Bill Text: IN SB0207 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Resident tuition rate.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 180 [SB0207 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0207-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-32-1-5; IC 21-14-11-1.
Synopsis: Resident tuition rate and other educational aid. Establishes
certain exceptions to the requirement that an agency or political
subdivision verify that an individual applying for state or local public
benefits or federal public benefits is a United States citizen or qualified
alien. Provides that the law that prohibits resident tuition rate for
individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States does not
apply to individuals who were enrolled in state educational institutions
on or before July 1, 2011.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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(1) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) applies for state or local public benefits or federal public benefits that are provided by the agency or the political subdivision.
(b) A health care provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-163(a)) is not required to verify the eligibility of an individual as required under subsection (a) if the health care provider is providing health care services for the treatment of an emergency medical condition (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(3)).
(c) With regard to a state or local public benefit or a federal public
benefit that covers health care services, a health care provider (as
defined in IC 16-18-2-163) satisfies the requirements of this chapter if
the health care provider complies with the eligibility verification
policies and procedures for providing the benefit that is established by
the:
(1) office of the secretary of family and social services; or
(2) federal Department of Health and Human Services.
(d) A state educational institution is not required to verify the
eligibility of an individual as required under subsection (a) if all the
following apply:
(1) The individual is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate of
the state educational institution.
(2) The individual is not applying for any state or local public
benefit or federal public benefit other than the resident tuition
rate that:
(A) is provided by the state educational institution; and
(B) would require verification under this chapter.
(3) The individual was enrolled in a state educational
institution on or before July 1, 2011.
(e) An agency or a political subdivision is not required to verify
the eligibility of an individual as required under subsection (a) if all
the following apply:
(1) The individual is applying for a scholarship, a grant, or
financial aid for postsecondary education.
(2) The individual is not applying for any state or local public
benefit or federal public benefit other than the benefit
described in subdivision (1) that:
(A) is provided by the agency or political subdivision; and
(B) would require verification under this chapter.
(3) The individual is:
(A) an international student with bona fide legal status;
and
(B) enrolled in a state educational institution.
(b) An individual who is not lawfully present in the United States is not eligible to pay the resident tuition rate that is determined by the state educational institution.
