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2025 Indiana Code
Title 12. Human Services
Article 7. General Provisions and Definitions
Chapter 2. Definitions
- 12-7-2-0.3. "9-8-8 Crisis Response Center"
- 12-7-2-0.4. "9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline"
- 12-7-2-0.5. Able Account
- 12-7-2-1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-1.3. "Activities of Daily Living"
- 12-7-2-1.4. "Addiction Treatment Team"
- 12-7-2-1.5. "Administrator"
- 12-7-2-1.8. "Adult Entertainment Establishment"
- 12-7-2-2. "Adult Protective Services Unit"
- 12-7-2-3. "Advance"
- 12-7-2-3.1. "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse"
- 12-7-2-3.3. "Advisory Committee"
- 12-7-2-4. "Advocacy"
- 12-7-2-5. "Advocate"
- 12-7-2-6. Repealed
- 12-7-2-7. "Affected Agency"
- 12-7-2-8. "Aged"
- 12-7-2-9. "Agency"
- 12-7-2-10. "Alcohol Abuse"
- 12-7-2-11. "Alcohol Abuser"
- 12-7-2-12. "Alcohol and Drug Services Program"
- 12-7-2-13. "Alcoholic"
- 12-7-2-14. "Alcoholism"
- 12-7-2-14.3. Alzheimer's and Dementia Special Care
- 12-7-2-14.7. Ancillary Services
- 12-7-2-15. "Applicant"
- 12-7-2-15.5. "Appropriate and Medically Necessary"
- 12-7-2-16. "Approved Postsecondary Educational Institution"
- 12-7-2-16.4. "Area Agency"
- 12-7-2-17. "Asset Disregard"
- 12-7-2-18. "Assistance"
- 12-7-2-18.1. "Assisted Living Services"
- 12-7-2-18.3. "Attendant Care Services"
- 12-7-2-18.5. Authority
- 12-7-2-18.7. "Automated Teller Machine"
- 12-7-2-19. "Autism"
- 12-7-2-20. Repealed
- 12-7-2-20.5. "Basic Necessities"
- 12-7-2-20.7. "Basic Services"
- 12-7-2-20.8. Battery
- 12-7-2-21. "Blind"
- 12-7-2-22. "Board"
- 12-7-2-23. "Body"
- 12-7-2-23.5. "Broker"
- 12-7-2-24. "Bureau"
- 12-7-2-24.5. "Buy-in Program"
- 12-7-2-24.6. "Caregiver"
- 12-7-2-24.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-24.8. "Caretaker"
- 12-7-2-24.9. Expired
- 12-7-2-25. "Case Management"
- 12-7-2-25.2. "Ccdf"
- 12-7-2-26. "Center"
- 12-7-2-26.1. "Center for Independent Living"
- 12-7-2-26.3. "Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic"
- 12-7-2-26.5. "Chemical Test"
- 12-7-2-27. "Chief Magistrate"
- 12-7-2-28. "Child"
- 12-7-2-28.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-28.2. "Child Care"
- 12-7-2-28.4. "Child Care Center"
- 12-7-2-28.5. "Child Care Employee"
- 12-7-2-28.6. "Child Care Home"
- 12-7-2-28.8. "Child Care Ministry"
- 12-7-2-28.9. "Child Care Program"
- 12-7-2-29. "Child Caring Institution"
- 12-7-2-30. "Child in Need of Services"
- 12-7-2-31. Repealed
- 12-7-2-31.4. "Child of a Child Care Employee"
- 12-7-2-31.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-31.6. Repealed
- 12-7-2-32. "Child Welfare Services"
- 12-7-2-32.5. "Children's Hospital"
- 12-7-2-33. Repealed
- 12-7-2-33.3. "Chronic Pain"
- 12-7-2-33.4. "Chronic Pain Management"
- 12-7-2-33.5. "Chronically Medically Dependent"
- 12-7-2-33.6. "Coalition"
- 12-7-2-33.7. "Class I Child Care Home"
- 12-7-2-33.8. "Class Ii Child Care Home"
- 12-7-2-33.9. "Clean Claim"
- 12-7-2-34. "Commission"
- 12-7-2-34.2. "Commissioner"
- 12-7-2-35. Repealed
- 12-7-2-36. "Community Action Agency"
- 12-7-2-37. "Community and Home Care Services"
- 12-7-2-38. "Community Mental Health Center"
- 12-7-2-39. "Community Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities Centers"
- 12-7-2-40. "Community Based Residential Program"
- 12-7-2-40.2. "Community Spouse"
- 12-7-2-40.4. "Comprehensive Risk Contract"
- 12-7-2-40.5. "Compendia"
- 12-7-2-40.6. "Continuum of Care"
