IC 16-21-9-4: Organizational mission statement; community benefits plan

Sec. 4. A nonprofit hospital shall develop:

(1) an organizational mission statement that identifies the hospital's commitment to serving the health care needs of the community; and

(2) a community benefits plan defined as an operational plan for serving the community's health care needs that:

(A) sets out goals and objectives for providing community benefits that include charity care and government sponsored indigent health care; and

(B) identifies the populations and communities served by the hospital.