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Chapter 1. General Provisions Concerning County Homes
12-30-1-0.5. "Board of Commissioners of a County" - Sec. 0.5. As used in this article, "board of commissioners...
12-30-1-1. County Board of Commissioners; Powers and Duties - Sec. 1. The board of commissioners of a county may...
12-30-1-2. Name of Home - Sec. 2. A county home shall be called the "________...
12-30-1-3. Joint Action of Boards of Commissioners; Powers - Sec. 3. The boards of commissioners of at least two...
12-30-1-4. Property Tax; Assessment; Limitation - Sec. 4. To raise the amount necessary for the purchase...
12-30-1-5. Removal to Home of Permanent Charges to County; Employment and Support; Removal of Permanent Charges to Townships - Sec. 5. (a) A board of commissioners that has established...
12-30-1-6. Discontinuance; Sale or Lease; Contracts With Other Counties or Institutions to Provide Care to Indigent Individuals - Sec. 6. (a) A county home provided by a board...
12-30-1-7. Delegation of Duties; Contract for Services; Action Not Constituting Discontinuance - Sec. 7. (a) The board of commissioners of a county...
Chapter 2. Management and Staffing of County Homes
12-30-2-1. Superintendent; Term of Office; Removal - Sec. 1. The board of commissioners of each county shall...
12-30-2-2. Superintendent; Qualifications - Sec. 2. In appointing a superintendent of the county home,...
12-30-2-3. Superintendent; Nepotism - Sec. 3. A relative of a member of the board...
12-30-2-4. Superintendent; Bond - Sec. 4. Each superintendent of a county home established and...
12-30-2-5. Superintendent; Removal for Cause; Record; Appeal - Sec. 5. The board of commissioners of a county may...
12-30-2-6. Superintendent; Salary; Quarters and Board - Sec. 6. Each superintendent appointed under this chapter is entitled...
12-30-2-7. Management Rules; Employees; Number and Compensation - Sec. 7. The board of commissioners of each county shall...
12-30-2-8. Inspections; Report - Sec. 8. (a) The board of commissioners shall, as a...
12-30-2-9. Appointments; Removal of Officer or Employee; Prohibition on Considerations for Employment; Delegation of Duties - Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the...
12-30-2-10. Management of Home; Best Interests of County; Labor by Residents; Excuse From Labor; Dismissal for Refusing Labor - Sec. 10. (a) The superintendent of the county home shall...
12-30-2-11. Rules Prescribed by the Board of Commissioners; Suggestions Made by Division; Reports - Sec. 11. The superintendent of a county home shall carefully...
12-30-2-12. Biannual Report to Board of Commissioners; Contents - Sec. 12. The superintendent shall make to the board of...
12-30-2-13. Excess Produce; Sales; Proceeds; Deposits; Reports - Sec. 13. (a) If there is produce of the county...
12-30-2-14. Payment of Officers and Employees; Materials and Supplies; Specific Appropriations; Void Agreements - Sec. 14. (a) The authority of a county fiscal body...
12-30-2-15. Itemized Statements of Payments for Medical Services of County Home Residents - Sec. 15. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2004, before the...
Chapter 3. County Homes in Certain Counties
12-30-3-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county having a...
12-30-3-2. Establishment of Homes - Sec. 2. (a) The board of commissioners may establish, construct,...
12-30-3-3. County Home Board; Membership; Qualifications; Term of Office; Vacancies - Sec. 3. (a) A county home board is created in...
12-30-3-4. County Home Board; Members; Mileage Payments; per Diem - Sec. 4. (a) The members of the county home board...
12-30-3-5. County Home Board; Meetings; Quorum - Sec. 5. (a) The county home board shall hold one...
12-30-3-6. County Home Board; Official Seal; Minute Book - Sec. 6. The county home board shall adopt and use...
12-30-3-7. County Home Superintendent; Appointment; Qualifications; Removal - Sec. 7. (a) The county home board shall, with the...
12-30-3-8. County Home Superintendent; Duties; Compensation; Mileage Payments; Oath; Bond - Sec. 8. (a) The county home superintendent: (1) is the...
12-30-3-9. County Home Board; Policies, Rules, and Regulations for Government of Home; Discharge by County Home Superintendent of Administrative Duties - Sec. 9. (a) The county home board shall adopt all...
12-30-3-10. County Home Board; Duties - Sec. 10. The county home board shall do the following:...
12-30-3-11. County Home Board; Development Plan; Cooperation With Other Agencies - Sec. 11. The county home board shall plan for the...
12-30-3-12. County Home Board; Inspection of Facilities - Sec. 12. The county home board shall regularly inspect all...
12-30-3-13. County Home Superintendent; Assistants; Appointment; Qualifications; Compensation; Dismissal - Sec. 13. (a) The county home superintendent shall, with the...
12-30-3-14. Admission of Patients and Residents; Recipients of Old Age Assistance and Blind Assistance - Sec. 14. (a) Admission of all patients and residents to...
