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IN Code § 12-10-17.1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-5. "Health Related Services" Defined

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "health related services" means those medical activities that, in the written opinion of the attending physician submitted to the case manager of the individual in need of self-directed in-home care, could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable, and if the medical activities can be safely performed in the home, and:(1) are performed by a person who has been trained or instructed on the performance of the medical activities by an individual in need of self-directed in-home care who is, in the written opinion of the attending physician submitted to the case manager of the individual in need of self-directed in-home care, capable of training or instructing the person who will perform the medical activities; or(2) are performed by a person who has received training or instruction from a licensed health professional, within the professional's scope of practice, in how to properly perform the medical activity for the individual in need of self-directed in-home care.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-6. "Individual in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care" Defined

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "individual in need of self-directed in-home care" means an individual with a disability, or person responsible for making health related decisions for the individual with a disability, who:(1) is approved to receive Medicaid waiver services under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(c), or is a participant in the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program under IC 12-10-10;(2) is in need of attendant care services because of impairment;(3) requires assistance to complete functions of daily living, self-care, and mobility, including those functions included in attendant care services;(4) chooses to self-direct a paid personal services attendant to perform attendant care services; and(5) assumes the responsibility to initiate self-directed in-home care and exercise judgment regarding the manner in which those services are delivered, including the decision to employ, train, and dismiss a personal services attendant.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.68.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-7. "Licensed Health Professional" Defined

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "licensed health professional" means any of the following:(1) A registered nurse.(2) A licensed practical nurse.(3) A physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine.(4) A licensed dentist.(5) A licensed chiropractor.(6) A licensed optometrist.(7) A licensed pharmacist.(8) A licensed physical therapist.(9) A licensed occupational therapist.(10) A certified psychologist.(11) A licensed podiatrist.(12) A licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.197-2007, SEC.3.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-8. "Personal Services Attendant" Defined

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "personal services attendant" means an individual who is registered to provide attendant care services under this chapter and who has entered into a contract with an individual and acts under the individual's direction to provide attendant care services that could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-9. "Self-Directed In-Home Health Care" Defined

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "self-directed in-home health care" means the process by which an individual, who is prevented by a disability from performing basic and ancillary services that the individual would perform if the individual did not have a disability, chooses to direct and supervise a paid personal services attendant to perform those services in order for the individual to live in the individual's home and community rather than an institution.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.69.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-10. Registration; Prohibition

Sec. 10. (a) An individual may not provide attendant care services for compensation from Medicaid or the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program for an individual in need of self-directed in-home care services unless the individual is registered under section 12 of this chapter.(b) An individual who is a legally responsible relative of an individual in need of self-directed in-home care, including a parent of a minor individual and a spouse, is precluded from providing attendant care services for compensation under this chapter.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-11. Registration Requirement

Sec. 11. An individual who desires to provide attendant care services must register with the division or with an organization designated by the division.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-12. Registration by the Division; Duties of the Division

Sec. 12. (a) The division shall register an individual who provides the following:(1) A personal resume containing information concerning the individual's qualifications, work experience, and any credentials the individual may hold. The individual must certify that the information contained in the resume is true and accurate.(2) The individual's:(A) limited criminal history check from the Indiana central repository for criminal history information under IC 10-13-3;(B) expanded criminal history check under IC 20-26-2-1.5; or(C) criminal history check from another source allowed by law.(3) If applicable, the individual's state nurse aide registry report from the state department of health. This subdivision does not require an individual to be a nurse aide.(4) Three (3) letters of reference.(5) A registration fee. The division shall establish the amount of the registration fee.(6) Proof that the individual is at least eighteen (18) years of age.(7) Any other information required by the division.(b) A registration is valid for two (2) years. A personal services attendant may renew the personal services attendant's registration by updating any information in the file that has changed and by paying the fee required under subsection (a)(5). The limited criminal history check and report required under subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) must be updated every two (2) years.(c) The division and any organization designated under section 11 of this chapter shall maintain a file for each personal services attendant that contains:(1) comments related to the provision of attendant care services submitted by an individual in need of self-directed in-home care who has employed the personal services attendant; and(2) the items described in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(4).(d) Upon request, the division shall provide to an individual in need of self-directed in-home care the following:(1) Without charge, a list of personal services attendants who are registered with the division and available within the requested geographic area.(2) A copy of the information of a specified personal services attendant who is on file with the division under subsection (c). The division may charge a fee for shipping, handling, and copying expenses.(e) The limited criminal history check requirement described in subsection (a)(2) may be satisfied by fulfilling the components of an expanded criminal history check under IC 20-26-2-1.5 and is subject to the conditions described in IC 16-27-2-4(c).As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.133-2018, SEC.1.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-13. Physician's Written Opinion

