Court Opinion

ID: 9717513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:04:52.231015+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:53.674498
License: Public Domain

CHEZEM, J.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Appellees/Respondents/Petitioners, Marion County Department of Public Welfare; Indiana State Department of Public Welfare; and Suzanne Magnet (Petitioners), petition this court for rehearing on several issues. We find that all the issues were settled by our majority opinion. However, we desire to further clarify one issue raised. Petitioners assert that we erroneously decided a new question of law by holding that Ind.Code § 16-13-1-14.1 creates an obligation on the Indiana Department of Public Welfare (IDPW) to provide appropriate facilities for people such as Connie Stevens. Petitioners assert this statute concerns the Indiana Department of Mental Health (IDMH) and has no impact at all on the IDPW or the Medicaid program. We write only to acknowledge error in not stating that IDMH shared that obligation along with IDPW. The point to be made, however, is that the legislature has set out the state’s responsibility for caring for people such as Connie. While the IDMH screens these types of patients for placement, it is the IDPW that funds the patient’s placement. Therefore, both departments must work together to fulfill their legislative mandate to care for the disabled.
Rehearing denied.
MILLER and GARRARD, JJ., concur.