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IN Code § 16-23-1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-19. Duties of Governing Board

Sec. 19. (a) The governing board shall do the following:(1) Control and manage the city hospital.(2) Make and establish all necessary or proper bylaws and rules for the maintenance and operation of the hospital.(3) Fix reasonable rates to patients for rooms, care, treatment, and service that are necessary or proper to fulfill the purposes and functions of the hospital.(b) In addition to IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b), a hospital organized or operated under this article may hold executive sessions to do any of the following:(1) Discuss and prepare bids, proposals, or arrangements that will be competitively awarded among health care providers.(2) Discuss recruitment of health care providers.(3) Discuss and prepare competitive marketing strategies.(4) Engage in strategic planning.(5) Participate in a motivational retreat with staff or personnel if the hospital does not conduct any official action (as defined in IC 5-14-1.5-2(d)).(c) IC 5-14-1.5-5, IC 5-14-1.5-6.1, and IC 5-14-1.5-7 apply to executive sessions held under subsection (b).(d) A hospital organized or operated under this article may hold confidential, until the information contained in the records is announced to the public, records of a proprietary nature that if revealed would place the hospital at a competitive disadvantage, including the following:(1) Terms and conditions of preferred provider arrangements.(2) Health care provider recruitment plans.(3) Competitive marketing strategies regarding new services and locations.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-13(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.91-2002, SEC.16 and P.L.100-2002, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-23-1-19.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-19.5. Insurance

Sec. 19.5. The governing board of a hospital organized or operated under this article may enter into a group purchasing agreement to purchase medical malpractice insurance with the following:(1) One (1) or more hospitals organized or operated under this article.(2) One (1) or more hospitals organized or operated under IC 16-22.As added by P.L.91-2002, SEC.17 and P.L.100-2002, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-23-1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-20. Nonprofit Operation; Rate Reductions

Sec. 20. The board may not operate the hospital for profit, but shall attempt to make the revenues from patients and other income equal the expense of operation, maintenance, and equipment if practicable. The board may admit and care for the number of patients who are in need of hospitalization and are unable to pay for the hospitalization in whole or in part as the facilities of the hospital will permit. The board may reduce the rates to be charged for these patients or admit these patients without charge.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-13(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-21. Discrimination Prohibited

Sec. 21. (a) The hospital may not discriminate among patients due to the following:(1) Race, color, or sex.(2) Occupational, economic, or social status.(3) Political or religious belief or the lack of political or religious belief.(b) The hospital must also be open to all licensed physicians of the county and the patients of licensed physicians on equal terms and under uniform rules.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-13(c).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-22. Equipment and Personal Property

Sec. 22. The governing board may do the following:(1) Purchase or lease equipment, appliances, and other personal property for the operation and maintenance of the hospital.(2) Sell or exchange equipment or personal property of the hospital or trade the equipment or personal property for other equipment or property to be purchased or acquired.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-14.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-23. Procurement Contracts; Trust Bids, Proposals, and Quotations

Sec. 23. (a) This section applies to the award of a contract under this chapter for the procurement of property by acceptance of bids, proposals, or quotations.(b) A bid, proposal, or quotation submitted by a trust (as defined in IC 30-4-1-1(a)) must identify each:(1) beneficiary of the trust; and(2) settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-14.5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-24. Loans in Anticipation of Taxes

Sec. 24. (a) If the city fiscal body authorizes the borrowing by ordinance, the board of directors may borrow money by negotiating a temporary loan in anticipation of taxes already levied and in process of collection or distribution in the current year.(b) The notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness must:(1) be executed by the city executive and attested by the clerk-treasurer; and(2) be payable not later than the end of the calendar year in which the auditor of the county or the clerk-treasurer of the city will collect and distribute the taxes in anticipation of which the temporary loan is made and the money borrowed.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-15.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-25. Superintendent; Personnel; Business Manager; Pension or Retirement Plan; Powers and Duties

Sec. 25. (a) The governing board shall employ an experienced and a qualified person as superintendent of the hospital and other agents, employees, representatives, and servants that the board considers necessary. The board may fix salaries or compensation upon terms and conditions and with powers and duties the board considers proper. The board may delegate to the secretary or to the superintendent any of the board's powers under this section. The board, or the superintendent or secretary under authority granted by the board, may terminate the employment of a person appointed under this section at any time and with or without notice, except the superintendent and business manager.(b) The governing board may also do the following:(1) Appoint a business manager for the hospital.(2) Give the manager powers and duties over the administration of the hospital.(3) Pay the manager the compensation that the board considers proper.(c) The governing board may, upon due investigation, authorize and place into effect a fair and reasonable pension or retirement plan for the hospital personnel with a reputable and an experienced company engaged in that business.(d) All persons appointed or employed by the board under this section serve in the appointed or employed capacities, exercise the powers, and perform the duties that are authorized by the board or by the secretary of the board under authority granted by the board. However, the right of employment or termination of employment of the superintendent or business manager must be exercised by the board and may not be delegated to the secretary or any other person or officer.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-16; 16-12.2-5-34.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-26. Estimate and Budget

