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IN Code § 16-23-1-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-37. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by Governing Board

Sec. 37. (a) The governing board may design, order, contract for, and execute the following:(1) The construction of other buildings at the same or a different location to replace or supplement a hospital building.(2) The construction of an adequate and a proper extension and addition to a hospital building.(3) The alteration, improvement, repair, and remodeling of a hospital building and grounds.(4) The acquisition by condemnation, purchase, or donation of additional real property.(5) The purchasing, construction, remodeling, enlargement, or acquisition in any lawful manner of a building for a hospital purpose.(b) The governing board shall perform duties and exercise powers authorized by ordinances adopted by the fiscal body of the city or county for the appropriation of adequate funds or the borrowing of money by issuance and sale of the bonds of the city or county.(c) Except as provided in IC 36-1-12-1(c) or in this chapter, the governing board is governed by all applicable statutes for third class cities in the making of repairs, construction, improvement, extension, or addition of or to the hospital, including the acquisition or condemnation of real property.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-27.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-38. Federal Funds and Grants; County Funds

Sec. 38. The city and the governing board may, by the proper officers, do the following:(1) Apply for, accept, and receive federal funds or grants available to aid the hospital project.(2) Agree to and carry out the terms of the grant.(3) Execute any necessary applications, contracts, and other instruments for this purpose.(4) Accept and receive any funds appropriated and available from the county under this chapter and use the funds for the hospital project.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-28 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-39 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-39. Emergency Hospital Construction, Improvement, and Repair; Bonds

Sec. 39. (a) This section applies to the county fiscal body of a county in which a city hospital is located and maintained.(b) The county fiscal body may issue and sell bonds and appropriate money, if the fiscal body finds the following:(1) An emergency exists.(2) To meet the medical needs of the county residents living inside and outside the corporate limits of the city it is necessary to aid in the following:(A) The construction, improvement, repair, or remodeling of hospital buildings and grounds.(B) The construction of an extension or addition to the hospital.(C) The acquisition of real property for the hospital.(3) An appropriation of county funds, borrowing of money, and issuance and sale of bonds by the county are in the best interests of all the citizens of the county.(c) The county fiscal body may issue and sell bonds and appropriate the proceeds to meet the emergency:(1) without regard to whether the city in which the hospital is located has issued and sold bonds for these purposes or contemplates the issuance and sale of bonds;(2) as other county bonds are issued and sold under statute; and(3) subject to approval of the department of local government finance.(d) The principal derived from the sale of the bonds, upon due appropriation by the county according to statute, shall be paid to the clerk-treasurer of the city to assist in paying the cost of the improvement, repair, remodeling, or construction project of the hospital or for the acquisition of real property, without reappropriation by the fiscal body of the city.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-29; 16-12.2-5-31.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.399.
IN Code § 16-23-1-41 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-41. Claims Against Hospitals

Sec. 41. All claims against the hospital for money payable for services provided, items furnished, or expenses incurred at or for the hospital shall be considered and allowed or disallowed, in whole or in part, as the board of directors considers proper. The allowance or disallowance shall be certified or attested by the secretary, president, or other member authorized by the board to endorse the action taken on claims. The claims shall then be filed in the clerk-treasurer's office of the city. If the claims are covered by proper appropriations in effect and unexpended and are in due form, or if no appropriation is required by statute and the claims are filed and allowed according to statute, the clerk-treasurer shall promptly pay the claims out of the hospital funds of the city to the individual, firm, corporation, or other legal entity to whom the claims are due.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-33.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-42 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-42. Maintenance and Operation of Properties

Sec. 42. All property constructed, purchased, improved, repaired, remodeled, or acquired by the city or by the board of directors and used for hospital purposes shall be maintained and operated as and for a city hospital under the control of the board of directors, with equal representation on the board to the residents of the city and to the citizens of the county residing outside the city and with equal rights, facilities, service, and treatment available to citizens of the county residing inside and outside the corporate limits of the city.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-35.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-43 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-43. City Classification Changes; Effect

Sec. 43. If a city to which this chapter applies becomes a city of a different class, the hospital may continue to be maintained, operated, improved, remodeled, and enlarged, and real property acquired, as provided in this chapter as if the classification had not changed.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-36.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-44 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-44. Joint Hospital Operation

Sec. 44. A city hospital operating under this chapter may operate jointly with a county hospital in the same county created under IC 16-22-13. Joint operation may include joint employment of an administrator and other personnel, joint policies, joint purchases, joint services, and other programs to reduce the costs of health care. The board of directors of the city hospital may contract with the hospital board of the county hospital to provide for the manner of allocation of revenues and expenditures and the administration of the hospitals. Records must reflect the separate ownership, financial obligations, and existence of the city hospital and the county hospital.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-37.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-45. Governing Board; Rights and Powers; Sale and Lease of Real Property