12-30-3-15. Hospitalization or Medical Care Needed by Patient or Resident - Sec. 15. Whenever a patient or resident in the county...
12-30-3-16. Participation in Work of Farm or Home; Community Life; Special Privileges; Self Employment - Sec. 16. (a) Participation by residents or patients in the...
12-30-3-17. Counties Not Having Consolidated Cities; Charges for Care and Maintenance of Patients and Residents - Sec. 17. (a) This section applies to a county that...
12-30-3-18. Counties Having Consolidated Cities; Schedule of Charges for Care and Maintenance of Patients and Residents - Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to a county having...
12-30-3-19. Money for Operation and Maintenance of County Homes - Sec. 19. Money for the operation and maintenance of the...
12-30-3-20. Employment of Residents or Patients - Sec. 20. Able-bodied residents or ambulatory patients within their physical...
12-30-3-21. County Home Board; Power to Sue and Be Sued - Sec. 21. The county home board, in its legal capacity...
12-30-3-22. County Home Board; Rights and Powers - Sec. 22. The board has all other rights and powers...
12-30-3-23. Gifts, Devises, and Bequests; Investment; Special Fund; Expenditures - Sec. 23. (a) The county home board may receive and...
12-30-3-24. Bond and Liability Insurance Premiums - Sec. 24. The premiums on all bonds and liability insurance...
12-30-3-25. Immunity From Personal Liability - Sec. 25. The: (1) members of the county home board;...
12-30-3-26. Administration of Oaths and Affirmations - Sec. 26. An officer or employee of the county home...
12-30-3-27. Nepotism - Sec. 27. Nepotism may not be permitted in appointments and...
12-30-3-28. Purpose of Chapter - Sec. 28. The purpose of this chapter is to provide...
Chapter 4. Placement of Indigent in County Homes and Payment of Indigent Expenses
12-30-4-1. Receipt and Support of Indigents; Contracting With Other Counties or Charitable Institutions - Sec. 1. Every county that maintains, in addition to any...
12-30-4-2. Admission of Individuals Who Have Become Permanent Charges on Township; Temporary Placement - Sec. 2. (a) The township trustee as the administrator of...
12-30-4-3. Township Trustee; Investigation of Individual; Report to County Board of Commissioners - Sec. 3. The township trustee as the administrator of township...
12-30-4-4. Recommendation by Township Trustee; Consideration and Investigation by County Board of Commissioners; Terms and Conditions of Admission; Delegation of Investigation - Sec. 4. (a) The board of commissioners of the county...
12-30-4-5. Denial of Admission; Appeals - Sec. 5. If a board of commissioners finds that the...
12-30-4-6. Temporary Admission - Sec. 6. In case of an emergency and pending the...
12-30-4-7. Public Assistance Recipients; Voluntary Admission; Charge for Care and Maintenance; Modification of Welfare Payments - Sec. 7. If an individual sought to be admitted to...
12-30-4-8. Charge for Care and Maintenance of Individuals - Sec. 8. The board of commissioners shall, each year at...
12-30-4-9. Voluntary Residents; Ability to Pay All or Part of Costs of Care; Charges - Sec. 9. In those cases in which facilities are available,...
12-30-4-10. Appropriations; Advancement of Money to Township Trustees - Sec. 10. The: (1) county council shall appropriate; and (2)...
12-30-4-11. Payments to County; Maximum Monthly Amounts per Individual; Taxation - Sec. 11. (a) Each township trustee as the administrator of...
Chapter 5. Reimbursement of Expenses From County Home Resident's Estate
12-30-5-1. Charges Against Estates - Sec. 1. If an individual who: (1) is being supported...
12-30-5-2. Collections - Sec. 2. The reimbursement obtained under section 1 of this...
12-30-5-3. Construction of Chapter; Duties of Township Trustees and County Home Superintendents - Sec. 3. This chapter does affect the duties of township...
Chapter 6. Repealed - [Pre-1992 Revision Citations: Repealed by P.L.6-1995, SEC.39.
Chapter 7. Health Centers in Allen County and St. Joseph County
12-30-7-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a county if...
12-30-7-2. Contracting County Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "contracting county" means...
12-30-7-3. Fund Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to...
12-30-7-4. Counties Having Population of More Than 350,000 and Less Than 400,000; Consolidation of Property and Supplies; Health Centers; Divisions - Sec. 4. (a) A county described in section 1(a) of...
12-30-7-5. Counties Having Population of More Than 250,000 and Less Than 300,000; Health Centers; Hospital Divisions - Sec. 5. (a) A county described in section 1(b) of...
12-30-7-6. Taxation; Support of Health Centers - Sec. 6. The board of commissioners of a county shall,...
12-30-7-7. Borrowing Money and Issuing County Obligations; Support of Health Centers - Sec. 7. The board of commissioners shall, with the approval...
