§ 12-14-2-5 — Amount of need recognized and payment made; maximum amounts

(a) Except as provided in section 5.1 of this
chapter and subject to the adjustment described in subsection (b), the
following apply to the payment made under this chapter:
(1) The total payment made for a dependent child, other than for
medical expenses, or a woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), for
a calendar month may not exceed two hundred forty-eight dollars
($248).
(2) The total payment made to the person essential to the
well-being of the dependent child, other than for medical
expenses, for a calendar month may not exceed two hundred
forty-eight dollars ($248).
(3) The total payment made to one (1) dependent child and to the
person essential to the well-being of the dependent child, other
than for medical expenses, for a calendar month may not exceed
four hundred nine dollars ($409).
(4) If there is more than one (1) dependent child in the same
home, the total payment made, other than for medical expenses,
for a calendar month may not exceed one hundred four dollars
($104) for each additional child and, if the second parent of the
child is incapacitated and is living in the home, the payment made
may not exceed one hundred four dollars ($104) for the benefit of
the incapacitated parent.
(b) The office of the secretary shall calculate and report to the
legislative council, by December 1 of every even-numbered year, the
amounts that would result if the amounts described under this section
were adjusted each year using the Social Security cost of living
adjustment rate.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-3(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.46-1995, SEC.12; P.L.103-2023, SEC.12.