CHAPTER 12. RECEIPT BY CERTAIN PRIVATE OR MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS OF COUNTY FINANCIAL AID FOR OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ENLARGEMENT; PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
IC 16-22-12
Chapter 12. Receipt by Certain Private or Municipal Hospitals of
County Financial Aid for Operation, Maintenance, and Enlargement;
Prohibition Against Discrimination
IC 16-22-12-1
Counties where chapter applies
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county that meets the following
conditions:
(1) Has a hospital that meets the following conditions:
(A) Is established at a cost of at least five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000).
(B) Is:
(i) owned and operated by a corporation organized under
IC 23-17; or
(ii) owned by a city within the county and operated, under
the terms and conditions of a written lease, by a
corporation organized under IC 23-17.
(C) The general corporate powers of the corporation are
exercised by a board of directors that meets the following
conditions:
(i) Is composed of residents of the county in which the
hospital is located.
(ii) Has one (1) member who is a member of or a person
designated by the county executive of the county.
(iii) May have one (1) member who is a licensed
physician.
(iv) Is elected by the members of the corporation, who
represent each organized church, religious association,
labor union, and fraternal, charitable, military, and civic
organization in the county.
(D) For which the revenue from the care of the hospital's
patients and other sources is insufficient to pay the cost of
the operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, enlargement,
furnishing, and equipment of the hospital.
(2) Does not own and operate a hospital or provide adequate
hospital care.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-2
Conflict of interest of board members
Sec. 2. An individual is not prohibited from serving as a member
of the board of directors if the member:
(1) has a pecuniary interest in; or
(2) derives a profit from;
a contract or purchase connected with the hospital. However, the
member shall disclose the interest or profit in writing to the board
and provide a copy to the state board of accounts. The member shall
abstain from voting on any matter that affects the interest or profit.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-3
County appropriation and tax levy
Sec. 3. The county fiscal body may annually make an
appropriation from the county treasury to pay a part of the cost of the
operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, enlargement, furnishing,
and equipment of the hospital and for that purpose may annually levy
a special tax, in an amount to be fixed by the county fiscal body, on
all taxable property located in the county.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-4
Conditions of operation of recipient hospitals
Sec. 4. A hospital that receives financial assistance under this
section:
(1) shall be operated for the benefit of all the residents of the
county without discrimination;
(2) must have reasonable rates and charges for service that
apply to all residents of the county; and
(3) may extend the privileges and use of the hospital to persons
residing outside of the county on the terms and conditions the
board of directors of the corporation that owns or leases the
hospital prescribes.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-5
Eligibility of organization operating hospital
Sec. 5. An organized church, a religious association, a labor
union, and a fraternal, charitable, military, and civic organization
referred to in section 1 of this chapter is one that meets the following
conditions:
(1) Has adopted bylaws.
(2) A majority of the members are at least twenty-one (21) years
of age.
(3) Has an elected presiding officer and secretary.
(4) Had at least four (4) regular meetings in the county during
the preceding calendar year.
(5) Has a regular meeting place.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-6
Submission of requests for aid
Sec. 6. A hospital corporation entitled under this chapter to
receive aid shall, within the time fixed for townships to file budgets,
file with the auditor of the county a written request addressed to the
county fiscal body for aid. The request must include a statement of
the facts that entitle the hospital corporation to aid.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-7
Payment of tax collections
Sec. 7. The taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid over
to the hospital corporation without further action or proceeding when
general taxes are paid over and distributed by the county.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
IC 16-22-12-8
Assistance to more than one hospital corporation
Sec. 8. The county fiscal body may grant the aid provided under
section 3 of this chapter to as many hospital corporations in the
county as may be entitled to aid.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.