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 acharacter 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'sBureau of the United States Department of Labor to do thefollowing:
(1) Extend and improve services for the promotion of the healthof mothers and children, especially in rural areas and in areassuffering from severe economic distress.
(2) Provide for the extension and improvement of maternal andchild health services administered by municipal corporationsand health districts of the state.
(3) Develop demonstration services in needy areas and amonggroups in special need.
(4) Cooperate with medical, dental, nursing, educational, andwelfare groups and organizations of Indiana.
(5) Develop plans necessary to effectuate the servicescontemplated in this section and to comply with the regulationsof the Children's Bureau of the United States Department ofLabor 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 PublicHealth Service of the United States Department of the Treasury to dothe following:
(1) Establish and maintain adequate public health services,including the training of the proper personnel to administer thepublic health work of the state and of the respective municipalcorporations and health districts of the state.
(2) Conduct investigations relating to disease and the problems
of sanitation.
(3) Develop plans necessary to effectuate the servicescontemplated in this section and to comply with the regulationsof the Public Health Service of the United States Department ofthe Treasury issued under the federal Social Security Act (42U.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 theinformation required by the Children's Bureau of the UnitedStates Department of Labor or the Public Health Service of theUnited States Department of the Treasury.
(2) Comply with any other requirements the United StatesDepartment of Labor or the United States Department of theTreasury finds necessary to assure the correctness andverification 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 ofthe Social Security Act enacted by the United States Congress andapproved 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 SecurityAct 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 ofmoney that is received by the state from appropriations made by theUnited States Congress for the purpose of cooperating with theseveral states in the enforcement and administration of the federalSocial Security Act.
(b) Under this chapter, the state department may administer themoney received under subsection (a), and the treasurer of state maydo the following:
(1) Receive the money.
(2) Pay the money into the proper account of the state generalfund.
(3) Provide for the proper custody of the money.
(4) Make disbursements from the proper account on the orderof the state department on which the warrant of the auditor ofstate 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 bythe treasurer of state to defray the expenses and to pay the claims andobligations incurred in the administration of the federal SocialSecurity Act shall be paid into the following accounts of the stategeneral fund:
(1) Money received as aid for the promotion of the health ofmothers and children shall be paid into the maternal and childhealth account.
(2) Money received as aid for the establishment andmaintenance of public health services shall be paid into thepublic health service account.
(b) Vouchers issued for the disbursement of money from thematernal and child health account and the public health serviceaccount shall be issued on order of the state department and shall besigned 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 administeringfederal Social Security Act
Sec. 8. (a) The state department is designated as the state agencyto cooperate with the federal government in the administration of theprovisions of Part I of Title 5 and of Title 6 of the federal SocialSecurity Act.
(b) The state department shall cooperate with the properdepartments of the federal government in the enforcement andadministration of:
(1) the provisions of;
(2) amendments to; and
(3) regulations issued under;
the federal Social Security Act in the manner prescribed in thischapter 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 healthauthorities of municipal corporations or health districts
Sec. 9. (a) The regular employees of the state department may beassigned to the performance of the duties prescribed in this chaptereither on a full-time or part-time basis. Additional qualifiedpersonnel may be employed as the state department determines isnecessary to administer this chapter.
(b) The state department may enter into a cooperative agreementwith the health authorities of a municipal corporation or healthdistrict under which assistants, investigators, and employees may be
appointed who are necessary and qualified to cooperate with the statedepartment and the federal government in conducting the healthwork in the municipal corporation or health district, in conformitywith the following:
(1) This chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(2) The federal Social Security Act and regulations adoptedunder the federal Social Security Act.
(c) The state department:
(1) may make allotments from the state department's money toa municipal corporation or health district; and
(2) shall cause to be deposited in a separate health fund of themunicipal corporation or the health district an amount not toexceed an allotment.
(d) Agreements may be made under which:
(1) at least two (2) municipal corporations or health districtsmay cooperate with the state department; and
(2) the expenses incurred in conducting health work shall beallocated between or among the municipal corporations andhealth districts and the state department;
as may be mutually agreed upon. Appointments are subject to theapproval of the state department. The state department may pay aproportionate share of the salaries and expenses of assistants,investigators, and employees as may be agreed upon by the statedepartment and the health authorities of a municipal corporation orhealth 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 dependentchild 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 anorganization referred to in this chapter; or
(4) the federal Public Health Service when cooperating with anofficial, an agent, or a representative described in subdivisions(1) through (3);
may not compel an adult person or a dependent child less thaneighteen (18) years of age to submit to a medical examination ortreatment when the adult person or the parent or guardian of the childobjects to the medical examination or treatment on religious groundsand may not permit discrimination against a dependent child lessthan eighteen (18) years of age or adult person because of themedical 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 ofpreventing the spread of communicable disease.
(c) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age iscompetent with regard to age to give consent or to object to thetreatment or examinations required by this section.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.