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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-3 - Restriction in payment to households headed by a minor parent

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-1-1.5
Sec. 3.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 408(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, which is incorporated by reference in this section, the state restricts payments made to households headed by minor parents as follows:
(1) A minor parent and the dependent child in his or her care must reside in:
(A) the household of a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative; or
(B) an adult supervised supportive living arrangement; in order to receive TANF assistance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-4 - Physical custody of children for the purpose of establishing TANF assistance eligibility

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-1-1
Sec. 4.
A parent or caretaker relative and the dependent child are not eligible for TANF assistance when the physical custody of the dependent child was obtained for the sole purpose of establishing TANF assistance eligibility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-5 - Applicant job search

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3; IC 12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 5.
(a) At the time of application for assistance, the parent or caretaker must actively seek employment during the application eligibility determination process as described in 470 IAC 10.3-10-1.
(b) Failure to comply with subsection (a) will result in the denial of benefits.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-6 - Supplemental Security Income recipients

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 6.
(a) Individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are ineligible for assistance under this rule.
(b) SSI recipients' needs shall not be included in the cash assistance eligibility determination nor shall their income and assets be used in the eligibility determination.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-7 - Foster care and adoption assistance recipients

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 7.
(a) Children receiving adoption or foster care assistance, whether state, federal, or locally funded, are ineligible for assistance under this rule.
(b) The needs of children defined in subsection (a) shall not be included in the cash assistance eligibility determination nor shall their income and assets be used in the eligibility determination.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-8 - TANF assisted guardianship recipients

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 8.
(a) Children receiving TANF assisted guardianship benefits through the Indiana department of child services are ineligible for assistance under this rule.
(b) The needs of children defined in subsection (a) shall not be included in the cash assistance eligibility determination nor shall their income and assets be used in the eligibility determination.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-9 - Household members engaged in strike

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 9.
(a) An assistance group is ineligible for assistance under this rule for any month in which a parent residing in the home or the only child in the assistance group is participating in a strike on the last day of the month.
(b) If any other participating member if
[sic, in]
the assistance group is on strike on the last day of the month:
(1) the individual is ineligible for cash assistance for
[sic]
under this rule; and
(2) the striker's needs are not to be included when determining eligibility for the remainder of the assistance group.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-10 - Indiana residency requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 10.
(a) Only families who are residents of Indiana may receive cash assistance under this rule.
(b) "Resident of Indiana" means an individual who is living in Indiana voluntarily with the intention of making a home in Indiana and not for a temporary purpose.
(c) Residence does not depend upon the reason for which the individual entered Indiana except insofar as it may bear upon whether he or she is here voluntarily or for a temporary purpose.
(d) A child is a resident of the state in which the caretaker relative is a resident.
(e) Residents of Indiana who leave the state for shelter from domestic violence are to be considered Indiana residents unless they specifically state that they have no intention of returning to Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-11 - Investigations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-8-4
Sec. 11.
The county office may conduct further investigations if the:
(1) division requires investigation; or
(2) county office believes further investigation is necessary.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 3 - Nonfinancial Eligibility Requirements › Section 3-12 - Review of decisions; consideration of applications

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-8-3
Sec. 12.
The division may do the following:
(1) Review a decision of a county office.
(2) Consider an application upon which a decision has not been made by the county office within a reasonable time.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Fiscal Eligibility Requirements › Section 4-1 - TANF assistance eligibility test

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-5.1; IC 12-15
Sec. 1.
In determining continuing eligibility for TANF assistance, the division shall use the federal poverty guideline for the family size. Assistance units with earnings and other countable income at least equal to the federal poverty guideline for the family size shall be ineligible for TANF assistance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Fiscal Eligibility Requirements › Section 4-2 - Real and personal property ownership

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-2; IC  30-2-10
Sec. 2.
(a) The following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "Availability" means that the individual has the right, authority, or ability to liquidate:
(A) the property; or
(B) his or her share of the property.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Fiscal Eligibility Requirements › Section 4-3 - Standard of need

