IC 12-14-18
    Chapter 18. Supplemental Assistance; Excess Property or Income

IC 12-14-18-1
Application of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an individual who receives any ofthe following:
        (1) Supplemental assistance to the aged.
        (2) Supplemental assistance to the blind.
        (3) Supplemental assistance for persons with disabilities.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.

IC 12-14-18-1.5
"Eligible individual" defined
    Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "eligible individual" means:
        (1) a person who was systematically persecuted for racial orreligious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis regime;or
        (2) an heir of a person described in subdivision (1).
As added by P.L.128-1999, SEC.15.

IC 12-14-18-1.7
"Holocaust victim's settlement payment" defined
    Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "Holocaust victim's settlementpayment" means a payment received:
        (1) as a result of the settlement of the action entitled "In reHolocaust Victims' Asset Litigation", (E.D. NY) C.A. No.96-4849;
        (2) under the German Act Regulating Unresolved PropertyClaims;
        (3) under any other foreign law providing payments forHolocaust claims; or
        (4) as a result of the settlement of any other Holocaust claim,including:
            (A) insurance claims;
            (B) claims relating to looted art;
            (C) claims relating to looted financial assets; or
            (D) claims relating to slave labor wages.
As added by P.L.128-1999, SEC.16.

IC 12-14-18-2
Cancellation or alteration of amount of assistance
    Sec. 2. (a) If while receiving supplemental assistance a recipientobtains property or income in excess of the amount stated in theapplication, the recipient shall notify the division or county office, ifthe recipient receives supplemental assistance to the aged,immediately of the receipt or possession of the property or income.
    (b) The division may, after investigation, cancel or alter theamount of the assistance in accordance with the circumstances.
    (c) Excess supplemental assistance paid is recoverable by the

county as a debt due to the state.
    (d) However, an eligible individual is not required to notify thedivision or county office of a Holocaust victim's settlement paymentreceived by the individual. The division may not alter the amount ofsupplemental assistance paid to the individual after the individual'sreceipt of the payment.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.96;P.L.5-1993, SEC.109; P.L.128-1999, SEC.17.

IC 12-14-18-3
Fraudulently obtained supplemental assistance; recovery; penalty;preferred claim against estate; right of action against recipient
    Sec. 3. If:
        (1) the division determines that a recipient possessed income orproperty in excess of the amount reported; and
        (2) it is shown that supplemental assistance was obtainedfraudulently;
the total amount of the supplemental assistance plus a penalty oftwenty percent (20%) may be recovered by the division as apreferred claim from the estate of the recipient or in an actionbrought against the recipient while living.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.

IC 12-14-18-4
Fraudulently obtained supplemental assistance; superiority ofclaim against recipient's estate
    Sec. 4. A claim filed under section 3 of this chapter is a superiorclaim, except for claims for the following:
        (1) Expenses of administration.
        (2) Expenses of burial and last sickness.
        (3) Taxes accrued at the time of the decedent's death.
        (4) Debts secured at the time of the decedent's death.
        (5) Debts secured by liens created before assistance wasgranted.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.