Indiana Code
Chapter 1. City Hospitals in Third Class Cities
16-23-1-47. Board of Directors; Authority and Powers; Direct Financial Subsidies

Sec. 47. (a) The board of directors has the authority and powers granted to boards of nonprofit corporations under IC 23-17, including the powers to do the following:
(1) Enter shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.
(2) Join or sponsor memberships in organizations and associations that benefit the hospital.
(3) Incorporate other corporations.
(4) Allow members of the board or officers or administrators of the hospital to serve as directors of the following:
(A) Organizations or associations that benefit the hospital.
(B) Partnerships, limited liability companies, or other corporations.
(C) Shared service agreements and other cooperative ventures.
(5) Offer to the general public, directly or indirectly, products and services of any entity created under this subsection.
(6) Sue and be sued in the board's own name.
(7) Enter into contracts.
(8) Perform all other duties and exercise all other powers prescribed by law.
(b) The existence of authority or power under subsection (a) shall be determined in favor of the hospital if generally authorized or existing under IC 23-17. A resolution of the board of directors is presumptive evidence of a power.
(c) If a county or city fiscal body provides a direct financial subsidy to a hospital from a tax levy at the time a hospital exercises the hospital's powers under subsection (a), the hospital may not provide the funds from a tax levy to an entity created under subsection (a) for more than three (3) years. After three (3) years, all money, with interest, must be repaid in not more than ten (10) years.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-12.2-5-3 part; 16-12.2-5-39.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.251.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 16. Health

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

16-23-1-19.5. Insurance

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

16-23-1-25. Superintendent; Personnel; Business Manager; Pension or Retirement Plan; Powers and Duties

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