- 12-7-2-40.7. "Consumer Control"
- 12-7-2-41. "Contracting County"
- 12-7-2-41.2. "Contracting State"
- 12-7-2-42. "Contribution"
- 12-7-2-43. "Control Board"
- 12-7-2-43.5. "Cooperate"
- 12-7-2-44. "Council"
- 12-7-2-44.5. "Counseling"
- 12-7-2-44.6. "Countable Asset"
- 12-7-2-44.7. "Countable Income"
- 12-7-2-44.9. "Countable Resources"
- 12-7-2-45. "County Office"
- 12-7-2-46. "County Director"
- 12-7-2-46.2. "County Home"
- 12-7-2-46.5. "Court"
- 12-7-2-47. Repealed
- 12-7-2-47.5. "Covered Entity"
- 12-7-2-48. "Covered Medical Services"
- 12-7-2-48.5. "Covered Outpatient Drug"
- 12-7-2-48.7. "Covered Population"
- 12-7-2-49. Repealed
- 12-7-2-50. Repealed
- 12-7-2-51. "Creditor"
- 12-7-2-51.4. Repealed
- 12-7-2-51.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-51.6. "Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Services"
- 12-7-2-51.7. "Criteria"
- 12-7-2-51.8. "Cross-Indicated Drug"
- 12-7-2-51.9. "Cross-Disability"
- 12-7-2-52. "Custodial Authority of a Building"
- 12-7-2-52.2. "Crowd Out"
- 12-7-2-53. "Dangerous"
- 12-7-2-53.2. "Dangerous Felony"
- 12-7-2-54. Repealed
- 12-7-2-55. Repealed
- 12-7-2-55.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-55.8. "Decertify"
- 12-7-2-56. Repealed
- 12-7-2-56.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-57. "Delinquent Child"
- 12-7-2-57.5. "Department"
- 12-7-2-58. "Dependent Child"
- 12-7-2-58.5. "Designated Beneficiary"
- 12-7-2-59. "Designee"
- 12-7-2-60. "Destitute Child"
- 12-7-2-61. "Developmental Disability"
- 12-7-2-62. Repealed
- 12-7-2-63. Repealed
- 12-7-2-63.5. "Direct Support Professional"
- 12-7-2-64. "Director"
- 12-7-2-65. Repealed
- 12-7-2-66. Repealed
- 12-7-2-67. "Discharge"
- 12-7-2-67.5. "Dispense"
- 12-7-2-68. "Distressed Township"
- 12-7-2-69. "Division"
- 12-7-2-69.5. "Domestic Violence"
- 12-7-2-69.7. "Doula"
- 12-7-2-70. Repealed
- 12-7-2-71. "Drug"
- 12-7-2-72. "Drug Abuse"
- 12-7-2-73. "Drug Abuser"
- 12-7-2-73.2. "Drug-Disease Contraindication"
- 12-7-2-73.4. "Drug-Drug Interaction"
- 12-7-2-73.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-73.6. "Drug Utilitization Review or Dur"
- 12-7-2-74. "Early Intervention Services"
- 12-7-2-74.3. "Ebt Card"
- 12-7-2-74.5. "Ebt Program"
- 12-7-2-75. Repealed
- 12-7-2-75.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-76. "Eligible Individual"
- 12-7-2-76.1. "Emergency Medical Services"
- 12-7-2-76.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-76.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-76.5. "Emergency"
- 12-7-2-76.6. "Emergency Medical Condition"
- 12-7-2-76.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-76.8. "Employed; Employee; Employment; Employs"
- 12-7-2-76.9. "Emergency Services"
- 12-7-2-77. Endangered Adult
- 12-7-2-77.1. "Endangered Adult Medical Alert"
- 12-7-2-77.2. "Enforcement Action"
- 12-7-2-77.5. "Estate"
- 12-7-2-78. Repealed
- 12-7-2-78.5. "Essential Person"
- 12-7-2-79. "Executive Authority"
- 12-7-2-80. Repealed
- 12-7-2-81. "Expenses and Obligations"
- 12-7-2-82. "Facility"
- 12-7-2-82.2. "Family or Household Member"
- 12-7-2-82.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-82.4. Repealed
- 12-7-2-82.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-82.7. "Federal Act"
- 12-7-2-83. "Federal Department"
- 12-7-2-84. "Federal Facility"
- 12-7-2-85. "Federal Income Poverty Level"
- 12-7-2-85.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-85.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-85.3. "Financial Institution"
