§ 10-17-9-11 — Standard method of determining maintenance charges; adjustments

(a) The superintendent of the Indiana
Veterans' Home, with the approval of the director, may adopt a
standard method of determining a lesser rate to be accepted in
settlement of maintenance charges due from a member of the home. A
member shall receive at least thirty dollars ($30) per month for
personal needs before a maintenance charge is levied against current
income.
(b) The monthly maintenance charge may not exceed one-twelfth
(1/12) of the annual per capita cost of the preceding year.
(c) The superintendent may adjust the standard for determining the
lesser rate to provide that in the case of married members with the
spouses residing at the home this standard will allow at least forty
dollars ($40) to be deducted from income by the member before the
charge for maintenance is applied.
(d) The superintendent, in adopting the standard method of
determining a lesser rate to be accepted in settlement of maintenance
charges due from a member of the home, shall take into account as
current income:
(1) a pension;
(2) compensation or income from any source; and
(3) benefits from:
(A) the federal Social Security Administration;
(B) the railroad retirement law; or
(C) a retirement annuity or insurance annuity.
(e) The agreement to accept a lesser rate from current income does
not relieve the estate of the member of the charge for the full per capita
cost for the period the member resided in the home. However, the
claim for the full per capita cost will not be filed or allowed if there is
a surviving spouse, dependent child less than eighteen (18) years of
age, or dependent parent.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-6-1-11.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.21-2008, SEC.11.