Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1253

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 12-14-15-1.

Synopsis: Medicaid disability. Amends the Medicaid definition of disabled person to include a person who has a physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss that appears reasonably certain to result in death or that has lasted or appears reasonably certain to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months without significant improvement. (Current law requires that the impairment continue throughout the individual's lifetime.)

Effective: July 1, 2000.





Welch




    January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1253



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 12-14-15-1; (00)IN1253.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-14-15-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 1. Assistance shall be given to a needy disabled individual (referred to as "disabled person" in this chapter) who meets the following qualifications:
        (1) Has a pending application on file with the federal Social Security Administration for assistance under Public Law 92-603, supplemental security income (SSI), or is receiving assistance. However, a person whose application for assistance under Public Law 92-603 has been denied but who meets all other requirements of this chapter is eligible for supplemental assistance.
        (2) Has a physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss that is verifiable by a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 that appears reasonably certain to continue throughout the lifetime of the individual result in death or that has lasted or appears reasonably certain to last for a continuous period of at least twelve (12) months without significant improvement and that

substantially impairs the individual's ability to perform labor or services or to engage in a useful occupation. Employment in a sheltered workshop or under an approved vocational rehabilitation plan is not considered a useful occupation for the purposes of this chapter. The determination of medical disability under this subdivision shall be made without reference to the individual's ability to pay for treatment.
        (3) Does not have a parent, spouse, or other legally responsible relative able to support the individual.
        (4) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
        (5) Is residing and intends to remain in Indiana in a bona fide living arrangement.
        (6) Has insufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence according to the standards established by the division.
        (7) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is not an inmate of or being maintained by a municipal, state, or national institution while receiving assistance.
        (8) Has not, at any time within five (5) years immediately before the date of the filing of an application for assistance under this chapter, made an assignment or transfer of property for the purpose of making or that will make the individual eligible for assistance under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.