2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 12. Human Services
ARTICLE 16. PAYMENT FOR HEALTH SERVICES OTHER THAN MEDICAID
CHAPTER 2.5. Hospital Care for the Indigent; Administration and General Provisions
12-16-2.5-6.3. Definitions
Sec. 6.3. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply to the hospital care for the indigent program:
(1) "Assistance" means the satisfaction of a person's financial obligation under IC 12-16-7.5-1.2 for hospital items or services, physician services, or transportation services provided to the person.
(2) "Claim" means a statement filed with the division by a hospital, physician, or transportation provider that identifies the health care items or services the hospital, physician, or transportation provider rendered to a person for whom an application under IC 12-16-4.5 has been filed with the division.
(3) "Eligible" or "eligibility", when used in regard to a person for whom an application under IC 12-16-4.5 has been filed with the division, means the extent to which:
(A) the person, for purposes of the application, satisfies the income and resource standards established under IC 12-16-3.5; and
(B) the person's medical condition, for purposes of the application, satisfies one (1) or more of the medical conditions identified in IC 12-16-3.5-1(a)(1) through IC 12-16-3.5-1(a)(3) or IC 12-16-3.5-2(a)(1) through IC 12-16-3.5-2(a)(3).
As added by P.L.145-2005, SEC.3.
