{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.3-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 27-1-37.3-5","heading":"\"Health plan\"","body":"Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, \"health plan\" means a plan through which coverage is provided for health care services through insurance, prepayment, reimbursement, or otherwise. The term includes the following:\n(1) An employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in 29 U.S.C. 1002 et seq.).\n(2) A policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1).\n(3) An individual contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-21) or a group contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-16).\n(b) The term does not include the following:\n(1) Accident-only, credit, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance.\n(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.\n(3) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.\n(4) Automobile medical payment insurance.\n(5) A specified disease policy issued as an individual policy.\n(6) A short term insurance plan that:\n(A) may be renewed for the greater of:\n(i) thirty-six (36) months; or\n(ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law;\n(B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and\n(C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000).\n(7) A policy that provides a stipulated daily, weekly, or monthly payment to an insured during hospital confinement, without regard to the actual expense of the confinement.","path":["TITLE 27. INSURANCE","ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","Chapter 37.3. Third Party Rights and Responsibilities Under Health Care Contracts"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_27.html#27-1-37.3-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-25T05:39:04Z","sha256":"7c75de50103a7c7c14952c3ca491572ae1d2878979da779393c3c88d6f650746","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.3-4","next":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}