§ 16-19-3-35 — Collection of ownership information about a hospital, an insurer, a third party administrator, a pharmacy benefit manager, and a health care entity; report

Indiana § 16-19-3-35

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 19: STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
• Ch. 3: Powers and Duties of State Department of Health and

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(a) The state department shall do the
following:
(1) Cooperate with the secretary of state and the department of
insurance to develop and implement a plan to collect the
information described in IC 16-21-6-3(a)(14) through IC 16-21-6-3(a)(18), IC 23-0.5-2-13(a)(6), and IC 27-1-4.5-5.
(2) Annually publish on the state department's website a report
concerning the information collected under subdivision (1).
(3) Upon request, provide the information collected under
subdivision (1) to any the following:
(A) The legislative council created by IC 2-5-1.1-1.
(B) The office of the attorney general.
(C) The health care cost oversight task force established by IC 2-5-47.
(4) In carrying out the state department's duties under this section,
operate within existing appropriations for the state department.
(b) In publishing the report required under subsection (a)(2), the
state department:
(1) may omit information the state department determines is not
widely available to the general public; and
(2) may not include the name of a person or entity that has an
ownership stake in a hospital, health care entity, insurer, third
party administrator, or pharmacy benefit manager.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.239-2025, SEC.3.