Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 4 > Chapter 41 - Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program

• broadband Internet: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at least five (5) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• covered entity: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-2
• health care quality indicator data: means information concerning the provision of health care services that may be collected and used to measure and compare quality of health care services. See Indiana Code 16-40-4-1
• health coverage provider: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-40-4-2

• immunization: means the treatment of an individual with a vaccine to produce immunity against COVID-19. See Indiana Code 16-39-11-2
• immunization status: means the status of whether an individual:

  Indiana Code 16-39-11-4

• Indiana governmental entity: means :

  Indiana Code 16-39-11-4.5

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• law enforcement official: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-2
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minimum broadband Internet: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least twenty-five (25) megabits per second downstream and at least three (3) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-3
• office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-4
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• program: refers to the Indiana broadband connectivity program established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-5
• program: refers to the health care quality indicator data program developed and implemented under sections 4 and 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-40-4-3
• protected health information: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-3
• registered provider: means a company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that provides broadband Internet service in Indiana and that has registered with the program under section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-6
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5