Sec. 12. (a) The authority shall allocate, for each account that has been established, for not more than five (5) years, three dollars ($3) for each one dollar ($1) of the first one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) an individual deposited into the individual’s account. However, if the amount appropriated by the general assembly is insufficient to make the deposits required by this section for accounts that have been established, the authority shall proportionately reduce the amounts allocated to and deposited into each account. The authority’s allocation under this subsection may not exceed four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500) for each account described in this subsection.

     (b) The authority shall deposit into each account established under this chapter the appropriate amount of money determined under this section.

     (c) Money from a federal block grant program under Title IV-A of the federal Social Security Act may be used by the state to provide money under this section for deposit into an account held by an individual who receives assistance under IC 12-14-2.

As added by P.L.15-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.289-2001, SEC.8; P.L.235-2005, SEC.47; P.L.1-2006, SEC.53; P.L.181-2006, SEC.8; P.L.1-2007, SEC.10; P.L.150-2007, SEC.4; P.L.50-2016, SEC.6; P.L.124-2024, SEC.9.