Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 3. (a) In consideration of the gift and on the condition that the gift be made effectual, the hospital must forever bear the name of "William H. Coleman Hospital for Women, of Indiana University". (b) The state pledges that the name is the permanent designation of the hospit…

Sec. 4. The board of trustees may erect and maintain the hospital upon the ground belonging to the state for the use of Indiana University in Indianapolis, near the Robert W. Long Hospital. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31.5-4.] As added by P.L.2-2007,…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "health care professional" means any of the following: (1) A physician licensed under IC 25-22.5. (2) A dentist licensed under IC 25-14. (3) A chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10-1. (4) A nurse licensed under IC 25-23-1. (5) A podiatrist lice…

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a registered home health aide who: (1) is employed as a home health aide; and (2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder. (b) As used…

Sec. 11. (a) A registered home health aide may administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings to a specific patient only if the following conditions are met: (1) The registered home health aide has completed the training curriculum described in subsection (b). (2) A re…

Sec. 2. (a) An individual shall do the following to become a registered home health aide: (1) Apply for registration in the manner prescribed by the commission. (2) Complete a competency evaluation program described in section 5 of this chapter. (b) An individual applying for reg…

Sec. 3. An individual who is a home health aide, or the equivalent in another state, shall do the following to be registered as a home health aide in Indiana: (1) Apply for registration in the manner prescribed by the state department. (2) Submit proof that the individual is a ho…

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a home health aide registered under this chapter shall complete at least twelve (12) inservice training hours each calendar year, including a minimum of eight (8) hours in the following topics: (1) Communication skills, including …

Sec. 5. A home health aide competency evaluation program must: (1) operate in accordance with 42 CFR 484.80; and (2) address each topic described in section 4(a) of this chapter. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.96-2026, SEC.21; P.L.118-2026, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. An individual may not provide home health aide services unless the individual is registered as a home health aide under this chapter. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 7. A health care professional shall supervise a home health aide in the provision of care to ensure competent care is provided. Supervision of services must be within the health care professional's scope of practice. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 8. Information required for entry of a home health aide in the registry established under IC 16-27.5-1 must be the same as the information required for nurse aides under 42 CFR 483.156(c). As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 9. A registered home health aide shall notify the commission of any change in the registered home health aide's mailing address or electronic mail address not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the address changed. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 1. An individual may practice in a remote state under a privilege to practice only in the performance of the individual's EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority, as defined in the rules of the commission and under the following circumstances: (1) The individual o…

Sec. 1. (a) The executive of a county or the fiscal body of a city may accept gifts, devises, and bequests, in trust or otherwise, for the purpose of erecting and equipping a suitable building for the county or city health department. (b) The building may contain the offices of l…

Sec. 2. (a) The gifts, devises, and bequests accepted under this chapter may be in the form of cash or real, personal, or mixed property that, in accordance with the terms of a gift, devise, or bequest, may be converted into cash by the county executive or city fiscal body as fol…

Sec. 3. Upon the accumulation of a sufficient amount to construct and equip a building for the county or city health department as provided in this chapter, the county executive or city fiscal body may, after consultation with local health boards and officers and after approval o…

Sec. 4. (a) Real property and easements or appurtenances may be acquired by any of the following methods: (1) Gift as provided in section 1 of this chapter. (2) Purchase with money accepted for that purpose. (3) Condemnation proceedings as prescribed by statute. (b) Upon condemna…

Sec. 5. A gift, grant, or conveyance made under this chapter is upon the implied condition that if sufficient money is not available within ten (10) years of the acceptance of the gift, grant, or conveyance, the property or the proceeds from the property, may be used by the count…

Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "contractual allowances" means the difference between revenue at established rates and amounts realizable from third party payors under contractual agreements. As added by P.L.94-1994, SEC.12.