- 12-7-2-85.4. "Federal Public Benefit"
- 12-7-2-85.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-86. "Fiscal Body"
- 12-7-2-87. "Flight or Fled"
- 12-7-2-87.8. "Food Retailer"
- 12-7-2-88. "Forcible Felony"
- 12-7-2-89. "Foster Care"
- 12-7-2-90. Repealed
- 12-7-2-90.5. "Functional Eligibility Assessment"
- 12-7-2-90.7. "Functional Eligibility Determination"
- 12-7-2-91. "Fund"
- 12-7-2-91.4. "Gatekeeper"
- 12-7-2-92. "Governmental Entity"
- 12-7-2-93. "Governor"
- 12-7-2-93.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-94. "Grantee Agency"
- 12-7-2-95. "Grant-in-Aid"
- 12-7-2-96. "Gravely Disabled"
- 12-7-2-97. Repealed
- 12-7-2-98. "Group"
- 12-7-2-98.2. "Group Size"
- 12-7-2-98.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-98.6. "Guidelines"
- 12-7-2-99. "A Person With a Disability"
- 12-7-2-100. Repealed
- 12-7-2-101. "Harmful Substance"
- 12-7-2-102. Repealed
- 12-7-2-103. "Health Facility"
- 12-7-2-103.3. "Health Maintenance Organization"
- 12-7-2-103.5. "Health Related Services"
- 12-7-2-104. Repealed
- 12-7-2-104.5. "Holocaust Victim's Settlement Payment"
- 12-7-2-105. Repealed
- 12-7-2-106. Repealed
- 12-7-2-107. Repealed
- 12-7-2-107.7. "Home and Community Based Services Waiver"
- 12-7-2-108. "Home Health Agency"
- 12-7-2-109. "Home Health Services"
- 12-7-2-109.5. "Hospice"
- 12-7-2-109.6. "Hospice Program"
- 12-7-2-109.7. "Hospice Program Patient"
- 12-7-2-109.8. "Hospice Services"
- 12-7-2-110. "Hospital"
- 12-7-2-110.5. "Household"
- 12-7-2-110.7. "Housing With Services Establishment"
- 12-7-2-111. "Immediate Family"
- 12-7-2-112. "Incapacitated"
- 12-7-2-113. "Incapacitated by Alcohol"
- 12-7-2-114. "Incapacitated Individual"
- 12-7-2-115. "Indebtedness"
- 12-7-2-116. "Indigent Adult"
- 12-7-2-117. Repealed
- 12-7-2-117.1. "Individual in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care"
- 12-7-2-117.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-117.3. "Individual With a Disability"; "Individual With a Significant Disability"
- 12-7-2-117.4. Repealed
- 12-7-2-117.6. "Individual With a Mental Illness"
- 12-7-2-117.8. "Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities"
- 12-7-2-118. Repealed
- 12-7-2-118.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-118.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-118.8. "Institution"
- 12-7-2-119. Repealed
- 12-7-2-119.5. "Institutional Provider"
- 12-7-2-120. "Insurer"
- 12-7-2-120.5. "Interim Period"
- 12-7-2-121. Repealed
- 12-7-2-121.5. "Intervention"
- 12-7-2-122. "Intoxicated"
- 12-7-2-122.3. "Knew or Know"
- 12-7-2-122.4. "Legal Assistance Developer"
- 12-7-2-122.5. "Legal Representative"
- 12-7-2-122.6. "Level of Services"
- 12-7-2-122.9. "Licensed Health Professional"
- 12-7-2-123. Repealed
- 12-7-2-123.2. "Licensee"
- 12-7-2-124. "Life Threatening Emergency"
- 12-7-2-124.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-124.6. Repealed
- 12-7-2-124.7. "Local Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team"
- 12-7-2-124.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-125. "Long Term Care"
- 12-7-2-125.5. "Long Term Care Facility"
- 12-7-2-126. "Long Term Care Insurance"
- 12-7-2-126.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-126.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-126.5. "Low Income Utilization Rate"
- 12-7-2-126.9. "Managed Care Organization"
- 12-7-2-127. "Managed Care Provider"
- 12-7-2-127.5. "Medicaid Inpatient Utilization Rate"
