CHAPTER 9. ELIGIBILITY OF NONRESIDENTS FOR TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE
IC 12-20-9
Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance
IC 12-20-9-1
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.51-1996, SEC.77.)
IC 12-20-9-2
Temporary aid pending return to legal residence
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 individual is found shall furnish township
assistance to the individual until the individual can be returned to the
place of the individual's legal residence if that place can be
determined.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.45.
IC 12-20-9-3
Return to legal residence
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
(2) who does not have legal residence in the township;
may be returned by the township trustee, as administrator of
township assistance, to the individual's place of legal residence if that
place can be determined.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.46.
IC 12-20-9-4
Payment for services provided
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 administrator of township assistance, shall pay bills from
any available fund for providing township assistance.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.47.
IC 12-20-9-5
Temporary commitment in county home
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 administrator of township assistance, may, if the trustee
considers advisable, place the individual or household member
temporarily in a county home as provided in IC 12-20-17-4.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.36;
P.L.73-2005, SEC.48.
IC 12-20-9-6
Violations; denial of aid
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 at the individual's request
or by court order; and
(B) transported to a location outside the township at public
expense; and
(2) knowingly reapplies for assistance in the township from
which the individual or member of the individual's household
was sent.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.37;
P.L.73-2005, SEC.49.