{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-21-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-21-9-4","heading":"Organizational mission statement; community benefits plan","body":"Sec. 4. A nonprofit hospital shall develop:\n(1) an organizational mission statement that identifies the hospital's commitment to serving the health care needs of the community; and\n(2) a community benefits plan defined as an operational plan for serving the community's health care needs that:\n(A) sets out goals and objectives for providing community benefits that include charity care and government sponsored indigent health care; and\n(B) identifies the populations and communities served by the hospital.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 21. HOSPITALS","Chapter 9. Provision of Charitable Care by Nonprofit Hospitals"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-21-9-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"57ae23c9d8762182989a8bb5e7d903c038eddb0dd6fa4fd057257cd062fd088f","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-21-9-3.5","next":"us-in/ic-16-21-9-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}