Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 32.3 > Chapter 7 - Charity Gaming Enforcement Fund

• administrator: has the meaning in Indiana Code 27-1-44.6-1
• advisory board: refers to the all payer claims data base advisory board established under section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 27-1-44.6-2
• articles of incorporation: includes both the original articles of incorporation and any and all amendments thereto, except where the original articles of incorporation only are expressly referred to, and includes articles of merger, consolidation and reinsurance, and in case of corporations, heretofore organized, articles of reorganization filed in the office of the secretary of state, and all amendments thereto. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• certificate of authority: means an instrument in writing issued by the department to an insurer, which sets out the authority of such insurer to engage in the business of insurance or activities connected therewith. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• corporation: means an insurance company and includes all persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, orders or societies engaged in or proposing to engage in making any kind of insurance authorized by the laws of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to be provided health care services according to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 27-1-46-1
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to be provided health care services at a cost established according to a network plan. See Indiana Code 27-1-45-1
• data base: refers to the all payer claims data base established under Indiana Code 27-1-44.6-3
• Department: means "the department of insurance" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• emergency services: means services that are:

  Indiana Code 27-1-45-1.5

• episode of care: means the medical care ordered to be provided for a specific medical procedure, condition, or illness. See Indiana Code 27-1-46-1.5
• executive director: has the meaning in Indiana Code 27-1-44.6-4
• facility: means an institution in which health care services are provided to individuals. See Indiana Code 27-1-45-2
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• good faith estimate: means a reasonable estimate of the price each provider anticipates charging for an episode of care for nonemergency health care services that:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-2

• health carrier: means an entity:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-3

• in network: when used in reference to a provider, means that the health care services provided by the provider are subject to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 27-1-46-4
• in network provider: means a provider that is required under a network plan to provide health care services to covered individuals at not more than a preestablished rate or amount of compensation. See Indiana Code 27-1-45-3
• Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• insurer: means a company, firm, partnership, association, order, society or system making any kind or kinds of insurance and shall include associations operating as Lloyds, reciprocal or inter-insurers, or individual underwriters. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• IPEP: refers to the Indiana Public Employers' Plan, Inc. See Indiana Code 27-1-45.5-1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• member: means one who holds a contract of insurance or is insured in an insurance company other than a stock corporation. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• network: means a group of provider facilities and practitioners that:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-5

• network plan: means a plan of a health carrier that:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-6

• network plan: means a plan under which providers are required by contract to provide health care services to covered individuals at not more than a preestablished rate or amount of compensation. See Indiana Code 27-1-45-4
• nonemergency health care service: means a discrete service or series of services ordered by a practitioner for an episode of care for the purpose of:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-7

• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships; personal pronoun includes all genders; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• practitioner: means the following:

  Indiana Code 27-1-45-5

• practitioner: means :

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-8

• premium: means money or any other thing of value paid or given in consideration to an insurer, insurance producer, or solicitor on account of or in connection with a contract of insurance and shall include as a part but not in limitation of the above, policy fees, admission fees, membership fees and regular or special assessments and payments made on account of annuities. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• price: means the negotiated rate between the:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-8.5

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• provider: means :

  Indiana Code 27-1-45-6

• provider: means :

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-9

• provider facility: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 27-1-46-10

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• urgent care facility: means a freestanding health care facility that offers episodic, walk-in care for the treatment of acute, but not life threatening, health conditions. See Indiana Code 27-1-46-10.5
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5