(a)The division shall administer or supervise
the public welfare activities of the state. The division has the following
powers and duties:
(1)The administration of old age assistance, TANF, and
assistance to the needy blind and persons with disabilities,
excluding assistance to children with special health care needs.
(2)The administration of the licensing and inspection under IC 12-17.2.
(3)The provision of services to county governments, including
the following:
(A)Organizing and supervising county offices for the effective
administration of public welfare functions.
(B)Compiling statistics and necessary information concerning
public welfare problems throughout Indiana.
(C)Researching and encouraging research into crime,
delinquency, physical and mental disability, and the cause
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(a) The division shall administer or supervise
the public welfare activities of the state. The division has the following
powers and duties:
(1) The administration of old age assistance, TANF, and
assistance to the needy blind and persons with disabilities,
excluding assistance to children with special health care needs.
(2) The administration of the licensing and inspection under IC 12-17.2.
(3) The provision of services to county governments, including
the following:
(A) Organizing and supervising county offices for the effective
administration of public welfare functions.
(B) Compiling statistics and necessary information concerning
public welfare problems throughout Indiana.
(C) Researching and encouraging research into crime,
delinquency, physical and mental disability, and the cause of
dependency.
(4) Prescribing the form of, printing, and supplying to the county
offices blanks for applications, reports, affidavits, and other forms
the division considers necessary and advisable.
(5) Cooperating with the federal Social Security Administration
and with any other agency of the federal government in any
reasonable manner necessary and in conformity with IC 12-13
through IC 12-19 to qualify for federal aid for assistance to
persons who are entitled to assistance under the federal Social
Security Act. The responsibilities include the following:
(A) Making reports in the form and containing the information
that the federal Social Security Administration Board or any
other agency of the federal government requires.
(B) Complying with the requirements that a board or agency
finds necessary to assure the correctness and verification of
reports.
(6) Appointing from eligible lists established by the state
personnel board employees of the division necessary to effectively
carry out IC 12-13 through IC 12-19. The division may not
appoint a person who is not a citizen of the United States and who
has not been a resident of Indiana for at least one (1) year
immediately preceding the person's appointment unless a
qualified person cannot be found in Indiana for a position as a
result of holding an open competitive examination.
(7) Assisting the office of Medicaid policy and planning in fixing
fees to be paid to ophthalmologists and optometrists for the
examination of applicants for and recipients of assistance as
needy blind persons.
(8) When requested, assisting other departments, agencies,
divisions, and institutions of the state and federal government in
performing services consistent with this article.
(9) Acting as the agent of the federal government for the
following:
(A) In welfare matters of mutual concern under IC 12-13
through IC 12-19, except for responsibilities of the department
of child services under IC 31-25-2.
(B) In the administration of federal money granted to Indiana in
aiding welfare functions of the state government.
(10) Administering additional public welfare functions vested in
the division by law and providing for the progressive codification
of the laws the division is required to administer.
(11) Supervising day care centers.
(12) Compiling information and statistics concerning the ethnicity
and gender of a program or service recipient.
(b) In the administration of the public welfare programs, the
division and the department of workforce development may enter into
a written memorandum of understanding concerning administering and
implementing federal work requirements for public welfare programs.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: subdivision (1) formerly
12-1-2-3(a); subdivision (2) formerly 12-1-2-3(c) part; subdivision
(3) formerly 12-1-2-3(e); subdivision (4) formerly 12-1-2-3(g);
subdivision (5) formerly 12-1-2-3(h); subdivision (6) formerly
12-1-2-3(j); subdivision (7) formerly 12-1-2-3(i); subdivision (8)
formerly 12-1-2-3(k); subdivision (9) formerly 12-1-2-3(l);
subdivision (10) formerly 12-1-2-3(o); subdivision (11) formerly
12-1-2-3(p); subdivision (12) formerly 12-1-2-3.1(1); subdivision
(13) formerly 12-1-2-3.1(2); subdivision (14) formerly
12-1-2-3.1(3); subdivision (15) 12-1-2-3.1(4); subdivision (16)
formerly 12-1-2-3.1(5).]