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-2; IC  12-14-2-15
Sec. 3.
The following is the standard of need used to determine eligibility for TANF cash assistance:
(1) Standard for assistance units that include the dependent child's parent or caretaker:
1 Person Unit $155
2 Person Unit $255
3 Person Unit $320
4 Person Unit $385
5 Person Unit $450
6 Person Unit $515
7 Person Unit $580
8 Person Unit $645
9 Person Unit $710
10 Person Unit $775
+ $65 for each additional unit member.
(2) Standard for assistance units that include only dependent children:
1 Person Unit $155
2 Person Unit $220
3 Person Unit $285
4 Person Unit $350
5 Person Unit $415
6 Person Unit $480
7 Person Unit $545
8 Person Unit $610
9 Person Unit $675
10 Person Unit $740
+ $65 for each additional unit member.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Fiscal Eligibility Requirements › Section 4-4 - Countable income determination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-2
Sec. 4.
(a) In addition to the income sources specifically excluded under federal law, the following income is excluded from consideration in determining eligibility and the amount of the assistance payment:
(1) Assistance provided by a township trustee or other agency that provides in-kind assistance based on need through vendor payments.
(2) Nonexempt educational income not:
(A) received directly by; or
(B) made available to; a member of a TANF group.
(3) A loan for which there is a verified repayment schedule in effect.
(4) Tax refunds.
(5) Home energy assistance administered or funded by the office of the lieutenant governor.
(6) Workforce Investment Act income.
(7) The value of the monthly food stamp allotment.
(8) Contributions from a Supplemental Security Income recipient in the household.
(9) Earned income of a TANF dependent child who is a full-time student.
(10) The first thirty dollars ($30) of all infrequent and inconsequential contributions received by an individual during a calendar quarter.
(11) The income of a nonparent caretaker who is not included as a member of the assistance group.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Fiscal Eligibility Requirements › Section 4-5 - Lump sum payments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-14
Sec. 5.
(a) Money received in the form of a nonrecurring lump sum payment shall be counted as a resource starting in the month received unless specifically excluded under federal law.
(b) Money received in the form of a recurring lump sum payment shall be deemed as unearned income in the month received unless specifically excluded from consideration as income under federal law.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-1 - Payment of assistance

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-14-2; IC 12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13-14; IC 12-14-2-14
Sec. 1.
(a) TANF assistance shall only be awarded to an eligible dependent child less than eighteen (18) years of age and to the following eligible person with whom the child resides:
(1) The parent.
(2) The spouse of the child's physically or mentally incapacitated parent.
(3) Other caretaker relative who requests assistance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-2 - Recovery of incorrect payments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5
Affected: IC 12-14
Sec. 2.
(a) When recovery of an incorrect payment is made from a recipient's TANF assistance payment, the assistance unit shall retain in the payment month an amount equal to ninety percent (90%) of the amount of the TANF assistance payable to a family of the same size that has no income.
(b) Good cause for an alien sponsor's failure to provide correct information regarding his or her income and resources is limited to the legal incompetence of the sponsor at the time the information was provided to the county department. "Alien sponsor" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 400.
(c) When:
(1) an underpayment of benefits to a unit has been established; and
(2) a member of the unit is obligated to repay TANF benefits that were issued to him or her in error; the amount of the underpaid benefit total shall be credited against the TANF indebtedness before any monies are paid directly to the unit as a result of the underpayment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-3 - Replacement of lost or stolen EBT cards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-14-2
Affected: IC 12-13-14
Sec. 3.
The division will replace lost, stolen, or damaged EBT cards, in accordance with the procedure described in 470 IAC 6-6-2. 470 IAC 6-6-2(d)  applies if the recipient does not have a cash assistance credit in the EBT system in an amount equal to or exceeding the applicable replacement card fee.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-4 - Replacement of lost or stolen warrants

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-13-14-2
Affected: IC  12-14-2
Sec. 4.
Whenever a recipient of cash assistance notifies a county office of the loss or theft of his or her warrant, the county office shall do the following:
(1) Request:
(A) the auditor of state to issue a stop payment order; and
(B) a replacement warrant; within two (2) working days of the notification from the recipient of loss or theft.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-5 - Suspension and expungement of cash assistance

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-14-2
Affected: IC  12-13-14; IC  12-14-2
Sec. 5.
(a) The division will establish the following:
(1) A time schedule during which a recipient may withdraw available assistance through the EBT program.
(2) Times when available assistance that the recipient has not withdrawn will be suspended or expunged.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-6 - Participation of retailers and processors in EBT system

