Indiana Code
Chapter 5.5. False Claims and Whistleblower Protection
5-11-5.5-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Claim" means a request or demand for money or property that is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient if the state:
(A) provides any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded; or
(B) will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any part of the money or property that is requested or demanded.
(2) "Documentary material" means:
(A) the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document;
(B) a data compilation stored in or accessible through computer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret the data compilations; and
(C) a product of discovery.
(3) "Investigation" means an inquiry conducted by an investigator to ascertain whether a person is or has been engaged in a violation of this chapter.
(4) "Knowing", "knowingly", or "known" means that a person, regarding information:
(A) has actual knowledge of the information;
(B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or
(C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(5) "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a firm, an association, an organization, a partnership, a limited liability company, a business, or a trust.
(6) "Product of discovery" means the original or duplicate of:
(A) a deposition;
(B) an interrogatory;
(C) a document;
(D) a thing;
(E) a result of the inspection of land or other property; or
(F) an examination or admission;
that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or an administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature. The term includes a digest, an analysis, a selection, a compilation, a derivation, an index, or another method of accessing an item listed in this subdivision.
(7) "State" means Indiana or any agency of state government. The term does not include a political subdivision.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.79-2007, SEC.1.