- 12-7-2-128. "Medicaid Program"
- 12-7-2-128.5. "Medical Institution"
- 12-7-2-128.7. "Medication Assisted Treatment"
- 12-7-2-129. "Member"
- 12-7-2-129.2. "Member of the Applicant's Household"
- 12-7-2-129.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-130. "Mental Illness" or "Mentally Ill"
- 12-7-2-131. Repealed
- 12-7-2-131.3. "Missing Endangered Adult"
- 12-7-2-131.4. "Mobile Crisis Team"
- 12-7-2-131.5. "Monitor"
- 12-7-2-131.6. "Mobile Integrated Healthcare"
- 12-7-2-131.8. "National Criminal History Background Check"
- 12-7-2-131.9. Repealed
- 12-7-2-132. Repealed
- 12-7-2-132.1. "Nonemergency Medical Transportation"
- 12-7-2-132.2. "Noninstitutional Provider"
- 12-7-2-132.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-133. "Nursing Facility"
- 12-7-2-133.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-134. "Office"
- 12-7-2-134-b. "Office"
- 12-7-2-135. "Office of the Secretary"
- 12-7-2-135.3. "Ombudsman"
- 12-7-2-135.4. "Operator"
- 12-7-2-135.5. "Overutilization or Under Utilization"
- 12-7-2-135.6. "Opioid Treatment Program"
- 12-7-2-135.7. "Out-of-School-Time Program"
- 12-7-2-135.8. "Paths to Quality Program"
- 12-7-2-136. "Patient"
- 12-7-2-136.5. "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
- 12-7-2-136.8. "Peer"
- 12-7-2-137. "Person"
- 12-7-2-137.3. "Personal Services Attendant"
- 12-7-2-137.7. "Pharmacist"
- 12-7-2-137.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-138. "Physician"
- 12-7-2-139. "Physician Services"
- 12-7-2-139.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-139.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-139.5. "Psilocybin"
- 12-7-2-140. Repealed
- 12-7-2-140.5. "Plan"
- 12-7-2-141. "Planning Authority"
- 12-7-2-141.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-142. "Political Subdivision"
- 12-7-2-142.5. "Point of Sale Terminal"
- 12-7-2-142.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-142.8. "Post-Stabilization Care Services"
- 12-7-2-143. Repealed
- 12-7-2-143.1. "Potential Eligible Provider or Existing Eligible Provider"
- 12-7-2-143.5. "Preschool"
- 12-7-2-144. "Preschool Child Care Program"
- 12-7-2-144.3. "Preventative Care Services"
- 12-7-2-144.7. "Primary Business"
- 12-7-2-144.9. Repealed
- 12-7-2-145. "Private Psychiatric Institution"
- 12-7-2-146. "Program"
- 12-7-2-147. "Property"
- 12-7-2-147.5. "Prospective Dur"
- 12-7-2-148. "Protective Services"
- 12-7-2-149. Repealed
- 12-7-2-149.1. "Provider"
- 12-7-2-150. "Psychiatric Disorder"
- 12-7-2-151. "Psychiatric Hospital"
- 12-7-2-152. Repealed
- 12-7-2-153. "Public Welfare"
- 12-7-2-154. Repealed
- 12-7-2-154.4. "Qualified Able Program"
- 12-7-2-154.6. "Qualified Disability Expense"
- 12-7-2-154.8. "Qualified Entity"
- 12-7-2-155. "Qualified Long Term Care Policy"
- 12-7-2-155.3. "Qualified Medicare Beneficiary"
- 12-7-2-155.4. "Qualified Provider"
- 12-7-2-155.5. "Qualifying Individual"
- 12-7-2-156. "Reason to Believe"
- 12-7-2-157. "Reasonable Means of Communication"
- 12-7-2-158. "Recipient"
- 12-7-2-158.2. "Recovery Residence"
- 12-7-2-158.5. "Reentry Court Program"
- 12-7-2-159. "Region"
- 12-7-2-160. "Rehabilitation"
- 12-7-2-161. "Rehabilitation Center"
- 12-7-2-162. "Rehabilitation Engineering"
- 12-7-2-162.5. "Related"
- 12-7-2-163. Repealed
- 12-7-2-163.5. "Request for Proposals"
- 12-7-2-163.8. "Research Institution"
- 12-7-2-164. "Resident"
- 12-7-2-165. "Residential Facility"
- 12-7-2-166. "Residential Facility for Individuals With a Developmental Disability"
