Ind. Code ch. 12-20-9

in effect

Ind. Code § 12-20-9-1 Repealed

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Repealed by P.L.51-1996, SEC.77.

Ind. Code § 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. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.45.

Ind. Code § 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. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.46.

Ind. Code § 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. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.47.

Ind. Code § 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. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-21.] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.36; P.L.73-2005, SEC.48.

Ind. Code § 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. [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(b).] As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.37; P.L.73-2005, SEC.49.

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