§ 16-22-3-13 — Patient charges; building and improvement funds

(a) The governing board shall establish
reasonable charges for patient care and other hospital services for the
residents of the county and may provide patient care and other hospital
services to nonresidents of the county upon terms and conditions the
board establishes by rule.
(b) The governing board may give appropriate discounts of charges
to patients.
(c) In establishing charges, the governing board may include a
reasonable charge for depreciation and obsolescence of property, plant,
and equipment.
(d) The board may periodically transfer all or part of the charges for
depreciation and obsolescence to a fund to be used by and at the
discretion of the board only for the purpose of building, remodeling,
repairing, replacing, or making additions to the hospital building or
buildings. However, in any year in which there is a tax levy for the
general operation and maintenance of the hospital, the board shall not
make a transfer to the fund. In an emergency, the board may borrow
from the fund for the operating fund of the hospital and shall reimburse
the fund within two (2) years.
(e) The authority granted to establish the fund does not limit the
power and authority of the board, the county executive, the county
fiscal body, or other units of government to finance hospital buildings
by other methods.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12-24-1;
16-12.1-3-11.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.