Sec. 13. The case manager of an individual in need of self-directed in-home care shall maintain an attending physician's written opinion submitted under section 5 of this chapter in a case file that is maintained for the individual by the case manager.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-14. Employer; Immunity; Liability

Sec. 14. (a) A personal services attendant who is hired by the individual in need of self-directed in-home care is an employee of the individual in need of self-directed in-home care.(b) The division is not liable for any actions of a personal services attendant or an individual in need of self-directed in-home care.(c) A personal services attendant and an individual in need of self-directed in-home care are each liable for any negligent or wrongful act or omission in which the person personally participates.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-15. Responsibilities of Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care

Sec. 15. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an individual in need of self-directed in-home care is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, paying, certifying any employment related documents, dismissing, and supervising in the individual's home during service hours a personal services attendant who provides attendant care services for the individual.(b) If an individual in need of self-directed in-home care is:(1) less than twenty-one (21) years of age; or(2) unable to direct in-home care because of a brain injury or mental deficiency;the individual's parent, spouse, legal guardian, or a person possessing a valid power of attorney for the individual, may make employment, care, and training decisions and certify any employment related documents on behalf of the individual.(c) An individual in need of self-directed in-home care or an individual under subsection (b) and the individual's case manager shall develop an authorized care plan. The authorized care plan must include a list of weekly services or tasks that must be performed to comply with the authorized care plan.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-16. Rules

Sec. 16. The division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning:(1) the method of payment to a personal services attendant who provides authorized services under this chapter; and(2) record keeping requirements for personal attendant services.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-17. Contracts

Sec. 17. The individual in need of self-directed in-home care and the personal services attendant must each sign a contract, in a form approved by the division, that includes, at a minimum, the following provisions:(1) The responsibilities of the personal services attendant.(2) The frequency the personal services attendant will provide attendant care services.(3) The duration of the contract.(4) The hourly wage of the personal services attendant. The wage may not be less than the federal minimum wage or more than the rate that the recipient is eligible to receive under a Medicaid home and community based services waiver or the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program for attendant care services.(5) Reasons and notice agreements for early termination of the contract.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-18. Amendment of Home and Community Based Services Waiver Program; Payments Not Considered Income

Sec. 18. (a) The office shall amend the home and community based services waiver program under the state Medicaid plan to provide for the payment for attendant care services provided by a personal services attendant for an individual in need of self-directed in-home care under this chapter, including any related record keeping and employment expenses.(b) The office shall not, to the extent permitted by federal law, consider as income money paid under this chapter to or on behalf of an individual in need of self-directed in-home care to enable the individual to employ registered personal services attendants, for purposes of determining the individual's income eligibility for services under this chapter.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-19. Demonstration Projects; Research

Sec. 19. The division may:(1) initiate demonstration projects to test new ways of providing attendant care services; and(2) research ways to best provide attendant care services in urban and rural areas.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-20. Rules

Sec. 20. (a) The division and office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that are necessary to implement this chapter.(b) The office shall apply for any federal waivers necessary to implement this chapter.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-17.1-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 17.1. Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care|12-10-17.1-21. Rules

Sec. 21. The division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the following:(1) The receipt, review, and investigation of complaints concerning the:(A) neglect;(B) abuse;(C) mistreatment; or(D) misappropriation of property;of an individual in need of self-directed in-home care by a personal services attendant.(2) Establishing notice and administrative hearing procedures in accordance with IC 4-21.5.(3) Appeal procedures, including judicial review of administrative hearings.(4) Procedures to place a personal services attendant who has been determined to have been guilty of:(A) neglect;(B) abuse;(C) mistreatment; or(D) misappropriation of property;of an individual in need of self-directed in-home care on the state nurse aide registry.As added by P.L.141-2006, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-10-18-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-0.5. Missing Endangered Adult as High Risk Missing Person

Sec. 0.5. A missing endangered adult is a high risk missing person under IC 5-2-17. A law enforcement agency receiving a report of a missing adult shall follow the procedures in IC 5-2-17 in addition to the procedures described in this chapter.As added by P.L.92-2007, SEC.2.
IN Code § 12-10-18-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-1. Notification and Investigative Report

