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2021 Indiana Code
Title 12. Human Services
Article 24. State Institutions
Chapter 15. Legal Process for Recovery of Treatment and Maintenance Charges
12-24-15-6. Claim Against Estate of Patient or Responsible Party Under Conditions of Ic 12-24-13; Limitation of Actions
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IN Code § 12-24-15-6 (2021)
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Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the absence of a suit authorized in section 5 of this chapter does not bar a division from enforcing its claim against the estate of a patient or the responsible parties of the patient if the conditions of IC 12-24-13 have been met.
(b) A claim against a patient or the responsible parties of the patient becomes void on the tenth anniversary of the patient's discharge if the diagnosis of the patient was mental illness or developmental disability, or both.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-18.1-10(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.81-1994, SEC.1.
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