2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. HEALTH
ARTICLE 23. MUNICIPAL AND OTHER TYPES OF HOSPITALS
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.