§ 12-15-34-2 — "Home health services"

(a) As used in this chapter, "home health
services" means any of the following items or services furnished to an
individual by a home health agency or by others under arrangements
with a home health agency on a visiting basis, and except as provided
in subsection (b), in a place of temporary or permanent residence used
as the individual's home:
(1) Part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the
supervision of a registered professional nurse.
(2) Physical, occupational, or speech therapy or other therapeutic
services.
(3) Medical social services.
(4) Home health aid services.
(5) Medical supplies other than drugs and biologicals.
(6) The use of medical appliances.
(7) Homemaking services provided by the home health agency to
help the individual stay in the individual's own home.
(b) The term includes items and services of a kind described in
subsection (a)(1) through (a)(6) that:
(1) are provided on an outpatient basis under arrangements made
by a home health agency at:
(A) a hospital;
(B) a health facility;
(C) a rehabilitation center; or
(D) other appropriate locations outside of the home, as
determined by the office; and
(2) either:
(A) involve the use of equipment of a nature that cannot readily
be made available to the individual in the individual's home; or
(B) that are furnished at the hospital, health facility, or
rehabilitation center while the individual is there to receive
items or services.
(c) The term does not include transportation of the individual in
connection with receiving items or services described in subsection
(b)(1) and (b)(2).
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7.5-1(b) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.2-1995, SEC.49; P.L.114-2018, SEC.3.