Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “community benefits” means the unreimbursed cost to a hospital of providing charity care, government sponsored indigent health care, donations, education, government sponsored program services, research, and subsidized health services. The term does not include the cost to the hospital of paying any taxes or other governmental assessments. As […]
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “government sponsored indigent health care” means the unreimbursed cost to a hospital of Medicare, providing health care services to recipients of Medicaid, and other federal, state, or local indigent health care programs, eligibility for which is based on financial need. As added by P.L.94-1994, SEC.17.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, “nonprofit hospital” means a hospital that is organized as a nonprofit corporation or a charitable trust under Indiana law or the laws of any other state or country and that is: (1) eligible for tax exempt bond financing; or (2) exempt from state or local taxes. As added […]
Sec. 3.5. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A nonprofit critical access hospital that is not: (A) part of a hospital system; or (B) an affiliate of a hospital or hospital system. (2) A hospital that is established and operated under IC 16-22 or IC 16-23. (b) Before December 31 of […]
Sec. 4. A nonprofit hospital shall develop: (1) an organizational mission statement that identifies the hospital’s commitment to serving the health care needs of the community; and (2) a community benefits plan defined as an operational plan for serving the community’s health care needs that: (A) sets out goals and objectives for providing community benefits […]
Sec. 5. When developing the community benefits plan, the hospital shall consider the health care needs of the community as determined by communitywide needs assessments. As added by P.L.94-1994, SEC.17.
Sec. 6. The hospital shall include at least the following elements in the community benefits plan: (1) Mechanisms to evaluate the plan’s effectiveness, including a method for soliciting the views of the communities served by the hospital. (2) Measurable objectives to be achieved within a specified time frame. (3) A budget for the plan. As […]
Sec. 7. (a) Each nonprofit hospital shall prepare an annual report of the community benefits plan. The report must include, in addition to the community benefits plan itself, the following background information: (1) The hospital’s mission statement. (2) A disclosure of the health care needs of the community that were considered in developing the hospital’s […]
Sec. 8. The state department may assess a civil penalty against a nonprofit hospital that fails to make a report of the community benefits plan as required under this chapter. The penalty may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day a report is delinquent after the date on which the report is due. […]
Sec. 9. The rights and remedies provided for in this chapter are in addition to other statutory or common law rights or remedies available to the state or a nonprofit hospital. As added by P.L.94-1994, SEC.17.
