§ 12-8-1.5-6 — Cooperation between office and Indiana department of health

Indiana § 12-8-1.5-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 8: ADMINISTERING FAMILY AND SOCIAL
• Ch. 1.5: Office of Secretary of Family and Social Services

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(a) The secretary and the commissioner of the
Indiana department of health shall cooperate to coordinate family and
social services programs with related programs administered by the
Indiana department of health.
(b) The secretary, in cooperation with the commissioner of the
Indiana department of health, is accountable for the following:
(1) Resolving administrative, jurisdictional, or policy conflicts
between a division and the Indiana department of health.
(2) Formulating overall policy for family, health, and social
services in Indiana.
(3) Coordinating activities between the programs of the division
of family resources and the maternal and child health programs of
the Indiana department of health.
(4) Coordinating activities concerning long term care between the
division of disability and rehabilitative services and the Indiana
department of health.
(5) Developing and implementing a statewide family, health, and
social services plan that includes a set of goals and priorities.
(c) The office shall cooperate with the Indiana department of health
in providing the information required for the commissioner of the
Indiana department of health or the commissioner's designee to
complete the:
(1) state comprehensive care bed need rate calculation under IC 16-29-7-8; and
(2) county comprehensive care bed need calculation under IC 16-29-7-9.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.202-2018, SEC.1; P.L.56-2023, SEC.84.