Indiana § 36-2-13-19 - Sheriff as Medicaid authorized representative; memorandum of understanding; reimbursement; payment

§ 36-2-13-19. Sheriff as Medicaid authorized representative; memorandum of understanding; reimbursement; payment

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a person who:

(1) is subject to lawful detention;

(2) incurs or will incur medical care expenses that are not otherwise reimbursable during the lawful detention;

(3) is unwilling or unable to pay for the person's own health care services; and

(4) is potentially eligible for Medicaid (IC 12-15).

(b) For a person described in subsection (a), the sheriff is the person's Medicaid authorized representative and may apply for Medicaid on behalf of the person.

(c) A county executive and the office of the secretary of family and social services shall enter into a written memorandum of understanding providing that the sheriff shall reimburse the office of the secretary for administrative costs and the state share of the Medicaid costs incurred for a person described in this section.

(d) Reimbursement under this section for reimbursable health care services provided by a health care provider, including a hospital, to a person as an inpatient in a hospital must be as follows:

(1) For individuals eligible under the healthy Indiana plan (IC 12-15-44.5), the reimbursement rates described in IC 12-15-44.5-5.

(2) For individuals other than those described in subdivision (1) who are eligible under the Medicaid program, the reimbursement rates provided under the Medicaid program, except that reimbursement for inpatient hospital services shall be reimbursed at rates equal to the fee-for-service rates described in IC 16-21-10-8(a)(1).

Hospital assessment fee funds collected under IC 16-21-10 or the Indiana check-up plan trust fund (IC 12-15-44.2-17) may not be used as the state share of Medicaid costs for the reimbursement of health care services provided to the person as an inpatient in the hospital.

(e) The state share of all claims reimbursed by Medicaid for a person described in subsection (a) shall be paid by the county.

As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.30-2016, SEC.44.

IC 36-2-14Chapter 14. County Coroner

36-2-14-1Application of chapter 36-2-14-1.5Child death pathologist 36-2-14-1.8Vitreous 36-2-14-2Residence; term of office 36-2-14-3Commission of coroner 36-2-14-4Duties as county sheriff 36-2-14-5Service of warrant for arrest of county sheriff; custody of jail and prisoners 36-2-14-5.3Reproduction of original coroner's records; destruction or transfer of reproduced records; legal status of reproduced records; coroner immunity from liability under records statute 36-2-14-5.5Duties of child death pathologist 36-2-14-6Determination of cause, manner, mechanism of death; suspicion of overdose; certificate of death; moving of body; autopsy; coroner duties 36-2-14-6.3Coroner notification of child deaths; coroner consultation with child death pathologist; suspicious, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths; autopsy 36-2-14-6.5Duty to make positive identification; manner of positive identification; exception; timely notification of next of kin 36-2-14-6.7Autopsies of children who may have died of sudden infant death syndrome; autopsy reports 36-2-14-7Service of physician; payment 36-2-14-8Repealed 36-2-14-9Repealed 36-2-14-10Coroner's verdict and report; autopsy records; confidentiality 36-2-14-11Property or money of deceased person subject to coroner's investigation; found with body or at scene of death; taking possession; publication; search for person entitled; delivery to county treasurer or sheriff 36-2-14-12Repealed 36-2-14-12.5Coroner requests to hospitals for blood or tissue samples 36-2-14-13Immunity from civil liability; autopsy 36-2-14-14Repealed 36-2-14-15Compensation; expiration of statute 36-2-14-16Counties over 400,000 population; disposition of unclaimed bodies 36-2-14-17Violent or suspicious death of person; failure to notify authorities of discovery of body or moving body from scene; offenses 36-2-14-18Public inspection and copying of information; investigatory records; copies of autopsy; availability of report 36-2-14-19Cornea donations 36-2-14-20County responsibility for costs of autopsies 36-2-14-21Coroners obtaining decedent's health records; coroners provide health records to investigative units 36-2-14-22Providing climate controlled environment 36-2-14-22.1Hospital blood sample retention protocols 36-2-14-22.2Repealed 36-2-14-22.3Training courses for coroners and deputy coroners 36-2-14-22.4Organ and tissue procurement 36-2-14-22.6Information requests; medicolegal examinations; interference with postmortem examinations; denial of recovery 36-2-14-23Training course completion requirements; reimbursement requirements 36-2-14-24Requirement for the release of autopsy and other reports; auditor to withhold pay if autopsy or other reports not timely released; withheld pay released upon release of autopsy or other reports; exception 36-2-14-25Coroner; conflict of interest 36-2-14-26Rules