Sec. 6. (a) When a provider provides forensic medical exams and additional forensic services under this chapter to a victim, the provider shall furnish the services without charge.

     (b) When a provider provides additional forensic services under section 5(b) and 5(c) of this chapter, the provider shall furnish the services without charge.

     (c) The division shall reimburse a provider for the cost for providing services and shall adopt rules and procedures to provide for reimbursement.

     (d) The application for reimbursement must be filed not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the service was provided.

     (e) The division shall approve or deny an application for reimbursement filed under subsection (b) not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the application for reimbursement.

     (f) A provider may not charge the victim for services required under this chapter despite delays in reimbursement from the division.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-1.5-7.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.47-1993, SEC.10; P.L.36-1997, SEC.8; P.L.90-2005, SEC.8; P.L.121-2006, SEC.28.