Indiana § 35-43-4-6 - Unauthorized control over property of benefit provider; prima facie evidence
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§ 35-43-4-6. Unauthorized control over property of benefit provider; prima facie evidence
Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section:
"Benefit" includes any accident, sickness, or other health care or reimbursement therefor to which a person is entitled.
"Benefit identification card" means a writing that identifies a person, his spouse, or his dependent as being entitled to a benefit.
"Benefit provider" includes an employer, insurer, or health care provider who has agreed to provide or has provided a benefit to a person who has a benefit identification card.
(b) Evidence that a person:
(1) permitted a person who was not entitled to a benefit to use his benefit identification card to obtain a benefit; or
(2) uses his benefit identification card to obtain a benefit for a person who was not entitled to the benefit;
constitutes prima facie evidence that such person exerted unauthorized control over property of the benefit provider.
As added by P.L.327-1983, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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