12-30-7-8. Fixing Levy and Rate of Taxation; Additional Appropriations - Sec. 8. The board of commissioners shall annually recommend to...
12-30-7-9. Health Center Board of Managers; Membership - Sec. 9. (a) The county executive shall appoint a board...
12-30-7-10. Health Center Board of Managers; Term of Office; Successors - Sec. 10. (a) All appointments to the board of managers...
12-30-7-11. Health Center Board of Managers; Vacancies - Sec. 11. A vacancy occurring for any reason in the...
12-30-7-12. Health Center Board of Managers; Meetings; Quorum - Sec. 12. (a) The board of managers shall hold one...
12-30-7-13. Health Center Board of Managers; Election of President and Vice President; Term of Office; Minute Book - Sec. 13. At the annual meeting the board of managers...
12-30-7-14. Health Center Board of Managers; Mileage Payments - Sec. 14. Members of the board of mangers serve without...
12-30-7-15. Health Center Board of Managers; Center Administrator; Appointment; Qualifications; Removal - Sec. 15. (a) The board of managers shall, with the...
12-30-7-16. Health Center Administrator; Duties; Membership on Board of Managers - Sec. 16. (a) The administrator: (1) is the chief executive...
12-30-7-17. Health Center Administrator; Travel Expenses Reimbursement - Sec. 17. In addition to any other compensation, the administrator...
12-30-7-18. Health Center Administrator; Duties - Sec. 18. (a) The administrator, as chief executive and administrative...
12-30-7-19. Health Center Fund; Collection of Money; Premiums on Bonds and Insurance - Sec. 19. (a) The administrator or the administrator's delegate shall...
12-30-7-20. Procedures, Rules, and Regulations - Sec. 20. The board of managers shall adopt all policies,...
12-30-7-21. Health Center Board of Managers; Recommendations for Salaries and Benefits; Officers and Employees; Bonds - Sec. 21. (a) The board of managers shall recommend in...
12-30-7-22. Health Center Board of Managers; Duties - Sec. 22. The board of managers shall do the following:...
12-30-7-23. Health Center Board of Managers; Development Plan; Cooperation With Other Agencies - Sec. 23. The board of managers shall plan for the...
12-30-7-24. Health Center Board of Managers; Inspection of Facilities - Sec. 24. The board of managers shall regularly inspect all...
12-30-7-25. Admissions; Nondiscriminatory Basis - Sec. 25. The board of managers shall ensure that admissions...
12-30-7-26. Health Center Board of Managers; Grants, Devises, Gifts, Bequests, and Donations - Sec. 26. (a) The board of managers shall accept and...
12-30-7-27. Tuberculosis Defined; Contracting for Care of Afflicted Individuals; Utilization of Hospital Division; Care for Individuals Suffering From Other Chronic Diseases - Sec. 27. (a) "Tuberculosis", as used in this section, includes...
12-30-7-28. Health Center Budget; Approval by County Fiscal Body - Sec. 28. The budget of a health center established under...
12-30-7-29. Counties Without Health Center; Contracts for Services - Sec. 29. (a) The board of commissioners of a county...
12-30-7-30. County Contracting for Health Center Services; Official Visitor; Appointment; Term of Office; Duties; Board of Visitors - Sec. 30. (a) The board of commissioners of a contracting...
12-30-7-31. Tuberculosis and Other Chronic Diseases; Application for Treatment - Sec. 31. (a) A resident of the county in which...
12-30-7-32. Discrimination Because of Race, Creed, National Origin, or Ability to Pay; Prohibition - Sec. 32. Discrimination may not be made in accommodation, care,...
12-30-7-33. Financial Investigation of Patient; Support Order; Liability of Patient's Estate and Relatives; Reimbursement From Public Assistance Programs - Sec. 33. (a) Whenever a patient has been admitted to...
12-30-7-34. Patients From Counties Without Health Centers; Treatment for Tuberculosis or Other Chronic Diseases; Application; Examination; Charges; Financial Investigation - Sec. 34. (a) An individual who: (1) resides in a...
12-30-7-35. Admissions; Voluntary Basis - Sec. 35. Admission of all health care facility patients and...
12-30-7-36. Care Outside Scope of Care Provided by Health Center; Arrangements - Sec. 36. Whenever a patient or resident in the health...
12-30-7-37. Rehabilitation Work; Voluntary Basis - Sec. 37. Participation by patients or residents of the division...
12-30-7-38. Community Life - Sec. 38. Effort shall be made to provide community life...
12-30-7-39. Amount of Charges - Sec. 39. The amount to be charged for the care...
12-30-7-40. Health Center Board of Managers; Prosecution and Defense of Suits - Sec. 40. The board of managers may prosecute and defend...
12-30-7-41. Health Center Board of Managers; Other Powers and Duties Necessary to Administration of Chapter - Sec. 41. The board of managers has all other rights...
12-30-7-42. Immunity From Personal Liability - Sec. 42. The: (1) members of the board of managers;...