Sec. 1. (a) Each applicant and each adult member of the applicant’s household seeking township assistance must consent to a disclosure and release of information about the applicant and the applicant’s household before township assistance may be provided by the township trustee. The consent must be made by signing a form prescribed by the state […]
Sec. 2. (a) The county office shall provide the following information to each township trustee located in the county: (1) Information that will identify the types of public assistance that are being provided to the individual who signed the consent form and the individual’s household. (2) Information that will identify the amount of public assistance […]
Sec. 2.5. Upon request of the township trustee, the department of employment and training services shall provide without charge information regarding: (1) income, resources, and assets of; and (2) benefits received by; members of an applicant’s household. As added by P.L.51-1996, SEC.33.
Sec. 3. Upon request of the township trustee, the employer of a township assistance applicant or a member of the applicant’s household shall provide the township trustee with information concerning salary or wages earned by the applicant or household member for purposes of determining the financial eligibility of the household to receive township assistance. [Pre-1992 […]
Sec. 3.5. Upon request of the township trustee, a person holding assets or title to assets of a township assistance applicant or a member of the applicant’s household shall provide the township trustee with information concerning the nature and value of those assets for purposes of determining the household’s financial eligibility to receive township assistance. […]
Sec. 4. The division of family resources and county offices shall use the consent forms received under this chapter to do the following: (1) Assist in making eligibility determinations for public assistance programs administered by the division of family resources and county offices. (2) Assist in reducing fraud and abuse in public assistance programs administered […]
Sec. 4.5. The township trustee shall use the information received under section 2 of this chapter to assist in reducing fraud and abuse in aid programs administered by the township trustee. As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.59.
Sec. 5. Information that is received through the use of a consent form described in section 1 of this chapter and that is not a public record open to inspection and copying under any statute may be used only in connection with the following: (1) The administration of the township trustee’s township assistance program. (2) […]
Sec. 6. A township trustee, an assistant of a township trustee, or an employee or a director of the division of family resources, the office of Medicaid policy and planning, and county offices who knowingly discloses or uses information that is obtained through the use of a consent form described in section 1 of this […]
