I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 471 be amended to read as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health, professions and occupations.
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph
and insert:
SECTION 1. IC 35-46-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2001]:
Chapter 7. Offenses Against Persons Receiving Care
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care provider" means:
(1) a hospital licensed under IC 16-21;
(2) a health facility licensed under IC 16-28;
(3) a housing services establishment that is required to file
a disclosure statement under IC 12-15;
(4) a continuing care retirement community that is required
to file a disclosure statement under IC 23-2-4;
(5) a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27;
(6) a hospice licensed under IC 16-25;
(7) an entity that provides licensed or certified health care
professionals to:
(A) a health care provider; or
(B) a person who is in need of, or receives, professional
health care services;
(8) a community mental health center (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-38);
(9) a private psychiatric hospital licensed under IC 12-25;
(10) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2-184); or
(11) a community residential facility for the developmentally
disabled that is licensed under IC 12-28-5.
Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A gift or donation of money or other asset given to:
(A) a health care provider in the corporate name of the
health care provider; or
(B) an entity that is organized under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) A gift or loan of money or other asset given by a person
who receives services from a health care provider to a
member of the person's family who:
(A) is employed by a health care provider; or
(B) owns, wholly or jointly, a health care provider.
(3) A bequest of personal property or devise of real property
made in an executable will as described in IC 29-1-5-5 to a
health care provider, an owner, an employee, or an agent of
a health care provider.
(4) The purchase of a security (as defined in IC 23-2-1-1)
that is traded on a national or regional exchange.
(5) A gift or gratuity, not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500) in the aggregate per year per protected person, to an
employee of a health care provider.
(6) A gift or donation of money or other asset given to
purchase or otherwise acquire a product, service, or amenity
for the use, entertainment, or enjoyment of persons
receiving services from a health care provider.
Sec. 3. (a) The following transactions are subject to the
requirements of subsection (b):
(1) A gift, a donation, a loan, or an investment from a person
who receives services from a health care provider to an
owner, employee, or agent of the health care provider in the
name of the owner, employee or agent.
(2) A loan or an investment from a person who receives
services from a health care provider to the health care
provider in the corporate name of the health care provider.
(b) A transaction under subsection (a) must be executed in
writing and witnessed by two (2) disinterested parties. Each
witness shall sign a document that describes the transaction in the
presence of:
(1) the person who makes the transaction; and
(2) the other witness.
(c) A health care provider, or an owner, an employee, or an
agent of a health care provider, who:
(1) receives a gift, a donation, a loan, or an investment from
a person who receives services from a health care provider;
and
(2) fails to conform with the requirements of subsection (b);
commits a Class A infraction. Without regard to the amount of the
transaction, the court that imposes the penalty for the infraction
violation may, upon the request of the prosecuting attorney, order
the person to pay the amount received in violation of this section,
plus interest from the date of the transaction, to the protected
person or the estate of the protected person.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to Senate Bill 471 as printed March 6, 2001.)