Sec. 4. (a) The state department shall develop a perinatal hospice brochure and post the perinatal hospice brochure on the state department’s Internet web site.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-4

  • perinatal hospice: means the provision of comprehensive, supportive care to a pregnant woman and her family beginning with the diagnosis of a lethal fetal anomaly and continuing through the live birth and death of the woman's child as a result of the lethal fetal anomaly. See Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-3
     (b) The perinatal brochure developed under this section must include the following:

(1) A description of the health care and other services available from perinatal hospice.

(2) Information that medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth, and perinatal hospice.

(3) Information regarding telephone 211 dialing code services for accessing grief counseling and other human services as described in IC 12-13-16, and the types of services that are available through this service.

As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.73-2020, SEC.8.