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-14-2; IC  12-13-14-4.5
Affected: IC  12-13-14-4.5
Sec. 6.
(a) An EBT contractor may, on behalf of the division, contract with any retailer for distribution of available assistance through automated teller machine (ATM) or point of sale (POS) terminals owned or operated by the retailer, at a business location where the retailer sells or transfers property or provides or performs services to consumers.
(b) The business location of the retailer at which distribution of available assistance is authorized shall not be a facility or establishment that is described in IC  12-13-14-4.5(c).
(c) An EBT contractor may, on behalf of the division, contract with any processor that participates in operation of the EBT program in Indiana, on behalf of one (1) or more retailers.
(d) Each contract:
(1) shall be in a form approved by the division as a standard contract for a participating retailer or processor; and
(2) may incorporate by reference operational standards or rules applicable to operation of the EBT program in Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-7 - Termination of contracts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-14-2
Affected: IC 12-13-14
Sec. 7.
(a) The division may at any time request an EBT contractor to terminate the contract of any participating retailer or processor, in the discretion of the division, with or without cause, effective:
(1) upon receipt of notice of termination; or
(2) at any later time stated in the notice.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-8 - Notices to recipients at excluded establishments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-14-4.5
Affected: IC  12-13-14-4.5
Sec. 8.
(a) The owner or operator of any establishment described in IC  12-13-14-4.5(c)  at which an automated teller machine (ATM) or point of sale (POS) terminal is located shall be responsible for posting the sign containing notice that the ATM or POS terminal may not be used for distribution of TANF assistance or refugee assistance, as required by IC  12-13-14-4.5(d).
(b) The sign shall:
(1) be posted in a prominent location not more than eighteen (18) inches from the ATM or POS terminal; and
(2) contain the following statement, in letters not less than one-fourth (1/4) inch in height, "Indiana law, IC  12-13-14-4.5, prohibits the use of an Indiana Hoosier Works EBT card at this machine to access TANF or refugee benefits.".
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-9 - Retailer transaction fees payable by division

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-14-2
Affected: IC  12-13-14-12
Sec. 9.
(a) If any transaction fee is payable by the division to a participating retailer for use of a point of sale (POS) terminal owned or operated by the participating retailer for a transaction in which cash assistance is distributed to an eligible recipient, the fee shall be:
(1) established;
(2) reviewed; and
(3) revised; by the division in accordance with IC  12-13-14-12.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 5 - Payment of Assistance/EBT › Section 5-10 - Time limited benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3; IC 12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14-2-5.1; IC 12-14-2-5.2
Sec. 10.
(a) The receipt of TANF assistance shall be limited to a total of sixty (60) months as defined in Section 408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act.
(b) The receipt of TANF assistance shall be limited to a total of twenty-four (24) months for adults who are not exempt from the IMPACT program.
(c) Assistance received by adults who were subject to time limited benefits prior to implementation of this rule shall be counted towards the twenty-four (24) month time limit.
(d) An extension of the twenty-four (24) month time limit shall be granted, in any of the following circumstances, to an individual who has cooperated with program requirements and who has substantially complied with the requirements of their self-sufficiency or employability plan:
(1) The division substantially failed to provide the services specified in the individual's self-sufficiency or employability plan.
(2) The director of the division or designee makes a determination that there are other unique circumstances, such as the adverse effects of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event beyond the control of the individual, that temporarily prevent the individual from obtaining or retaining employment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 6 - Burial Expenses › Section 6-1 - Payment of burial expenses

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5
Affected: IC  12-14-6
Sec. 1.
(a) For the purpose of implementing IC  12-14-6, a recipient of TANF assistance is that person for whom the recommendation to grant assistance:
(1) was approved by the county director of the county office prior to, or on, the date of the person's death; or
(2) is approved by the county director of the county office after the date of the person's death and the deceased was eligible on the date of death.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 7 - Fraud Control Program › Section 7-1 - Program established

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 1.
The state will operate a TANF cash assistance fraud control program.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 7 - Fraud Control Program › Section 7-2 - TANF assistance fraud penalty

