Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section:

     “Benefit” includes any accident, sickness, or other health care or reimbursement therefor to which a person is entitled.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-43-4-6

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     “Benefit identification card” means a writing that identifies a person, his spouse, or his dependent as being entitled to a benefit.

     “Benefit provider” includes an employer, insurer, or health care provider who has agreed to provide or has provided a benefit to a person who has a benefit identification card.

     (b) Evidence that a person:

(1) permitted a person who was not entitled to a benefit to use his benefit identification card to obtain a benefit; or

(2) uses his benefit identification card to obtain a benefit for a person who was not entitled to the benefit;

constitutes prima facie evidence that such person exerted unauthorized control over property of the benefit provider.

As added by P.L.327-1983, SEC.1.