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Can I collect gender information from participants in Indiana? What are the requirements?

Collecting Gender Information in Indiana

Indiana law does not have specific requirements for collecting gender information from participants. However, there are laws that regulate the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in Indiana.

Under IC 10-10.5-4-2, identifying information other than a Social Security number can be broadcast or disclosed to the public by other means, including news reports, press conferences, silver or Amber alerts, wanted notices, Internet web site postings, and similar methods specifically intended to inform the public [1.1].

IC 12-20-7-3.5 requires a person holding assets or title to assets of a township assistance applicant or a member of the applicant’s household to 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 [2.1].

IC 12-20-7-5 states that information 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 administration of the township trustee’s township assistance program or the administration of public assistance programs that are administered by the division of family resources and county offices [2.2].

IC 12-20-7-2 requires the county office to provide information to each township trustee located in the county, including information regarding the income, resources, or assets of members of the individual’s household receiving public assistance [2.3].

IC 12-20-7-4.5 requires the township trustee to 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 [2.4].

IC 12-20-7-6 makes it a Class A misdemeanor for 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 chapter, except as authorized by this chapter [2.5].

IC 8-15.7-3.5-3 and IC 5-23-4.5-3 state that a response to a request for information is confidential unless, and only to the extent that, the person who submits the response waives confidentiality in writing. The identity of the person submitting the response is a public record [3.1][4.1].

IC 12-20-7-2.5 requires the department of employment and training services to provide without charge information regarding income, resources, and assets of members of an applicant’s household upon request of the township trustee [2.6].

Based on the above laws, it is important to ensure that any gender information collected is used only for the intended purpose and is not disclosed or used in any unauthorized manner.

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