Indiana Code 16-22-3-13. Patient charges; building and improvement funds
(b) The governing board may give appropriate discounts of charges to patients.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-22-3-13
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(d) The board may periodically transfer all or part of the charges for depreciation and obsolescence to a fund to be used by and at the discretion of the board only for the purpose of building, remodeling, repairing, replacing, or making additions to the hospital building or buildings. However, in any year in which there is a tax levy for the general operation and maintenance of the hospital, the board shall not make a transfer to the fund. In an emergency, the board may borrow from the fund for the operating fund of the hospital and shall reimburse the fund within two (2) years.
(e) The authority granted to establish the fund does not limit the power and authority of the board, the county executive, the county fiscal body, or other units of government to finance hospital buildings by other methods.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12-24-1; 16-12.1-3-11.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.