§ 12-20-27-1.5 — Repayment of benefits provided during interim period

Indiana § 12-20-27-1.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 20: TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE
• Ch. 27: Recovery From Estate of Township Assistance

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5. (a) As used in this section, "interim
period" means the period:
(1) beginning when a township trustee obtains from a township
assistance applicant or member of the applicant's household an
agreement or authorization described in subsection (b); and
(2) ending when the township assistance applicant or member of
the applicant's household receives the judgment, compensation,
or monetary benefit or leaves the household.
(b) Subject to IC 12-20-11-5(b), if a township trustee, as
administrator of township assistance, anticipates that a township
assistance applicant or a member of the applicant's household is likely
to receive a judgment, compensation, or a monetary benefit from a
third party, the township trustee may require the applicant or the
affected member of the applicant's household to:
(1) enter into a subrogation agreement; or
(2) sign a Social Security Administration's reimbursement
authorization;
for the repayment of any township assistance benefits provided by the
township during the interim period. A subrogation agreement
authorized under subdivision (1) may only require repayment of
interim benefits provided to the applicant or to the applicant's
dependents who were members of the household to which township
assistance benefits were paid.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.51-1996, SEC.72. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.150.