CHAPTER 6. PROVISION OF CLOTHING FOR PATIENTS
IC 12-24-6
Chapter 6. Provision of Clothing for Patients
IC 12-24-6-1
"Fund" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the institution
clothing fund established by this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-2
Requisition of clothing needs
Sec. 2. When the superintendent of a state institution accepts a
patient, the superintendent shall indicate the clothing needs of the
patient in a requisition.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-3
Financial responsibility to court
Sec. 3. The responsible parties are responsible to the court for
supplying a patient's clothing unless financially unable to supply the
clothing.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-4
Duties of circuit court clerk of admitting county
Sec. 4. If clothing can be supplied by a responsible party or any
other willing person, the clerk of the circuit court of the county from
which the patient is admitted shall do the following:
(1) Notify the responsible party or the other willing person of
the clothing needs of the patient.
(2) Have an ample supply of suitable clothing sent with the
patient.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-5
Compliance with requisition
Sec. 5. Clothing furnished under section 4 of this chapter must
substantially comply with the requisition sent by the superintendent
under section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-6
Charge of admitting county; limit
Sec. 6. (a) If clothing is not otherwise furnished at the time a
patient is admitted to a state institution, the superintendent shall
furnish the clothing and charge the county from which the patient
was admitted.
(b) A superintendent may not charge a county under subsection
(a) more than four hundred dollars ($400).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-7
Responsibility to supply clothing after admission
Sec. 7. After a patient has been admitted to a state institution, it
is the responsibility of:
(1) the patient;
(2) the payee of any type of benefit received on behalf of a
patient; or
(3) the responsible parties of the patient;
to supply clothing requested by the superintendent for the patient.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-8
Furnishing of clothing by superintendent
Sec. 8. If a patient in a state institution is not otherwise supplied
with clothing, the superintendent shall furnish the clothing.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-9
Charging of county for clothing superintendent furnishes; limit
Sec. 9. (a) If a superintendent furnishes clothing under section 8
of this chapter, the superintendent shall charge the county from
which the patient was admitted.
(b) A charge made by a superintendent for a patient under this
section may not be more than three hundred dollars ($300) per year.
(c) A charge made by a superintendent under this section is a debt
due the state institution.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-10
Charges made under this chapter; requisites
Sec. 10. All charges made under this chapter must be:
(1) signed by the superintendent; and
(2) forwarded for payment to the auditor of the county from
which the patient was admitted according to the following
schedule:
(A) All charges accruing between January 1 and June 30 of
each year shall be forwarded to the county auditor on or
before October 1 of that year.
(B) All charges accruing between July 1 and December 31
of each year shall be forwarded to the county auditor before
April 1 of the following year.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-11
Warrant; payment of charge
Sec. 11. (a) Upon receipt of a charge under section 10 of this
chapter, the county auditor shall draw a warrant on the treasurer of
the county for payment of the charge.
(b) A charge shall be paid out of the money of the county
appropriated for that purpose.
(c) The fiscal body of each county shall annually appropriate
sufficient money to pay the accounts.
(d) A payment by a county under this section shall be transmitted
to the superintendent of the billing state institution.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-12
Monthly transmittal of collections to state auditor
Sec. 12. The superintendent of a state institution shall transmit
each month the collections received under this chapter to the auditor
of state.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-13
Institution clothing fund established
Sec. 13. (a) The institution clothing fund is established.
(b) The auditor of state shall place money received under section
12 of this chapter in the fund.
(c) The fund may be used only for the purpose of crediting the
respective state institutions for the amounts expended by the state
institutions for clothing for which the counties were billed.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-6-14
Delinquent charges; certification to state auditor; payment
Sec. 14. (a) If a county does not pay a charge made under this
chapter within six (6) months after the date the charge is delivered to
the county auditor, the superintendent of the state institution shall
certify to the auditor of state that the money is due.
(b) After receiving the superintendent's certification under
subsection (a), the auditor of state shall:
(1) withhold from any money due to the county a sum equal to
the amount certified by the superintendent; and
(2) pay the amount withheld under subdivision (1) into the fund
as provided in section 13 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.