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC 12-14
Sec. 2.
The disqualification penalties under the state's TANF assistance fraud control program are as follows:
(1) An individual found to have committed an IPV by an administrative disqualification hearing will be ineligible:
(A) for six (6) months for the first offense;
(B) for twelve (12) months for the second offense; and
(C) permanently for a third offense.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 8 - Sanctions/Penalties › Section 8-1 - Sanctions for noncompliance with child support enforcement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-13-7-5; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-1-5; IC  12-14-2-24; IC  12-14-7
Sec. 1.
(a) Noncompliance with the IV-D child support program, without good cause, shall result in the disqualification of the family from the cash assistance program.
(b) An individual's failure to comply is considered to have ceased when the IV-D agency has determined the applicant or recipient to be in compliance.
(c) If the required child support action would result in harm or threat of harm to the parent, caretaker relative, or dependent child, then good cause for failure to comply with the requirements of this section is shown.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 8 - Sanctions/Penalties › Section 8-2 - Penalty for voluntary termination of employment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-20
Sec. 2.
(a) The amount of TANF assistance benefits for an applicant or recipient family, which includes an individual:
(1) whose needs and income are considered in determining TANF assistance eligibility; and
(2) who has, without good cause, voluntarily reduced hours of employment or quit a job of twenty (20) hours or more per week during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the date of application for TANF assistance or at any time thereafter; shall be calculated without consideration of the needs of that individual for a period of six (6) months from the date the individual quit or had a reduction in earnings.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 8 - Sanctions/Penalties › Section 8-3 - Sanctions for noncompliance with IMPACT

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3; IC 12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-8-12-8; IC 12-14-5
Sec. 3.
(a) Individuals failing to cooperate with the provisions of the IMPACT employment and training requirements without good cause, and their families, will be disqualified from the cash assistance program as follows:
(1) First violation: The later of the date they comply or one (1) month.
(2) Second violation: The later of the date they comply or three (3) months.
(3) Third violation: Ineligible for life.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-1 - Personal responsibility agreement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-21
Sec. 1.
(a) Each parent or caretaker relative shall sign a personal responsibility agreement that sets forth in writing the self-sufficiency activities for the assistance group.
(b) TANF assistance benefits shall be reduced by ninety dollars ($90) per month for a parent or caretaker relative's failure or refusal, without good cause, to sign a personal responsibility agreement.
(c) As used in this section, "good cause" means that the individual:
(1) is determined to be mentally incompetent by a licensed mental health professional; and
(2) does not understand the requirements of the personal responsibility agreement.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-2 - Family benefit cap

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-5.3; IC  12-14-2-21; IC  35-42-4-3
Sec. 2.
(a) No additional TANF assistance shall be issued due to the birth of a child when the birth occurs more than ten (10) calendar months after the date of authorization for TANF assistance, except as specified in this section.
(b) The benefit cap shall not apply:
(1) when the additional child was conceived as a result of incest or rape that:
(A) would be considered a crime under state law or conduct that is a crime under IC  35-42-4-3; and
(B) is verified by physician statement or police records;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-3 - Immunization requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-21
Sec. 3.
(a) At:
(1) the next scheduled redetermination of eligibility following the authorization of initial eligibility for TANF assistance; and
(2) each subsequent redetermination of eligibility; it shall be verified that all children who are TANF assistance recipients have received their childhood immunizations as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-4 - School attendance requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2; IC  20-33-2-46
Sec. 4.
(a) If a child who is a TANF assistance recipient has more than three (3) unexcused absences as defined by the school district during a semester or grading period, an evaluation of the circumstances shall be completed to determine the reasons for the child's nonattendance. A written plan shall be developed that is designed to:
(1) remedy the child's attendance problems;
(2) establish milestones for attendance; and
(3) redress problems associated with an inadequate level of attendance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-5 - Requirement for a safe secure home

