Indiana Code
Chapter 34. Home Health Care Services; Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning
12-15-34-2. "Home Health Services"

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "home health services" means any of the following items or services furnished to an individual by a home health agency or by others under arrangements with a home health agency on a visiting basis, and except as provided in subsection (b), in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as the individual's home:
(1) Part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse.
(2) Physical, occupational, or speech therapy or other therapeutic services.
(3) Medical social services.
(4) Home health aid services.
(5) Medical supplies other than drugs and biologicals.
(6) The use of medical appliances.
(7) Homemaking services provided by the home health agency to help the individual stay in the individual's own home.
(b) The term includes items and services of a kind described in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(6) that:
(1) are provided on an outpatient basis under arrangements made by a home health agency at:
(A) a hospital;
(B) a health facility;
(C) a rehabilitation center; or
(D) other appropriate locations outside of the home, as determined by the office; and
(2) either:
(A) involve the use of equipment of a nature that cannot readily be made available to the individual in the individual's home; or
(B) that are furnished at the hospital, health facility, or rehabilitation center while the individual is there to receive items or services.
(c) The term does not include transportation of the individual in connection with receiving items or services described in subsection (b)(1) and (b)(2).
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7.5-1(b) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.2-1995, SEC.49; P.L.114-2018, SEC.3.