Sec. 9. (a) The board shall be given the opportunity to review and recommend changes to a proposed rule concerning the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program under IC 12-10-10 for:
(1) elderly individuals; or
(2) individuals with disabilities;
before the proposed rule may be published in the Indiana Register. The proposed rule must be distributed to the board at least one (1) month before the board's next regularly scheduled meeting.
(b) If the proposing agency fails to give the board the opportunity to review and recommend changes to a proposed rule described in subsection (a), the rule:
(1) is void; and
(2) must be withdrawn by the proposing agency.
As added by P.L.137-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.209-2018, SEC.5.