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-21
Sec. 5.
(a) Recipients shall raise their children in a safe, secure home.
(b) As used in this section, "safe, secure home" means that the home is free of substantiated:
(1) domestic violence; or
(2) incidents of child abuse or neglect.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 9 - Personal Responsibility Agreement › Section 9-6 - Prohibition on use of illegal drugs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-13; IC  12-14-2-21
Sec. 6.
(a) Recipients shall not use illegal drugs or abuse other substances that would interfere with their ability to be self-sufficient.
(b) Individuals found out of compliance with this section shall be referred to a state-approved alcohol and drug addiction service provider for an assessment and treatment recommendation.
(c) Failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply with a treatment program, as recommended by the addiction service provider, shall result in the imposition of a fiscal penalty of ninety dollars ($90) per month until compliance.
(d) As used in this section, "good cause" means either of the following:
(1) The required actions were beyond the capability of the individual to perform.
(2) The agency or addiction service provider did not provide the services needed by the individual to perform the required actions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 10 - Employment and Training › Section 10-1 - Applicant and recipient IMPACT responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13; IC 12-14-28-7
Affected: IC 12-8-12-8; IC 12-14-5
Sec. 1.
(a) The requirements of this rule apply to the TANF assistance program.
(b) The IMPACT program provides the following employment and training activities:
(1) Employment services, including the following:
(A) Job search.
(B) Job placement.
(C) Job development.
(D) On-the-job training.
(E) Community work experience.
(F) Other work programs.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 11 - Appeals; Confidentiality › Section 11-1 - Appeals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-8-1
Sec. 1.
If:
(1) an application is:
(A) not acted upon by the division within a reasonable time after the filing of the application; or
(B) denied; or
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 10.3 - TANF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 11 - Appeals; Confidentiality › Section 11-2 - Hearing on appeal

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC  12-13-2-3; IC  12-13-5-3; IC  12-14-28-7
Affected: IC  12-14-8-2
Sec. 2.
The division shall, upon receipt of an appeal, give the applicant an opportunity for a fair hearing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-1 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 1.
When an application for hospital care for the indigent is
				  filed with any county office of family and children, that county office shall
				  promptly determine the patient's county of residence. If the patient's county
				  of residence is different from the county in which the application was filed,
				  the county office shall promptly forward the application to the county office
				  of family and children of the patient's county of residence. The county office
				  of the patient's county of residence shall promptly determine the patient's
				  eligibility for hospital care for the indigent as required by IC
				  12-5-6-5
[IC 12-5 was repealed by P.L. 2-1992, SECTION 897, effective
				  February 14, 1992.]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-2 - Patient responsibilities; denial of application

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 2.
(a) A patient
				is required to provide all information necessary to determine his eligibility
				for hospital care for the indigent and report any change in this information
				which occurs during the eligibility determination to the county office within
				ten (10) days of the date on which the change occurs.
(b) A patient is required to verify or assist
				the county office in verifying all information required to determine his
				eligibility by:
(1) signing appropriate
				release of information forms required to obtain verification of information
				provided to the county office; or
(2) obtaining and providing to the county
				office documentation which verifies information required to determine his
				eligibility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-3 - Monthly eligibility determination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 3.
Eligibility for hospital care for the indigent is determined
				  on a calendar month basis. If covered services extend over more than one month,
				  a separate eligibility determination is required for each month.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-4 - Definition of household members

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16-3-1
Sec. 4.
(a) For
				purposes of determining eligibility for hospital care for the indigent,
				household members are the patient and the following individuals who live with
				the patient:
(1) The patient's
				spouse.
(2) The patient's
				biological, adoptive, and stepchildren under eighteen (18) years of
				age.
(3) The patient's biological,
				adoptive, or stepparents if the patient is under eighteen (18) years of
				age.
(4) The patient's biological,
				adoptive, or stepsiblings under eighteen (18) years of age if the patient is
				under eighteen (18) years of age.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-5 - Income determination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16-3-1
Sec. 5.
(a) Income is
				all money received by the household members in the month of hospitalization
				subject to subsection (b).
(b)
				Income received on a quarterly, semiannual, or annual basis shall be divided by
				the appropriate number of months to establish monthly income.
(c) Countable income is gross monthly income
				less the following exclusions:
(1)
				Supplemental security income of the patient is excluded.
(2) Fifteen dollars and fifty cents ($15.50)
				is deducted from the income of the patient.
(3) Funds from a grant, scholarship, or
				fellowship, which are designated for tuition and mandatory books and fees at an
				educational institution or for vocational rehabilitation or technical training
				purposes, shall be deducted from the total of such funds.
(4) All of the earned income of a child under
				fourteen (14) years of age is excluded.
(5) Home energy assistance is
				excluded.
(6) The deductions
				allowed by the Internal Revenue Service are excluded from gross self-employment
				income.
(7) The deductions allowed
				by the Internal Revenue Service are excluded from gross rental income, with the
				following exceptions:
(A)
				Depreciation.
(B) Payments on the
				mortgage principal.
(C) Personal
				expenses of the owner.
(D)
				Insurance to pay off the mortgage in the event of death or
				disability.
(E) Capital
				expenditures.
(8) Tax
				refunds are excluded as income and shall be considered personal property under
				section 6 of this rule.
(9) Net
				earned income is determined by deducting sixty-five dollars ($65) plus one-half
				(½) of the remainder from gross earned income. Any part of the
				exclusion allowed in subdivision (2), which has not been deducted from unearned
				income, shall be deducted from gross earned income prior to the determination
				of net earned income.
(10) A loan
				shall not be considered as income in the month of receipt if the written or
				verbal loan agreement is legally binding under state law and includes the
				following:
(A) The borrower's acknowledgment
				of an obligation to repay.
(B) A
				timetable and plan for repayment.
(C) The borrower's expressed intent to repay
				either by pledging real or personal property or anticipated income.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-6 - Real and personal property ownership; limitations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 6.
(a)
				Definitions.
(1) Current market value is the
				average price that the property will sell for on the open market to a private
				individual in the particular geographic area involved.
(2) Equity value is the current value minus
				the total amount of liens against the property.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 1 - Eligibility Standards › Section 1-7 - Effective date