Sec. 45. (a) The governing board has the same rights and powers as the hospital board of a county hospital under IC 16-22-2, except when those rights and powers are in conflict with the rights and powers granted to a city hospital under this chapter. However, a city hospital and the hospital's board of directors do not have authority to act inconsistently with the nature of the city hospital as a body of city government.(b) The governing board may sell or lease real property to others by taking the same steps and procedures that the city served by the city hospital is required to take to sell or lease real property, except to the extent that this subsection conflicts with another statute authorizing the sale or lease of real property.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-38.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-46 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-46. Sale of Real Property; Trust Bids; Lease of Real and Personal Property; Loans

Sec. 46. (a) This section applies to the sale of real property by the governing board.(b) If real property is sold by acceptance of bids, a bid submitted for the property by a trust (as defined in IC 30-4-1-1(a)) must identify the following:(1) Each beneficiary of the trust.(2) Each settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.(c) The governing board may lease from others real or personal property, with or without an option to purchase, on terms and conditions and for times the board of directors considers reasonable.(d) The governing board may borrow money and may secure the loan by a pledge of amounts from the cumulative building fund or other security. The loan may be made for a term of up to twenty (20) years.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-25.5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-47 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-47. Board of Directors; Authority and Powers; Direct Financial Subsidies

Sec. 47. (a) The board of directors has the authority and powers granted to boards of nonprofit corporations under IC 23-17, including the powers to do the following:(1) Enter shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.(2) Join or sponsor memberships in organizations and associations that benefit the hospital.(3) Incorporate other corporations.(4) Allow members of the board or officers or administrators of the hospital to serve as directors of the following:(A) Organizations or associations that benefit the hospital.(B) Partnerships, limited liability companies, or other corporations.(C) Shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.(5) Offer to the general public, directly or indirectly, products and services of any entity created under this subsection.(6) Sue and be sued in the board's own name.(7) Enter into contracts.(8) Perform all other duties and exercise all other powers prescribed by law.(b) The existence of authority or power under subsection (a) shall be determined in favor of the hospital if generally authorized or existing under IC 23-17. A resolution of the board of directors is presumptive evidence of a power.(c) If a county or city fiscal body provides a direct financial subsidy to a hospital from a tax levy at the time a hospital exercises the hospital's powers under subsection (a), the hospital may not provide the funds from a tax levy to an entity created under subsection (a) for more than three (3) years. After three (3) years, all money, with interest, must be repaid in not more than ten (10) years.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-3 part; 16-12.2-5-39.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.251.
IN Code § 16-23-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-1. Creation

Sec. 1. The legislative body of a third class city may, by ordinance, create a board of governors of each hospital of the city.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-2. Members

Sec. 2. A board of governors must consist of not less than five (5) and not more than nine (9) members who shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the legislative body. One (1) member of the board may be a licensed physician. The executive of the city is an ex officio member of the board of governors.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(b) part, (d) part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-3. Terms

Sec. 3. (a) The initial terms of a board of governors are as follows:(1) One-third (1/3) of the members, as near as may be, shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year.(2) One-third (1/3) of the members, shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years.(3) One-third (1/3) of the members, shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years.(b) All subsequent terms are for three (3) years.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(b) part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-4. Vacancies

Sec. 4. All vacancies in the membership of the board of governors shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment as provided in section 2 of this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(c).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-5. Compensation

Sec. 5. The members of the board of governors serve without compensation.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(d) part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-6. Oath

Sec. 6. Each member of the board of governors qualifies by taking an oath of office within ten (10) days after the member's appointment. The oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk-treasurer of the city.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(d) part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-7. Conflicts of Interest

Sec. 7. An individual is not prohibited from serving as a member of the board of governors if the member:(1) has a pecuniary interest in; or(2) derives a profit from;a contract or purchase connected with the hospital. However, the member shall disclose the interest or profit in writing to the board of governors and provide a copy to the state board of accounts. The member shall abstain from voting on any matter that affects the interest or profit.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-1(e).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-8. Control of Hospitals

Sec. 8. The board of governors has exclusive control of each hospital of the city. On the effective date of an ordinance and the appointment of the board under the ordinance, the jurisdiction of the department of health over the hospitals ceases.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-2.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-9. Hospital Funds; Duties of Clerk-Treasurer; Deposits and Payments

Sec. 9. The clerk-treasurer of a city having a board of governors is the custodian of and responsible for the clerk-treasurer's official bond for each hospital's funds, except as provided in section 11 of this chapter. The funds shall be paid over to the clerk-treasurer at least one (1) time each week, deposited in public depositories, and paid out on warrants drawn on the clerk-treasurer signed by the president and secretary of the board.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-3.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-10. Budget and Appropriations; Reports

