Bill Text: IN SB0235 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State employee caseworkers at township offices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [SB0235 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0235-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 235

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 12-13-5-15; IC 12-20-3-1.5.

Synopsis: State employee caseworkers at township offices. Requires the division of family resources to locate a state employee caseworker at each township office and provide specified equipment for the caseworker to assist township residents with applying for public assistance programs. Requires the township trustee to provide necessary office space for the caseworker.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Breaux

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    January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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SENATE BILL No. 235

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 12-13-5-15; (10)IN0235.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-13-5-15 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 15. (a) The division shall assign a state employee caseworker on a full-time basis to be located at each township office in Indiana. The caseworker shall assist township residents with applying for public assistance programs, including the following:    
         (1) The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP).
        (2) The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
        (3) The Medicaid program.
     (b) The division shall provide a caseworker located in a township office with a telephone, computer, and access to a copier or facsimile (fax) machine for the administration of eligibility determination documents.
    (c) A township trustee shall provide the necessary office space

for a caseworker assigned to work at the township office as required by IC 12-20-3-1.5.

SOURCE: IC 12-20-3-1.5; (10)IN0235.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 12-20-3-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 1.5. A township trustee shall provide the necessary office space for a caseworker assigned to work at the township trustee office under IC 12-13-5-15.