§ 4-6-14-10 — Health records and personal identifying information protection trust fund

(a) The health records and personal
identifying information protection trust fund is established for the
purpose of paying storage, maintenance, copying, mailing, and transfer
of:
(1) health records; and
(2) records containing personal information;
as required under this chapter. Expenditures from the trust fund may be
made only to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), if a health care provider or a regulated
professional is disciplined under IC 25-1-9 or IC 25-1-11, the board
that issues the disciplinary order shall impose a fee against the
individual of five dollars ($5). The fee must be deposited into the
health records and personal identifying information protection trust
fund.
(c) If the amount in the health records and personal identifying
information protection trust fund exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000), the fee imposed under subsection (b) may not be imposed
on an individual who is subject to a disciplinary order.
(d) The attorney general shall administer the trust fund.
(e) The expenses of administering the trust fund shall be paid from
the money in the fund.
(f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the trust fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public money may be invested.
(g) Money in the trust fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.84-2010, SEC.1.