Sec. 26. (a) Before August 2 of each year, the governing board shall do the following:
(1) Analyze, estimate, compute, and consider the following for the current year and the next year for which the budget is being prepared:
(A) The income from patients, trust funds, gifts, donations, and all other sources during the current year and receipts that the board may reasonably anticipate.
(B) The expenditures already made and that may reasonably be anticipated for the hospital, including the following:
(i) The price trends in food, supplies, equipment, and other items of personal property required in the hospital.
(ii) The present and prospective number of patients using the hospital during the period for which the estimates are made.
(iii) Other facts, conditions, and circumstances that may probably affect the income or expenses of the hospital during the period.
(2) Determine whether there will be a deficiency in the funds necessary to maintain, equip, and operate the hospital in the next calendar year.
(b) The estimate and budget must be:
(1) in writing;
(2) signed in triplicate by at least a majority of the board; and
(3) certified by the secretary of the board.
(c) Before August 2 of each year, one (1) copy of the estimate and budget shall be filed in the office of the auditor of the county and one (1) copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk-treasurer of the city. The third copy must remain on file with the secretary of the board.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-17(a), (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 23. Municipal and Other Types of Hospitals
Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities
16-23-1-1. Application of Chapter
16-23-1-2. Appropriations and Tax Levies; Conditions
16-23-1-3. Governing Board; Members; Allowable Name of the Board; Actions Legalized
16-23-1-4. Appointing Board; Members; Oath
16-23-1-4.1. Governing Board Membership Limitation
16-23-1-5. Appointing Board; Meetings
16-23-1-6. Board of Directors; Conflicts of Interest
16-23-1-7. Governing Board; Vacancies; Candidates
16-23-1-8. Governing Board; Vacancies; Appointments
16-23-1-9. Governing Board; Terms
16-23-1-10. Governing Board; Time of Appointments; Continuation of Appointing Board Membership
16-23-1-11. Board of Directors; Certificates of Appointment; Oaths and Bonds
16-23-1-12. Governing Board Meetings; Time and Place; Quorum
16-23-1-13. Treasurer; City Clerk-Treasurer
16-23-1-14. Separate Treasurer
16-23-1-15. Duties of Treasurer
16-23-1-16. Governing Board Officers
16-23-1-17. Duties of Governing Board Officers
16-23-1-18. Compensation of Governing Board Members and Officers
16-23-1-19. Duties of Governing Board
16-23-1-20. Nonprofit Operation; Rate Reductions
16-23-1-21. Discrimination Prohibited
16-23-1-22. Equipment and Personal Property
16-23-1-23. Procurement Contracts; Trust Bids, Proposals, and Quotations
16-23-1-24. Loans in Anticipation of Taxes
16-23-1-26. Estimate and Budget
16-23-1-27. Tax Levy Without Anticipated Deficiency Prohibited
16-23-1-28. Anticipated Deficiency; Tax Levy
16-23-1-29. Appropriations; Special Hospital Aid Tax
16-23-1-30. Emergency Appropriations
16-23-1-31. Appropriation Approval; Review; Revision; Annual Reports
16-23-1-32. Hospital Aid Taxes; Collection and Deposit
16-23-1-33. Records, Books, Papers, and Physical Property; Inspection and Examination
16-23-1-33.5. Hospital Employee Salary Information
16-23-1-34. Gifts, Donations, Bequests, Devises, and Property in Trust; Acceptance and Control
16-23-1-35. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by City Legislative Bodies
16-23-1-36. Bonds; Terms; Security
16-23-1-37. Facility Construction, Improvement, and Repair by Governing Board
16-23-1-38. Federal Funds and Grants; County Funds
16-23-1-39. Emergency Hospital Construction, Improvement, and Repair; Bonds
16-23-1-40. Cumulative Hospital Building Fund; Tax Rate; Investment
16-23-1-41. Claims Against Hospitals
16-23-1-42. Maintenance and Operation of Properties
16-23-1-43. City Classification Changes; Effect
16-23-1-44. Joint Hospital Operation
16-23-1-45. Governing Board; Rights and Powers; Sale and Lease of Real Property
16-23-1-46. Sale of Real Property; Trust Bids; Lease of Real and Personal Property; Loans
16-23-1-47. Board of Directors; Authority and Powers; Direct Financial Subsidies