Ind. Code § 12-30-4-7

Sec. 7. If an individual sought to be admitted to a county home on a voluntary basis upon application to the board of commissioners is a recipient of public assistance from the county or other agencies, the individual may not be deprived of the right to receive welfare or other payments because of the individual's admission to a county home. However, the amount of the welfare payments may be taken into consideration by the board of commissioners in arriving at the amount, within the lawfully established rate as provided in section 8 of this chapter, necessary for the support of the individual sought to be admitted in the county home or other charitable institution. The county office may, in fixing the amount of welfare or other payments for the individual, take into consideration the fact that the individual is placed in the county home or other charitable institution and may modify the amount of the payments as the county office considers proper under Indiana law governing public assistance.