Sec. 10. (a) The governing board and the board's officers may not contract any obligation or pay out any money in excess of an annual budget and appropriations made for those purposes by the fiscal body of the city, as provided by statute.(b) The board shall, before the time for the fixing of the city budget, annually present to the city fiscal body a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures of each hospital for the current year and a detailed estimate of the money needed for the next fiscal year. This must be done in the manner prescribed by statute or in the manner prescribed by the city fiscal body if a manner is not prescribed by statute.(c) This section does not apply to funds from donations and bequests, which shall be administered in accordance with section 11 of this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-4.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 2. Hospital Boards of Governors in Third Class Cities|16-23-2-11. Donations and Bequests

Sec. 11. (a) The governing board may, under the name fixed by the ordinance and consistent with the terms of any donations and bequests, do the following:(1) Accept, hold, and administer donations and bequests for the hospital or hospitals.(2) Invest the money in securities that the board considers proper.(3) Use the money and assets for hospital purposes.(4) Convey assets and pay out money without an appropriation, but only after the action is authorized by a majority vote of the members of the board.(b) If the board desires to accept the donations or bequests, the board shall elect a treasurer from among the board who is custodian of the money and of the income from the money. The treasurer shall give bond in an amount fixed by and with surety to the approval of the board. The bond must be payable to the board, and suit may be brought on the bond by the board in the board's name.(c) The board may not accept a donation or bequest that creates an obligation to the city unless the donation or bequest is first accepted and approved by the city fiscal body.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-8-5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 3. Tax Levies and Appropriations for Hospital Associations by Third Class Cities|16-23-3-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a third class city that meets the following conditions:(1) Has no hospital facilities for the third class city's citizens.(2) Has a nonprofit hospital corporation that meets the following conditions:(A) Has the hospital corporation's principal office and place of business designated in the hospital corporation's articles of incorporation as located in, or within one (1) mile of the limits of, the city.(B) Desires to construct or has constructed in the city, or within one (1) mile of the city, a nonprofit hospital to be operated for charitable purposes.(C) Has a governing board that meets the following conditions:(i) Manages the construction, maintenance, and operation of the hospital.(ii) Is entirely nonsectarian and nonpolitical.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-4-1(a); 16-12.2-4-3.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 3. Tax Levies and Appropriations for Hospital Associations by Third Class Cities|16-23-3-2. Construction and Equipment of Facilities; Payment of Obligations; Contracts

Sec. 2. The city fiscal body may do the following:(1) Appropriate money to aid in the construction and equipment of hospital buildings and purchase of suitable grounds, in an amount not more than the amount provided for the purchase and construction by the nonprofit hospital corporation under section 1 of this chapter.(2) Appropriate money to pay the obligations of the nonprofit hospital corporation under section 1 of this chapter for the purchase of grounds and equipment for and the construction of the hospital.(3) Enter into a contract, upon terms the city fiscal body considers advantageous to the citizens of the city, with the nonprofit hospital corporation under section 1 of this chapter and donors of a fund for the following purposes:(A) To purchase grounds and construct and equip the hospital building.(B) To name the hospital.(C) To hold title to the hospital building and grounds.(D) To receive donations and determine the terms upon which donations may be accepted.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-4-1(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 3. Tax Levies and Appropriations for Hospital Associations by Third Class Cities|16-23-3-3. Defrayment of Deficiencies

Sec. 3. If the city has provided assistance to the nonprofit corporation under section 2 of this chapter and the revenues derived from patient fees in any one (1) year and all other income of the association are not sufficient to maintain the hospital and grounds, the city may appropriate and pay to the nonprofit hospital corporation annually a sufficient amount to defray the deficiency.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-4-2.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 3. Tax Levies and Appropriations for Hospital Associations by Third Class Cities|16-23-3-4. Hospital Admittance

Sec. 4. A hospital described in this chapter must be open to all of the following:(1) Persons on reasonable terms.(2) Physicians on reasonable terms who desire to place patients in the hospital.(3) Employees of the city, without charge, who are injured in the course of employment.(4) Poor and indigent persons on reasonable rates to be paid by the proper officers having charge of the care of those persons.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-4-4.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 3. Tax Levies and Appropriations for Hospital Associations by Third Class Cities|16-23-3-5. Bonds; Tax Levy

Sec. 5. (a) The city fiscal body may issue and sell bonds of the city, under the regulations followed for the issuance and sale of bonds for the construction of other city buildings, to provide money to do the following:(1) Aid in the purchase, equipment, and construction of the hospital buildings and grounds.(2) Pay the obligations of the hospital association.(b) The fiscal body may also levy and collect taxes to pay and satisfy bonds when due.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-4-5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.