CHAPTER 8. SUPPORT OF NONMUNICIPAL HOSPITALS IN ANDERSON AND TERRE HAUTE
IC 16-23-8
Chapter 8. Support of Nonmunicipal Hospitals in Anderson and
Terre Haute
IC 16-23-8-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a nonprofit hospital corporation:
(1) in a city having a population of:
(A) more than fifty-nine thousand seven hundred (59,700)
but less than sixty-five thousand (65,000); or
(B) more than fifty-nine thousand (59,000) but less than
fifty-nine thousand seven hundred (59,700);
(2) in a county without a city or other public hospital;
(3) that admits persons for care and treatment without regard to
race, color, or religious creed;
(4) the revenue of which derived from the care of persons able
to pay and from all other sources is expended in the
maintenance and operation of the hospital and for the care of
persons who are unable to pay to the extent of the hospital's
ability to do so;
(5) the revenue of which is insufficient to support and maintain
the hospital and enable the hospital to supply the need and
demand for hospital care and nursing in the city, either alone or
in conjunction with other hospitals in the city; and
(6) in a city that has no city hospital under the city's control that
is supported entirely by public money.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.170-2002,
SEC.106.
IC 16-23-8-2
Hospital support and maintenance
Sec. 2. A city may do the following:
(1) Appropriate money to the hospital for support and
maintenance.
(2) Aid in the support of the hospital by the levy and collection
of a special tax, not exceeding two and thirty-three hundredths
cents ($0.0233) on each one hundred dollars ($100) valuation
of the taxable property of the city.
(3) Give other aid and support in the maintenance of the
hospital in the manner that the city fiscal body considers proper.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.175.
IC 16-23-8-3
Appropriations; contracts
Sec. 3. The county fiscal body may appropriate money to aid in
the support of the hospital. The county executive and township
trustees of the county, with the consent of the township boards, may
contract with the officers of the governing body of the hospital for
the medical care and nursing of the poor of the county and
townships.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.