Sec. 26. (a) Before August 2 of each year, the governing board shall do the following:(1) Analyze, estimate, compute, and consider the following for the current year and the next year for which the budget is being prepared:(A) The income from patients, trust funds, gifts, donations, and all other sources during the current year and receipts that the board may reasonably anticipate.(B) The expenditures already made and that may reasonably be anticipated for the hospital, including the following:(i) The price trends in food, supplies, equipment, and other items of personal property required in the hospital.(ii) The present and prospective number of patients using the hospital during the period for which the estimates are made.(iii) Other facts, conditions, and circumstances that may probably affect the income or expenses of the hospital during the period.(2) Determine whether there will be a deficiency in the funds necessary to maintain, equip, and operate the hospital in the next calendar year.(b) The estimate and budget must be:(1) in writing;(2) signed in triplicate by at least a majority of the board; and(3) certified by the secretary of the board.(c) Before August 2 of each year, one (1) copy of the estimate and budget shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the county and one (1) copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk-treasurer of the city. The third copy must remain on file with the secretary of the board.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-17(a), (b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-27. Tax Levy Without Anticipated Deficiency Prohibited

Sec. 27. If the estimate and budget show no anticipated deficiency for the next calendar year, the city and the county may not levy any tax on the property of the city or county for the ensuing year.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-17(c).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-28. Anticipated Deficiency; Tax Levy

Sec. 28. (a) If the budget and estimate filed in the auditor's office of the county in any year shows an anticipated deficiency, the amount of the deficiency shall be set out in the copy of the budget and estimate filed, and the board shall request that the fiscal body of the county appropriate sufficient funds and levy a sufficient tax rate on the taxable property of the county to meet the deficiency. The county auditor shall, upon the basis of the request, compute the amount of money necessary to be appropriated and the amount of tax levy necessary to be made on the taxable property of the county to meet the estimated deficiency in the anticipated hospital funds for the ensuing calendar year. The auditor shall place the tax levy before the county fiscal body at the fiscal body's annual budget meeting in September of the same year the request is filed.(b) The county fiscal body shall place the amount of the anticipated deficiency in the county budget for the next calendar year and shall levy a sufficient tax on all taxable property in the county to meet the anticipated deficiency. However, the tax rate fixed by the county fiscal body in any one (1) year may not exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the county. The levy is known as the hospital aid tax.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-18.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.169.
IN Code § 16-23-1-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-29. Appropriations; Special Hospital Aid Tax

Sec. 29. (a) If the county fiscal body is not authorized to appropriate sufficient funds under this chapter to meet an anticipated deficiency in any one (1) year reported and filed in the offices of the county auditor and city clerk-treasurer, the city fiscal body may appropriate a sufficient amount of funds for the next calendar year to meet the balance of the anticipated deficiency and levy a special hospital aid tax on all taxable property in the city for this purpose.(b) The rate fixed by the city fiscal body for a hospital aid tax in any one (1) year may not exceed two and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0233) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property. The tax is in addition to any tax levied by the city for the retirement of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and payment of interest charges for the alteration, repair, or improvement of the hospital, including the construction of additions and extensions to the hospital.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-19.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.170.
IN Code § 16-23-1-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-30. Emergency Appropriations

Sec. 30. The fiscal body of the county and the fiscal body of the city may make additional appropriations of funds during any calendar year to meet an emergency for hospital expenditures authorized under this chapter, payable out of any part of the general fund of the county or city not otherwise appropriated.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-20.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-31. Appropriation Approval; Review; Revision; Annual Reports

Sec. 31. (a) If the annual budget and appropriations, or any additional appropriations or transfers of money, made or proposed by the board of directors, excluding any cumulative building money:(1) is not based upon or derived in part from a tax levy on property in the county or city; and(2) involves only the funds of the hospital derived wholly from other sources than property taxes;the board only needs to adopt a resolution for the approval of the budget appropriations, additional appropriations, or transfers and file a true copy of the budget appropriations, additional appropriations, or transfers and the resolution in the offices of the county auditor and city clerk-treasurer within seven (7) days after board action for the information of the public.(b) If the funds are not derived from taxation, the city fiscal body may review, consider, and file objections and take an appeal to the department of local government finance upon the following:(1) An annual budget and any appropriations in the budget and request the reduction or elimination of any item.(2) Additional appropriations or transfers of funds, or any part of additional appropriations or transfers of funds, within ten (10) days after the certificate has been filed in the clerk-treasurer's office.The ruling and action of the department of local government finance is final and conclusive.(c) The annual budget and appropriations may be revised by the board of directors by increasing or decreasing items in the budget based on revenues derived from sources other than property taxes and by transfer from any items of the budget and appropriations to other items of the budget, without giving legal notice or any public hearing. However, a copy of each resolution changing the budget or any appropriations or transfers of funds shall be filed with the city clerk-treasurer and county auditor within seven (7) days after the passage of each resolution. The resolution is subject to appeal by the city fiscal body to the department of local government finance for final action in the manner and within the period provided in this section.(d) The governing board shall annually file a condensed annual report of receipts and expenditures of all hospital funds. Expenses or income items may be summarized in a fair and an accurate manner for the information of all taxpayers and citizens. A copy of the annual report covering the preceding calendar year shall be filed in the city clerk-treasurer's office and in the county auditor's office on or before the first Monday in March. Detailed information on the items must be available for inspection by the public at the hospital administrator's office.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-21 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.398.
IN Code § 16-23-1-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-32. Hospital Aid Taxes; Collection and Deposit

