CHAPTER 1. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
IC 16-35
ARTICLE 35. CHILDREN'S HEALTH
IC 16-35-1
Chapter 1. Maternal and Child Health Services
IC 16-35-1-1
Municipal corporation defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "municipal corporation" means a:
(1) county;
(2) township;
(3) city;
(4) town; or
(5) school corporation;
that makes provisions for conducting any kind of health work of a
character qualified to comply with this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-2
Cooperation with federal Children's Bureau
Sec. 2. The state department shall cooperate with the Children's
Bureau of the United States Department of Labor to do the
following:
(1) Extend and improve services for the promotion of the health
of mothers and children, especially in rural areas and in areas
suffering from severe economic distress.
(2) Provide for the extension and improvement of maternal and
child health services administered by municipal corporations
and health districts of the state.
(3) Develop demonstration services in needy areas and among
groups in special need.
(4) Cooperate with medical, dental, nursing, educational, and
welfare groups and organizations of Indiana.
(5) Develop plans necessary to effectuate the services
contemplated in this section and to comply with the regulations
of the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of
Labor issued under the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
701 et seq.).
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-3
Cooperation with federal Public Health Service
Sec. 3. The state department shall cooperate with the Public
Health Service of the United States Department of the Treasury to do
the following:
(1) Establish and maintain adequate public health services,
including the training of the proper personnel to administer the
public health work of the state and of the respective municipal
corporations and health districts of the state.
(2) Conduct investigations relating to disease and the problems
of sanitation.
(3) Develop plans necessary to effectuate the services
contemplated in this section and to comply with the regulations
of the Public Health Service of the United States Department of
the Treasury issued under the federal Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-4
Duties of department
Sec. 4. The state department shall do the following:
(1) Make reports that are in the form and that contain the
information required by the Children's Bureau of the United
States Department of Labor or the Public Health Service of the
United States Department of the Treasury.
(2) Comply with any other requirements the United States
Department of Labor or the United States Department of the
Treasury finds necessary to assure the correctness and
verification of reports.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-5
Acceptance of federal Social Security Act
Sec. 5. (a) The state accepts all of the provisions and benefits of
the Social Security Act enacted by the United States Congress and
approved on August 14, 1935.
(b) Under this chapter, the state department:
(1) may administer; and
(2) shall observe and comply with all of the requirements of;
the Social Security Act and any amendments to the Social Security
Act and the regulations issued under the Social Security Act.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-6
Treasurer as custodian of federal Social Security money received
Sec. 6. (a) The treasurer of state shall serve as the custodian of
money that is received by the state from appropriations made by the
United States Congress for the purpose of cooperating with the
several states in the enforcement and administration of the federal
Social Security Act.
(b) Under this chapter, the state department may administer the
money received under subsection (a), and the treasurer of state may
do the following:
(1) Receive the money.
(2) Pay the money into the proper account of the state general
fund.
(3) Provide for the proper custody of the money.
(4) Make disbursements from the proper account on the order
of the state department on which the warrant of the auditor of
state shall be issued.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-7
Disposition of federal Social Security money received; accounts;
vouchers
Sec. 7. (a) The money received from the federal government by
the treasurer of state to defray the expenses and to pay the claims and
obligations incurred in the administration of the federal Social
Security Act shall be paid into the following accounts of the state
general fund:
(1) Money received as aid for the promotion of the health of
mothers and children shall be paid into the maternal and child
health account.
(2) Money received as aid for the establishment and
maintenance of public health services shall be paid into the
public health service account.
(b) Vouchers issued for the disbursement of money from the
maternal and child health account and the public health service
account shall be issued on order of the state department and shall be
signed by the state health commissioner.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-8
Department to cooperate with federal government in administering
federal Social Security Act
Sec. 8. (a) The state department is designated as the state agency
to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of the
provisions of Part I of Title 5 and of Title 6 of the federal Social
Security Act.
(b) The state department shall cooperate with the proper
departments of the federal government in the enforcement and
administration of:
(1) the provisions of;
(2) amendments to; and
(3) regulations issued under;
the federal Social Security Act in the manner prescribed in this
chapter or as otherwise provided by law.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-9
Administrative personnel; cooperative agreements with health
authorities of municipal corporations or health districts
Sec. 9. (a) The regular employees of the state department may be
assigned to the performance of the duties prescribed in this chapter
either on a full-time or part-time basis. Additional qualified
personnel may be employed as the state department determines is
necessary to administer this chapter.
(b) The state department may enter into a cooperative agreement
with the health authorities of a municipal corporation or health
district under which assistants, investigators, and employees may be
appointed who are necessary and qualified to cooperate with the state
department and the federal government in conducting the health
work in the municipal corporation or health district, in conformity
with the following:
(1) This chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(2) The federal Social Security Act and regulations adopted
under the federal Social Security Act.
(c) The state department:
(1) may make allotments from the state department's money to
a municipal corporation or health district; and
(2) shall cause to be deposited in a separate health fund of the
municipal corporation or the health district an amount not to
exceed an allotment.
(d) Agreements may be made under which:
(1) at least two (2) municipal corporations or health districts
may cooperate with the state department; and
(2) the expenses incurred in conducting health work shall be
allocated between or among the municipal corporations and
health districts and the state department;
as may be mutually agreed upon. Appointments are subject to the
approval of the state department. The state department may pay a
proportionate share of the salaries and expenses of assistants,
investigators, and employees as may be agreed upon by the state
department and the health authorities of a municipal corporation or
health district as prescribed in cooperative agreements.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.
IC 16-35-1-10
Medical examination or treatment of adult person or dependent
child less than 18 years of age; religious objections; discrimination;
consent; limitations
Sec. 10. (a) An official, an agent, or a representative of:
(1) the state;
(2) a political subdivision or municipal corporation;
(3) a board, a bureau, a district, a welfare group, or an
organization referred to in this chapter; or
(4) the federal Public Health Service when cooperating with an
official, an agent, or a representative described in subdivisions
(1) through (3);
may not compel an adult person or a dependent child less than
eighteen (18) years of age to submit to a medical examination or
treatment when the adult person or the parent or guardian of the child
objects to the medical examination or treatment on religious grounds
and may not permit discrimination against a dependent child less
than eighteen (18) years of age or adult person because of the
medical examination or treatment.
(b) This section does not limit the powers of:
(1) the state department;
(2) a local board of health; or
(3) other public health authority;
to establish quarantine, as provided by law, for the purpose of
preventing the spread of communicable disease.
(c) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age is
competent with regard to age to give consent or to object to the
treatment or examinations required by this section.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.