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 7.
These rules (470 IAC 11.1) are effective for hospitalizations
				  that begin on or after July 1, 1986.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 2 - Hospitalization, Financial Assistance and Covered Services; Patient Data › Section 2-1 - Limitation on the duration of services

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 1.
(a) Financial
				assistance to eligible hospital patients shall not be available to pay any part
				of the cost of said hospitalization or medical services until the onset of a
				medical condition that manifested itself by symptoms of sufficient severity
				that the absence of immediate medical attention would probably result in:
(1) placing the person's life in
				jeopardy;
(2) serious impairment to
				bodily functions; or
(3) serious
				dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 2 - Hospitalization, Financial Assistance and Covered Services; Patient Data › Section 2-2 - Covered hospital services; review and approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 2.
(a)
				In-patient and out-patient hospital and physician services, when rendered in a
				hospital, are covered when such services are medically necessary for the
				treatment of a medical condition that manifested itself by symptoms of
				sufficient severity that the absence of immediate medical attention would
				probably result in:
(1) placing the person's
				life in jeopardy;
(2) serious
				impairment to bodily functions; or
(3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ
				or part.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 2 - Hospitalization, Financial Assistance and Covered Services; Patient Data › Section 2-3 - Collection of data; recipient profile

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 3.
(a) Each
				county office of family and children shall submit to the division of family and
				children within sixty (60) days following disposition of patient's application
				for eligibility, on forms prescribed by the division of family and children,
				information concerning the patient, which shall include, but not be limited to,
				the following:
(1) Name.
(2) County and state of residence.
(3) Welfare/SSI status.
(4) Age.
(5) Race.
(6) Sex.
(7) Household status.
(8) Employment.
(9) Household income.
(10) Reason for care.
(11) Diagnosis.
(12) Status of application.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 4 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Payment Procedures › Section 4-1 - Claims submissions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 1.
(a) All
				claims for payment to providers for medical care rendered in the hospital care
				for the indigent program shall be submitted upon a form or format approved by
				the division of family and children or its designee.
(b) All "completed" and "approved" claims
				submitted to the department for hospital admissions occurring in any given
				state fiscal year must be postmarked or delivered no later than the
				thirty-first day of October immediately following the state fiscal year in
				which the admission occurred or said claim shall be disallowed for
				reimbursement.
(c) An "approved"
				claim as used in this rule, means a claim for a period during which the patient
				has been determined to be financially and medically eligible for the hospital
				care for the indigent program.
(d)
				A "completed" claim as used in this rule, means a claim which includes all
				required information presented timely for payment on forms prescribed by the
				department.
(e) An "amended" claim
				as used in this rule, means a claim originally presented timely for payment on
				forms prescribed by the department, returned to the provider by the department,
				and subsequently resubmitted in accordance with the department's directives to
				correct the claim. An "amended" claim not received by the department on or
				before the deadline set out in subsection (b) shall be subject to the deadline
				for the following year and shall be treated for purposes of payment as a claim
				originating in the calendar year in which it is accepted by the department as a
				"completed" and "approved" claim.
(f) In the event that a provider is precluded
				from submitting a "completed" claim by the deadline set out in subsection (b)
				for the reasons set out below, the deadline shall be waived if the provider can
				demonstrate to the division's reasonable satisfaction one (1) of the following
				circumstances:
(1) Division of family and
				children or county office action which prevented the submission of a
				"completed" claim by the deadline.
(2) Continuous, bona fide attempts on the
				part of the provider to obtain payment from another liable payor.
(3) An "amended" claim as described in
				subsection (e).
A cover letter requesting waiver of the deadline, accompanied
				  by appropriate documentation supporting one (1) of the reasons set out in
				  subdivision (1), (2), or (3) must be attached to each claim submitted after the
				  deadline set out in subsection (b).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 4 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Payment Procedures › Section 4-2 - Payment of provider claims