Sec. 32. (a) The county treasurer shall collect all hospital aid taxes levied by the county fiscal body or city fiscal body as other taxes on property are collected, and the county auditor shall pay over the amount to the clerk-treasurer of the city. The amount shall be placed in the hospital fund of the city, subject to the order of the governing board, and is available for the payment of maintenance, equipment, supplies, and operating expenses of the city hospital and for any other purpose for which the current budget of the hospital provides.(b) The clerk-treasurer shall keep the hospital aid money levied by the county fiscal body or the city fiscal body in separate items on the appropriation records of the city. The amount received from the hospital aid levy of the county shall be considered appropriated for hospital purposes, without further appropriation by the city fiscal body.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-22.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-33. Records, Books, Papers, and Physical Property; Inspection and Examination

Sec. 33. The business records, books, papers, and physical property of the hospital shall be kept open at all reasonable times to the inspection and examination of the following:(1) The state board of accounts.(2) The city executive, the city fiscal body, and the board of public works and safety of the city.(3) The county legislative body, the county fiscal body, and the judge of the circuit court of the county.(4) Any other authorized local or state officer, board, or commission.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-23.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-33.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-33.5. Hospital Employee Salary Information

Sec. 33.5. Any information concerning the specific salaries paid to individual employees of a hospital may be withheld by the hospital from disclosure under IC 5-14-3. However, the information must be provided to the entities described in section 33 of this chapter. Any entity shall maintain the confidentiality of the information as required under IC 5-14-3-6.5.As added by P.L.208-2016, SEC.7.
IN Code § 16-23-1-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-34. Gifts, Donations, Bequests, Devises, and Property in Trust; Acceptance and Control

Sec. 34. (a) The governing board may accept gifts, donations, bequests, and devises, and property in trust for the use and benefit of the hospital. The board shall recommend and the city fiscal body, by resolution or ordinance, must approve the terms and acceptance of any trust. If no trust is involved and there is an unconditional gift or donation to the hospital or to the city for hospital purposes, the board may accept the gift on behalf of the hospital without referring the gift to the city fiscal body.(b) The governing board shall control all trust funds or property and other donations, gifts, bequests, or devises belonging to the hospital or made to the city for hospital purposes. The board shall carry out terms and conditions of a trust involving acts or proceedings in connection with the hospital.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-24; 16-12.2-5-28 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-35. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by City Legislative Bodies

Sec. 35. (a) If the city legislative body of a city having a city hospital determines that the city hospital's buildings and facilities are or will soon become insufficient to serve the needs of the residents of the city and of the county in which the city is located, the city legislative body may, by ordinance, do any of the following:(1) Provide for the construction of any of the following:(A) Buildings at the same or a different location to replace or supplement the hospital building.(B) An extension and addition to any hospital building.(2) Provide for the alteration, improvement, remodeling, or repair of any hospital building and grounds.(3) Provide for the acquisition by condemnation, purchase, or donation of additional real property.(b) The city fiscal body may, by ordinance, appropriate or borrow the necessary money and issue bonds of the city. The city fiscal body shall annually levy a sufficient tax on all taxable property in the city to pay the principal of the bonds that will mature in the ensuing calendar year and the interest payments due in the ensuing calendar year on all outstanding bonds of that issue. The appropriations and bonds may include the cost of architects' services and any preliminary proceedings, legal services, and other incidental expense in connection with the project.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-25(a), (b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-23-1-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals|Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities|16-23-1-36. Bonds; Terms; Security

Sec. 36. (a) The ordinance specified in section 35 of this chapter shall provide for the following:(1) The issuance, sale, execution date, and principal of each bond to be issued.(2) The number of bonds and the aggregate principal of the bond issue.(3) The payment of interest on the bonds annually or semiannually.(4) A maturity date that is within twenty-five (25) years from the date of execution of the bonds.(5) Any other terms authorized or required by statute.(b) The city fiscal body also shall pledge the full faith and credit of the city, with the city's taxable property, to the redemption of the bonds on the respective maturity dates of the bonds and to the payment of all interest becoming due on the bonds.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-25(c); 16-12.2-5-26.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.