Sec. 1. (a) A law enforcement agency that receives a notification concerning a missing endangered adult from:(1) the missing endangered adult's:(A) guardian;(B) custodian; or(C) guardian ad litem; or(2) an individual who:(A) provides the missing endangered adult with home health aid services;(B) possesses a health care power of attorney that was executed under IC 30-5-5-16 for the missing endangered adult; or(C) has evidence that the missing endangered adult has a condition that may prevent the missing endangered adult from returning home without assistance;shall prepare an investigative report on the missing endangered adult, if based on the notification, the law enforcement agency has reason to believe that an endangered adult is missing.(b) The investigative report described in subsection (a) may include the following:(1) Relevant information obtained from the notification concerning the missing endangered adult, including the following:(A) A physical description of the missing endangered adult.(B) The date, time, and place that the missing endangered adult was last seen.(C) The missing endangered adult's address.(2) Information gathered by a preliminary investigation, if one was made.(3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in charge setting forth that officer's assessment of the case based upon the evidence and information received.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.3.
IN Code § 12-10-18-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-2. Investigative Report Prepared Within Five Hours

Sec. 2. The law enforcement agency shall prepare the investigative report described by section 1 of this chapter as soon as practicable, and if possible not later than five (5) hours after the law enforcement agency receives notification of a missing endangered adult.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3.
IN Code § 12-10-18-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-3. Public Notification

Sec. 3. (a) Upon completion of the report described by section 1 of this chapter, if the law enforcement agency has reason to believe that public notification may assist in locating the missing endangered adult, the law enforcement agency may immediately forward the contents of the report to:(1) all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in the location where the missing endangered adult lives and all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in the location where the missing endangered adult was last seen;(2) all law enforcement agencies to which the person who made the notification concerning the missing endangered adult requests the report be sent, if the law enforcement agency determines that the request is reasonable in light of the information received;(3) all law enforcement agencies that request a copy of the report;(4) one (1) or more broadcasters that broadcast in an area where the missing endangered adult may be located;(5) the Indiana data and communication system (IDACS);(6) the National Crime Information Center's Missing Person File, if appropriate; and(7) the Indiana clearinghouse for information on children and missing endangered adults established by IC 10-13-5-5, to disseminate information concerning the missing endangered adult to be broadcast as part of the silver alert program.(b) Upon completion of the report described by section 1 of this chapter, a law enforcement agency may forward a copy of the contents of the report to one (1) or more newspapers distributed in an area where the missing endangered adult may be located.(c) After forwarding the contents of the report to a broadcaster or newspaper under this section, the law enforcement agency may request that the broadcaster or newspaper:(1) notify the public that there is an endangered adult medical alert; and(2) broadcast or publish:(A) a description of the missing endangered adult; and(B) any other relevant information that would assist in locating the missing endangered adult.(d) A broadcaster or newspaper that receives a request concerning a missing endangered adult under subsection (c) may, at the discretion of the broadcaster or newspaper:(1) notify the public that there is an endangered adult medical alert; and(2) broadcast or publish:(A) a description of the missing endangered adult; and(B) any other relevant information that would assist in locating the missing endangered adult.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.12.
IN Code § 12-10-18-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-4. Law Enforcement Agency Investigation

Sec. 4. A law enforcement agency may begin an investigation concerning a missing endangered adult as soon as possible after receiving notification of the missing endangered adult.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3.
IN Code § 12-10-18-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-5. Notification of Law Enforcement Agency if Missing Endangered Adult Found

Sec. 5. An individual described in section 1(a)(1) or 1(a)(2) of this chapter who notifies a law enforcement agency concerning a missing endangered adult shall notify the law enforcement agency when the missing endangered adult is found.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3.
IN Code § 12-10-18-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 10. Aging Services|Chapter 18. Reports of Missing Endangered Adults|12-10-18-6. Broadcaster and Newspaper Civil Immunity

Sec. 6. (a) A broadcaster or newspaper that receives a report of a missing endangered adult from a law enforcement agency under section 3 of this chapter is immune from civil liability for an act or omission related to:(1) the broadcast or publication of information contained in the report, including:(A) a description of the missing endangered adult; and(B) any other relevant information that would assist in locating the missing endangered adult; or(2) the decision of the broadcaster or newspaper not to broadcast or publish information contained in the report.(b) The civil immunity described in subsection (a) does not apply to an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct.As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3.