§ 12-14-22-11 — Application for old age assistance or assistance as blind person; county in which to be filed

Indiana § 12-14-22-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 14: FAMILY ASSISTANCE SERVICES
• Ch. 22: Miscellaneous Provisions Concerning Family

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(a) Unless for good cause shown or
otherwise ordered by the division, an applicant for old age assistance
or for assistance as a blind person must file an application in the county
in which the applicant has resided continuously for one (1) full year
during the period of nine (9) years preceding the date on which the
applicant files an application.
(b) If the applicant has resided continuously for one (1) full year in
more than one (1) county during the preceding nine (9) years, the
applicant must file an application in the county in which the applicant
last resided a full year.
(c) If an applicant is living in an institution, private hospital, health
facility, or home for the aged, the application must be made to the
county in which the applicant last resided continuously for one (1) year
before the date the applicant entered the institution, private hospital,
health facility, or home for the aged. If the applicant is eligible,
assistance shall be awarded by that county.
(d) If the applicant has not resided continuously for one (1) full year
during the preceding nine (9) years in one (1) county, the applicant
must file an application in the county of residence at the time of
application.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-10-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.