CHAPTER 7. ADMINISTRATION OF MONEY
IC 12-13-7
Chapter 7. Administration of Money
IC 12-13-7-1
Grants, funds, and other money administered
Sec. 1. The division shall administer the following:
(1) The Child Care and Development Block Grant under 42
U.S.C. 9858 et seq.
(2) The federal Food Stamp Program under 7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.
(3) Title IV-A of the federal Social Security Act.
(4) Any other funding source:
(A) designated by the general assembly; or
(B) available from the federal government under grants that
are consistent with the duties of the division.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2005, SEC.46;
P.L.234-2005, SEC.24; P.L.181-2006, SEC.54; P.L.130-2009,
SEC.18.
IC 12-13-7-2
Division as single state agency responsible for administering
certain grants, funds, and programs
Sec. 2. The division is the single state agency responsible for
administering the following:
(1) The Child Care and Development Block Grant under 42
U.S.C. 9858 et seq. The division shall apply to the United States
Department of Health and Human Services for a grant under the
Child Care Development Block Grant.
(2) The federal Food Stamp Program under 7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2005, SEC.47;
P.L.234-2005, SEC.25.
IC 12-13-7-3
Social Security Act and regulations; acceptance and compliance
Sec. 3. (a) The state accepts all of the provisions and benefits of
the federal Social Security Act and regulations adopted under the
federal Social Security Act.
(b) The division and the county offices may administer and shall
observe and comply with all of the requirements of the federal Social
Security Act and regulations issued under the federal Social Security
Act.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.54;
P.L.5-1993, SEC.67.
IC 12-13-7-4
Acceptance by state of federal law concerning needy and disabled
persons and general public and child welfare
Sec. 4. (a) The state accepts the provisions and benefits of the
federal Social Security Act, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,
and any related federal law concerning needy and persons with
disabilities and general public and child welfare.
(b) A law described under subsection (a) shall be construed to
secure to the state and local units of government maximum
participation in the benefits of the laws.
(c) If required by law, a proportionate share of refunds,
recoveries, or repayments of assistance or administration costs shall
be repaid to a federal agency on the basis of federal participation in
the costs.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.23-1993, SEC.53.
IC 12-13-7-5
Cooperation with federal government in administration of certain
provisions of federal Social Security Act
Sec. 5. (a) The division is designated as the state agency to
cooperate with the federal government in the administration of the
following provisions of the federal Social Security Act:
(1) 42 U.S.C. 301 through 42 U.S.C. 306.
(2) 42 U.S.C. 601 through 42 U.S.C. 606.
(3) 42 U.S.C. 711 through 42 U.S.C. 715.
(4) 42 U.S.C. 721.
(5) 42 U.S.C. 1201 through 42 U.S.C. 1206.
(b) The division shall cooperate with the appropriate departments
of the federal government and with all other departments of state and
local governments in the:
(1) enforcement and administration of;
(2) amendments to; and
(3) regulations issued under;
the provision described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7.
IC 12-13-7-6
Federal food stamp program; administration and enforcement;
incentive payments
Sec. 6. (a) The food stamp bureau shall provide an incentive
payment to the offices of prosecuting attorneys for the investigation
or prosecution of food stamp fraud under the federal Food Stamp
Program (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as provided by 7 CFR 277.15.
(b) The incentive payments shall be made by the auditor of state
upon request of the food stamp bureau. Payments must be deposited
in the county treasury for distribution on a quarterly basis and in
equal shares to the following:
(1) The county general fund.
(2) The operating budget of the offices of prosecuting attorneys.
(c) Notwithstanding IC 36-2-5-2 and IC 36-3-6, distribution of the
money from the county treasury shall be made without first obtaining
an appropriation from the county fiscal body. The amount that a
county receives and the terms under which the incentive payments
are made must be consistent with the federal law and regulations
governing the federal Food Stamp Program (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
(d) The director of the division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
necessary to administer and supervise the federal Food Stamp
Program in Indiana.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7.
IC 12-13-7-7
Money received by state under federal Social Security Act;
treasurer as custodian
Sec. 7. The treasurer of state is the custodian of money received
by the state from an appropriation made by the United States
Congress for the purpose of cooperating with the states in the
enforcement and administration of the federal Social Security Act.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7.
IC 12-13-7-8
Reception and payment of money
Sec. 8. (a) The treasurer of state may receive money:
(1) received from a source other than the federal Social Security
Act;
(2) not received from taxes levied in the county; and
(3) that under IC 12-13 through IC 12-19 the division and
county offices are authorized to collect, receive, and administer.
(b) The treasurer of state may pay the money received under
subsection (a) into the proper fund or the proper account of the state
general fund, provide for the proper custody of the money, and make
disbursements upon the order of the division and upon warrant of the
auditor of state.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.55;
P.L.5-1993, SEC.68.
IC 12-13-7-9
Payment and deposit of money
Sec. 9. (a) Money:
(1) received from the federal government by the treasurer of
state to defray the expenses and pay the claims and obligations
incurred in the administration of the federal Social Security
Act;
(2) received from any other source; and
(3) that under IC 12-13 through IC 12-19 the division and
county offices may collect, receive, and administer;
shall be paid into the respective funds or respective accounts of the
state general fund.
(b) Money received under subsection (a) for the following
population groups shall be deposited as follows:
(1) Old age assistance shall be paid into the old age assistance
account.
(2) Services for dependent children shall be paid into the aid to
dependent children account.
(3) Assistance in the promotion of child welfare services shall
be paid into the child welfare services account.
(4) Assistance to the needy blind shall be paid into the needy
blind account.
(5) Assistance to the needy permanently and totally disabled
persons shall be paid into the needy disabled person account.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.56;
P.L.5-1993, SEC.69.
IC 12-13-7-10
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-11
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-12
Disclosure of financial transactions necessary to administer
IC 12-13 through IC 12-19; approval
Sec. 12. (a) The division and the department of child services
shall do the following:
(1) Prepare and submit to the state board of accounts for
approval forms and records for assistance, receipts,
disbursements, advancements, transfers, and other financial
transactions necessary to administer IC 12-13 through IC 12-19.
(2) Disclose financial transactions connected with subdivision
(1).
(b) Upon the approval and adoption by the state board of
accounts, the division and the department of child services shall
prescribe the forms, records, and method of accounting for all
counties.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.26.
IC 12-13-7-13
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-14
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-15
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-16
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-17
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.808.)
IC 12-13-7-18
Budget
Sec. 18. The director of the division shall prepare a biennial
budget of money necessary to be appropriated by the general
assembly for the division for the purposes of IC 12-13 through
IC 12-19. The budget must include an estimate of all federal money
that may be allotted to the state by the federal government for the
purposes of the division. The budget shall be submitted to and filed
with the budget director.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.234-2005, SEC.27.
IC 12-13-7-19
State or federal higher education award paid directly to institution
as income affecting eligibility for assistance
Sec. 19. Except as provided by federal law, if an individual
receives a state or federal higher education award that is paid directly
to an approved postsecondary educational institution for that
individual's benefit:
(1) the individual is not required to report the award as income
or as a resource of the individual when applying for assistance
administered under this chapter; and
(2) the award may not be considered as income or a resource of
the individual in determining initial or continuing eligibility for
assistance administered under this article.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.157.
IC 12-13-7-20
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
IC 12-13-7-21
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.1-2001, SEC.51.)