§ 36-8-11-27 — Payment of line of duty health care expenses for firefighters

(a) A fire protection district shall pay for the
care of a full-time, paid firefighter who suffers:
(1) an injury; or
(2) contracts an illness;
during the performance of the firefighter's duties.
(b) The fire protection district shall pay for the following expenses
incurred by a firefighter described in subsection (a):
(1) Medical and surgical care.
(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and
means.
(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including service
provided during the recovery period.
(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon
in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.
(c) Expenditures required by subsection (a) shall be paid from the
fund used by the fire protection district for payment of the costs
attributable to providing fire protection services in the fire protection
district.
(d) A fire protection district that has paid for the care of a firefighter
under subsection (a) has a cause of action for reimbursement of the
amount paid under subsection (a) against any third party against whom
the firefighter has a cause of action for:
(1) an injury sustained because of; or
(2) an illness caused by;
the third party. The fire protection district's cause of action under this
subsection is in addition to, and not instead of, the cause of action of
the firefighter against the third party.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.3.