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16-7-4
Sec. 2.
(a) Upon
				receipt of the provider's "completed" and "approved" claim, the division or its
				designee shall pay two-thirds (b) of the "allowed rate" for said claim within a
				reasonable period after receipt thereof subject to the provisions of subsection
				(c).
(b) An "allowed rate" as used
				in this rule, means the current rate of reimbursement which a hospital would
				have received as a Medicaid provider at its "Medicaid interim rate" for having
				rendered the same service, or that rate of reimbursement which a nonhospital
				provider would have received as a Medicaid provider for having rendered the
				same service.
(c) In the event that
				funds allocated to pay claims for a given state fiscal year are insufficient to
				pay the two-thirds (b) of "completed" and "approved" claims submitted for that
				state fiscal year, the department's liability for further payment hereunder is
				limited to the provisions of IC 12-16-7-4(b).
(d) In the event that there are funds
				available at the end of each state fiscal year, the department shall, to the
				extent of such available funds, pay each provider a pro rata portion of the
				one-third (a) balance on paid claims at the allowed rate. The formula for such
				year end payments shall be:
Total HCI funds available Total one-third (a)
							 balance
×
Total amount of a provider's unpaid
							 balance
=
Amount paid at fiscal year end to provider
The numerator shall not exceed the dollar amount
					 represented in the denominator.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 4 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Payment Procedures › Section 4-3 - Payment denials; recovery of overpayments

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 3.
(a) The
				division shall deny the payment of any claim or seek the recovery of any
				improper payment on any claim when the provider or the patient has failed to
				comply with the requirements of IC 12-5-6
[IC 12-5 was repealed by P.L.
				2-1992, SECTION 897, effective February 14, 1992.]
, et seq. or any of
				the rules promulgated thereunder.
(b) The division shall also deny the payment
				of any claim or seek the recovery of any improper payment on any claim where it
				is shown that either the provider or the patient has failed to comply with
				405
				IAC 1-1-4 or
				405 IAC
				1-1-5.
(c)
				The division shall also deny payments if the allocated funds for the hospital
				care for the indigent program are insufficient to meet the otherwise allowed
				rate as defined in section 2(b) of this rule.
(d) In the event that the division denies a
				provider's claim, said claim will be returned to the provider within a
				reasonable period after receipt thereof with an explanation of the reasons for
				its denial.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES › Article 11.1 - HOSPITAL CARE FOR THE INDIGENT › Rule 5 - Hospital Care for the Indigent Appeal Procedures › Section 5-1 - Provider and recipient appeals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-16
Sec. 1.
(a) All
				appeals of division's adverse actions, by either providers or recipients in the
				Indiana hospital care for the indigent program, shall be conducted under 470
				IAC 1-4.
(b) The administrative law
				judge shall determine the scheduling and location of said appeal hearing taking
				into consideration the needs of all the parties. As provided for in
				470 IAC
				1-4-3(e), the location of the appeal
				hearings for applicants or patients shall be in the county of their
				residence.
(c) The administrative
				law judge shall provide for an opportunity to hold part or all of the appeal
				hearing by means of a telecommunication device providing that:
(1) it is requested by a party;
(2) all other parties agree to its use in the
				manner suggested;
(3) such
				equipment is available to the administrative law judge whereby a record may be
				made of such telecommunication hearing or portions thereof; and
(4) the administrative law judge is confident
				that the use of such telecommunication devices will not compromise the
				integrity of the evidentiary hearing process in the case that is then
				pending.