devices and birth control implants. As added by P.L.177-2023, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. A long acting reversible contraceptive that is prescribed to and obtained for a Medicaid recipient may be transferred to another Medicaid recipient if the long acting reversible contraceptive was not delivered to, implanted in, or used on the original Medicaid recipient t…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "Alzheimer's and dementia special care" means care provided to a person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, a related disorder, or dementia who resides in a health facility or a housing with services establishment that: (1) locks, secures, segrega…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "health facility" means a facility that is licensed under or subject to IC 16-28. As added by P.L.106-1997, SEC.4.

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "housing with services establishment" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-10-15-3. As added by P.L.48-2021, SEC.3.

Sec. 3. A health facility and a housing with services establishment that provides or offers Alzheimer's and dementia special care or programing shall prepare a written disclosure in a form provided by the division that has been developed in conjunction with the long term care omb…

Sec. 4. A health facility and a housing with services establishment shall do the following with the disclosure form required under section 3 of this chapter: (1) Submit the form to the division in December of each year. (2) Make the form available to any individual seeking inform…

Sec. 5. The division shall do the following with the disclosure form received from each health facility and housing with services establishment under section 4 of this chapter: (1) Make the form available to any individual upon request. (2) Publish all the disclosure forms before…

Sec. 6. The division may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.106-1997, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. The division shall implement a program to require a person receiving assistance under the TANF program and who is: (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or (2) less than eighteen (18) years of age and the parent of a dependent child; to engage in public service in exch…

Sec. 2. (a) The division may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish criteria for determining: (1) the persons required to engage in public service; and (2) the public and private agencies eligible for the placement of persons engaged in public service. (b) Rules adopted under t…

Sec. 3. The division shall maintain a list of public and private agencies eligible for placement of a person engaged in public service under this chapter. As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.28.

Sec. 4. The maximum number of hours a person is required to work under this chapter is equal to the number of hours multiplied by the minimum wage that is equivalent to the value of all assistance received. However, a person may not be required to work more than forty (40) hours …

Sec. 5. A person required to engage in public service under this chapter who refuses to engage in public service is not entitled to receive assistance under the TANF program. As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.161-2007, SEC.31.

Sec. 1.2. (a) The division shall, upon receipt of a claim pertaining to a person: (1) who was provided care by an eligible provider; and (2) whose medical condition satisfies one (1) or more of the medical conditions identified in IC 12-16-3.5-1(a)(1) through IC 12-16-3.5-1(a)(3)…

Sec. 2. (a) The provider of medical care to a patient shall provide information the provider has that would assist in the verification of indigency of a patient. (b) A provider that provides information under subsection (a) is immune from civil and criminal liability for divulgin…

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to subsection (b) and IC 12-16-6.5-1.5, if the division is unable after prompt and diligent efforts to verify information contained in the application that is reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, the division may deny assistance under the hospital ca…

Sec. 3.2. (a) Subject to subsection (b) and IC 12-16-6.5-1.7, if the division is unable after prompt and diligent efforts to determine that a health care item or service identified in a claim: (1) was necessitated by one (1) or more of the medical conditions listed in IC 12-16-3.…

Sec. 4. The division shall notify in writing the person and the provider of the following: (1) A decision concerning eligibility. (2) The reasons for a denial of eligibility. (3) That either party has the right to appeal the decision. As added by P.L.120-2002, SEC.21. Amended by …

Sec. 1. (a) The township trustee shall process all applications for township assistance according to uniform written standards and without consideration of the race, creed, nationality, or gender of the applicant or any member of the applicant's household. (b) The township's stan…

Sec. 2. (a) Standards for the administration of township assistance must contain the following: (1) Criteria for determining township assistance eligibility. (2) Minimum requirements of township trustee accessibility. (3) Other information as needed, including the following: (A) …

Sec. 3. (a) The township trustee shall ensure adequate access to township assistance services, including a telephone number in the name of the township published in the annual report as provided in IC 12-20-28-3 and the township's budget submitted to the department of local gover…

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to a township trustee who has assisted less than fifty-one (51) households during each of the two (2) years immediately preceding the date of the township trustee's annual report under IC 12-20-28-3. (b) To ensure minimum accessibility, a t…

Sec. 5. The township's standards for the administration of township assistance must include all applicable standards governing the provision of basic necessities, including maximum amounts, special conditions, or other limitations on eligibility, if any have been established for …

Sec. 6. (a) A township trustee shall set income standards for the township that provide for financial eligibility in an amount consistent with reasonable costs of basic necessities in the trustee's particular township. (b) A township trustee may not consider a Holocaust victim's …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "area agency" means an area agency on aging designated by the bureau under IC 12-10-1-4. As added by P.L.146-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "program" means a dementia care specialist program established by an area agency under this chapter. As added by P.L.146-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "specialist" means a dementia care specialist designated by an area agency to administer a program under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.146-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. (a) An area agency may establish a dementia care specialist program under which an area agency may designate an employee as a dementia care specialist for the area agency to administer the program. (b) A specialist may work with the state dementia coordinator under IC 12-…

Sec. 5. A specialist may follow any guidelines or training requirements developed by the dementia care specialist coordinator under IC 12-10-20-4. As added by P.L.146-2023, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.122-2026, SEC.43.

Sec. 6. The division may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.146-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. A drug abuser or an alcoholic charged with or convicted of a felony may request treatment under the supervision of the division and upon the consent of the authorities concerned as set forth in IC 12-23-7.1 instead of prosecution or imprisonment, unless any of the followi…

Sec. 0.3. (a) Actions taken under IC 12-8-6 (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. The office of Medicaid policy and planning is established. As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.18.

Sec. 10. (a) The office shall reduce reimbursement rates for over-the-counter drugs by ten percent (10%) not later than July 1, 2001. (b) The office shall implement a Maximum Allowable Cost schedule for off-patent drugs not later than November 1, 2001. (c) Not later than January …

Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, "SECTION 281" refers to P.L.229-2011, SECTION 281. (b) Notwithstanding the expiration of SECTION 281, the office of Medicaid policy and planning may: (1) collect an unpaid hospital assessment fee under SECTION 281 owed by a hospital; (2) refu…

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to the doula reimbursement advisory board established by subsection (b). (b) The doula reimbursement advisory board is established for the purpose of making recommendations to the office of the secretary regarding appropriate r…

Sec. 14.1. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to the doula reimbursement advisory board established by section 14 of this chapter. (b) The family and social services administration shall provide staff support to the board. (c) The members of the board shall annually elec…

Sec. 14.3. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to the doula reimbursement advisory board established by section 14 of this chapter. (b) A member of the general assembly appointed to the board serves a two (2) year term that expires June 30 of an odd-numbered year. (c) The…

Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers to the doula reimbursement advisory board established by section 14 of this chapter. (b) Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to reimbursement for mileage, traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-1…