three-month medical leave

Indiana Department of Child Services Director Adam Krupp remains on leave more than two months after he was first hospitalized for an undisclosed medical event, the State Personnel Department has confirmed.

“DCS operations and services continue without interruption,” State Personnel Department spokesman Kirollos Barsoum told the Capital Chronicle this week.

Jennifer Dorfmeyer, the agency’s chief deputy director, continues to serve as acting director during Krupp’s absence, according to DCS spokesman Ron Green.

Asked for an expected return date and any time limits on interim leadership, Barsoum said state law “does not set a fixed timeline for these situations.”

In a late January post to his personal Facebook page, Krupp said he was hospitalized for “several days” beginning Jan. 16, and has since been on medical leave pursuant to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

“I’m on the painful road to recovery now, following the advice of doctors and specialists as I continue receiving treatment,” Krupp wrote at the time.

The law allows eligible employees up to 12 workweeks annually of unpaid but job-protected leave for certain family and medical needs, per the U.S. Department of Labor.

Employees generally have the rights to continue receiving employer health insurance coverage while on FMLA and work the same or an equivalent role upon return.

Krupp assured readers that DCS “is in excellent hands,” lauding the agency’s “incredible leadership team of like-minded public servants leading one of the hardest-working teams in government.”

He has not posted since then on his progress.