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Citations Affected: IC 16-18; IC 16-28.

Synopsis: Health facility receiverships. Permits the state to recover costs incurred by the state as the result of the receivership of a health care facility. Provides that the costs of receivership constitute a preferred claim against the receivership estate.

Effective: July 1, 2002.

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Miller, Howard

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    January 10, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Procedures.
    January 24, 2002, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

    SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-82.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 82.8. "Cost of receivership", for purposes of IC 16-28-8, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-28-8-0.5.
    SECTION 2. IC 16-28-8-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "cost of receivership" may include the costs of placing a receiver in a health facility and all reasonable expenditures and attorney's fees incurred by the receiver to operate the health facility while the health facility is in receivership.
    SECTION 3. IC 16-28-8-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.210-1999, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 7. (a) The costs of the receivership shall be determined by the court and placing a receiver in a health facility excluding the cost of the receiver's bond, shall be paid by
        (1) the health facility, if the receiver is not a state employee; or

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        (2) the state, if the receiver is a state employee. the owner or operator of the health facility.
    (b) If the receiver is a state employee, the state shall pay the receiver's salary.
    (c) Any cost of receivership paid by the state for the receivership of a health facility is a preferred claim against the receivership estate. The state may file a claim against the health facility or the health facility's assets and resources for recovery of any administrative expense incurred by the state under this chapter.
    (d) Any asset or resource of the health facility may be used to:
        (1) fund the cost of receivership; and
        (2) reimburse any expenditure made by the state under this chapter.