Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, “housing with services establishment” means an establishment providing sleeping accommodations to at least five (5) residents and offering or providing for a fee:

(1) at least one (1) regularly scheduled health related service; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-10-15-3

  • supportive services: means help with personal laundry, handling or assisting with personal funds of the residents, or arranging for medical services, health related services, or social services. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-6
(2) at least two (2) regularly scheduled supportive services;

whether offered or provided directly by the establishment or by another person arranged for by the establishment.

     (b) The term does not include the following:

(1) A comprehensive care facility licensed under IC 16-28-2.

(2) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21.

(3) A group home licensed under IC 31-27 or IC 12-28-4.

(4) An establishment that serves as a shelter for battered women or other similar purpose.

(5) Private homes in which the residents are related by kinship, law, or affinity with the person offering the services.

(6) An organized condominium, cooperative, common interest community, or owner’s association where at least eighty percent (80%) of the units that comprise the condominium, cooperative, or common interest community are occupied by individuals who are the owners, members, or shareholders of the units.

As added by P.L.73-1998, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.69.