- 12-7-2-167. Repealed
- 12-7-2-168. Repealed
- 12-7-2-169. "Responsible Party"
- 12-7-2-169.3. "Retailer"
- 12-7-2-169.5. "Retrospective Dur"
- 12-7-2-169.7. "Safe Sleeping Practices"
- 12-7-2-169.9. "School"
- 12-7-2-170. "School Age Child Care Program"
- 12-7-2-170.5. "School Based Nurse"
- 12-7-2-171. "School Corporation"
- 12-7-2-171.5. "School Property"
- 12-7-2-172. "Secretary"
- 12-7-2-172.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-173. Repealed
- 12-7-2-174. Repealed
- 12-7-2-174.5. "Self-Directed In-Home Health Care"
- 12-7-2-174.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-175. "Service Provider"
- 12-7-2-176. "Services"
- 12-7-2-177. "Shelter"
- 12-7-2-178. Repealed
- 12-7-2-178.1. Repealed
- 12-7-2-178.5. "Single Source Drug"
- 12-7-2-178.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-178.9. "Snap"
- 12-7-2-179. "Social Services Block Grant"
- 12-7-2-180. "Solicitation"
- 12-7-2-180.1. "Special Needs"
- 12-7-2-180.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-180.3. "Special Skilled Services"
- 12-7-2-180.4. "Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary"
- 12-7-2-180.5. "Standards"
- 12-7-2-180.6. "Specialist"
- 12-7-2-181. Repealed
- 12-7-2-182. Repealed
- 12-7-2-183. Repealed
- 12-7-2-183.5. "State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Coordinator"
- 12-7-2-184. "State Institution"
- 12-7-2-184.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-184.5. "State of Indiana General Educational Development (Ged) Diploma"
- 12-7-2-185. "State Ombudsman"
- 12-7-2-185.5. "State or Local Public Benefit"
- 12-7-2-186. "State Plan"
- 12-7-2-186.2. Repealed
- 12-7-2-186.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-187. Repealed
- 12-7-2-188. "Superintendent"
- 12-7-2-188.3. "Supervised Group Living Facility"
- 12-7-2-188.5. "Supervised Group Living Facility for Individuals With a Developmental Disability"
- 12-7-2-188.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-189. "Support"
- 12-7-2-189.3. "Supportive Services"
- 12-7-2-189.5. "Surs"
- 12-7-2-189.7. "Tanf"
- 12-7-2-189.8. "Tanf Program"
- 12-7-2-190. Repealed
- 12-7-2-190.1. Expired
- 12-7-2-190.2. "Task Force"
- 12-7-2-190.3. "Telehealth Services"
- 12-7-2-190.4. Repealed
- 12-7-2-190.5. "Therapeutic Appropriateness"
- 12-7-2-190.6. "Therapeutic Classification"; "Therapeutic Category"
- 12-7-2-190.7. "Therapeutic Duplication"
- 12-7-2-190.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-190.9. "Title Iv-A"
- 12-7-2-191. "Title Iv-a Agency"
- 12-7-2-192. Repealed
- 12-7-2-192.3. "Total Number of Households Containing Township Assistance Recipients"
- 12-7-2-192.4. "Total Number of Recipients"
- 12-7-2-192.5. "Total Number of Requests for Assistance"
- 12-7-2-192.7. Repealed
- 12-7-2-193. "Treatment by the Department"
- 12-7-2-194. "Treatment Team"
- 12-7-2-194.5. "Trustees"
- 12-7-2-195. "Tuberculosis"
- 12-7-2-196. "Unit"
- 12-7-2-196.5. Repealed
- 12-7-2-197. "Vending Machines"
- 12-7-2-197.3. "Veteran at Risk"
- 12-7-2-197.4. "Veteran at Risk Alert"
- 12-7-2-197.5. "Veteran Crisis Line"
- 12-7-2-198. "Visually Impaired"
- 12-7-2-199. "Vocational Rehabilitation Services"
- 12-7-2-199.2. "Volunteer"
- 12-7-2-199.3. Repealed
- 12-7-2-199.5. "Voucher Payment"
- 12-7-2-199.8. Repealed
- 12-7-2-199.9. "Waiver Training"
- 12-7-2-200. "Warrant"
- 12-7-2-200.4. "Waste"
- 12-7-2-200.5. "Wasted Resources"
- 12-7-2-201. Repealed
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