Sec. 6. (a) The secretary and the commissioner of the state department of health shall cooperate to coordinate family and social services programs with related programs administered by the state department of health.
(b) The secretary, in cooperation with the commissioner of the state department of health, is accountable for the following:
(1) Resolving administrative, jurisdictional, or policy conflicts between a division and the state department of health.
(2) Formulating overall policy for family, health, and social services in Indiana.
(3) Coordinating activities between the programs of the division of family resources and the maternal and child health programs of the state department of health.
(4) Coordinating activities concerning long term care between the division of disability and rehabilitative services and the state department of health.
(5) Developing and implementing a statewide family, health, and social services plan that includes a set of goals and priorities.
(c) The office shall cooperate with the state department of health in providing the information required for the commissioner of the state department of health or the commissioner's designee to complete the:
(1) state comprehensive care bed need rate calculation under IC 16-29-7-8; and
(2) county comprehensive care bed need calculation under IC 16-29-7-9.
As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.202-2018, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 8. Administering Family and Social Services
Chapter 1.5. Office of Secretary of Family and Social Services
12-8-1.5-0.3. Legalization of Certain Actions
12-8-1.5-3. General Responsibilities
12-8-1.5-4. Hiring of Personnel; Appointing Authority; Delegation
12-8-1.5-5. Technical Assistance to Divisions; Coordination; Related Functions
12-8-1.5-6. Cooperation Between Office and Department of Health
12-8-1.5-7.5. Waiver; Enhanced Federal Matching Funds; Report
12-8-1.5-8. Cooperation With Federal Agencies; Federal Aid
12-8-1.5-9.5. Rules; Expiration; Effect of Policies Set Forth in Rules
12-8-1.5-10. Agency Administering Vocational Rehabilitation Programs; Federal Programs
12-8-1.5-10.5. Single State Agency Designation; Medicaid Policy
12-8-1.5-11. Appropriation Augmentation
12-8-1.5-12. Programs to Review Dependence on Public Assistance
12-8-1.5-13. Implementation of Methods to Facilitate Payment of Providers
12-8-1.5-14. Improvement of System Through Technology and Training
12-8-1.5-16. Operation of Bureau to Adjudicate Claims
12-8-1.5-17. Operation of Bureau That Enters Into Interim Assistance Agreement