Sec. 0.2. As used in this chapter, "education related costs" means the unreimbursed cost to a hospital of providing, funding, or otherwise financially supporting educational benefits, services, and programs, including: (1) education of physicians, nurses, technicians, and other m…

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "controlling" has the meaning set forth in IC 23-1-43-8. As added by P.L.239-2025, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "gross patient revenue" means inpatient and outpatient revenue from services to patients, including payments received from or on behalf of individual patients. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. Each year the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall make a compilation of the data obtained from the reports required under sections 3 and 6 of this chapter and report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 the findings and recommendations to th…

Sec. 11. (a) The state department shall annually publish a consumer guide to Indiana hospitals. The state department shall compile the data for the consumer guide from the relevant data required to be filed under sections 3 and 6 of this chapter and publish the data in an underst…

Sec. 12. Any person who is a custodian of confidential data at the state department and who knowingly or intentionally: (1) discloses, distributes, or sells confidential data obtained under this chapter; or (2) identifies a specific patient in violation of section 7 of this chapt…

Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "nonprofit hospital system" refers only to those Indiana nonprofit hospital systems described in IC 16-21-18-2. (b) A nonprofit hospital system shall, before June 1 of each year, submit audited financial statements of the nonprofit hospital s…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "net patient revenue" means gross patient revenue less deductions for contractual adjustments, bad debts, and charity. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. (a) Each hospital shall file with the state department a report for the preceding fiscal year not later than October 1 of the year following the end of the hospital's fiscal year. For the filing of a report, the state department may grant an extension of the time to file …

Sec. 5. If further fiscal information is necessary to verify the accuracy of any information contained in the reports filed under section 3 of this chapter, the state department may require the facility to produce the records necessary to verify that information. [Pre-1993 Recodi…

Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2027. Sec. 6. In addition to the report filed under section 3 of this chapter, each hospital shall, not later than October 1 of the year following the end of the hosp…

Sec. 7. (a) The reports filed under section 3 of this chapter: (1) may not contain information that personally identifies a patient or a consumer of health services; and (2) must be open to public inspection. (b) The state department shall provide copies of the reports filed unde…

Sec. 8. The state department may, through the attorney general, seek to compel compliance with this chapter through injunctive relief. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4.

Sec. 9. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The rules adopted under this section must include rules that establish a uniform system for completing the reports required under sections 3 and 6 of this chapter. (c) The …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "authority" means the hospital association created by section 2 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-27(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. A member may not have a pecuniary interest in a contract, an employment, a purchase, or a sale made under the provisions of this chapter. A transaction in which a director has a pecuniary interest is void. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-7.] As added by P.L.2…

Sec. 11. (a) All necessary preliminary expenses actually incurred by the governing board to make surveys, prepare estimates of costs and receipts, employ architects, engineers, attorneys, or other consultants, give notices, take options, and all other expenses that must be paid b…

Sec. 12. The governing board of the authority may do the following: (1) Finance and construct or renovate a building for hospital use on land owned by the authority and lease the land and building to the county in which the authority has been created. (2) Sue and be sued and plea…

Sec. 13. Each county may lease land and a building from the authority for hospital purposes. A contract of lease on a particular building may not be entered into for more than forty (40) years but the contract may be renewed for a like or lesser time. [Pre-1993 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 14. A county may, in anticipation of the construction, erection, or renovation of a building, including the necessary equipment and appurtenances, enter into a contract of lease with the authority before the acquisition of a site and the construction, erection, or renovation…

Sec. 15. A lease executed under this chapter may provide for the payment of the lease rental in one (1) of the following ways: (1) Entirely from the levy of taxes. (2) Entirely from the net revenues of the hospital of which the leased building or buildings are a part. (3) In part…

Sec. 16. (a) If a lease provides for the payment of lease rental in whole or in part from net revenues of the hospital, the lease may provide that the county and the governing board of the hospital establish a reserve fund for net revenues in excess of the amount required to pay …

Sec. 17. (a) If a lease provides for the payment of lease rentals for a cumulative building fund, part or all of the cumulative building fund and the tax levied for the cumulative building fund may be committed and pledged to the payment of lease rental. To the extent the amount …

Sec. 18. When the authority, the governing board of the hospital, the county executive, and a majority of the county fiscal body of the county have agreed upon the terms and conditions of a lease proposed to be entered into under the terms and conditions of this chapter and befor…

Sec. 19. Following the hearing the county executive may authorize the execution of the lease originally agreed on or make modifications agreed on with the authority, the governing board, and the county fiscal body. The authorization must be by an order entered in the official rec…

Sec. 2. The county executive of a county owning and operating only one (1) county hospital may, upon written request by the governing board of the hospital, adopt a resolution for the creation of an authority under this chapter. Upon the adoption of the resolution an authority is…