{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-21-17.1-2","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-21-17.1-2","heading":"Notice of closure or elimination of service line; requirements","body":"Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, a hospital shall provide written notice to the state department at least sixty (60) days before the hospital does any of the following:\n(1) Closes a hospital licensed under IC 16-21 and permanently terminates all hospital operations.\n(2) Completely eliminates a service line for longer than ninety (90) days.\n(b) The notice under subsection (a) must include the following:\n(1) The proposed date of closure of the hospital or elimination of a service line.\n(2) A description of the affected services and capacity.\n(3) The hospital's plan for patient continuity of care.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 21. HOSPITALS","Chapter 17.1. Notice of Closure or Elimination of Service Lines"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-21-17.1-2","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"d2104f6f29e412bfb90b9a76cf922c0a4d94f5ee7a3344b18696dd4d1014ef7f","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-21-17.1-1","next":"us-in/ic-16-21-17.1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}