Sec. 342.4. (a) “Subsidized health services”, for purposes of IC 16-21-6 and IC 16-21-9, means services that:

(1) are provided by a hospital, in response to community needs, for which the reimbursement is less than the hospital’s cost for providing the services; and

(2) must be subsidized by other hospital or nonprofit supporting entity revenue sources.

     (b) Subsidized health services may include:

(1) emergency and trauma care;

(2) neonatal intensive care;

(3) free standing community clinics; and

(4) collaborative efforts with local government or private agencies in preventive medicine, such as immunization programs.

     (c) As used in this section, “nonprofit supporting entity” means a nonprofit entity that is created by the hospital or the hospital’s parent entity to further the charitable purposes of the hospital and that is owned or controlled by the hospital or the hospital’s parent entity.

As added by P.L.94-1994, SEC.10.