2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 34. Civil Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 18. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
CHAPTER 15. Payment From the Patient's Compensation Fund
34-18-15-2. Periodic payments; combined payments

Universal Citation: IN Code § 34-18-15-2 (2017)
IC 34-18-15-2 Periodic payments; combined payments

     Sec. 2. Notwithstanding IC 34-18-6, the commissioner may:

(1) discharge the possible liability of the patient's compensation fund to a patient through a periodic payments agreement (as defined in IC 34-18-14-2); and

(2) combine money from the fund with money of the health care provider (or its insurer) to pay the cost of the periodic payments agreement with the patient (or the patient's estate). However, the amount provided by the commissioner may not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total amount expended for the agreement.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-15-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

 

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