{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.5-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 27-1-37.5-8.1","heading":"\"Urgent health care service\"","body":"Sec. 8.1. As used in this chapter, \"urgent health care service\" means a health care service in which the application of the time period for making a nonexpedited prior authorization, in the opinion of a physician with knowledge of the covered individual's medical condition, could:\n(1) seriously jeopardize:\n(A) the life or health of the covered individual; or\n(B) the covered individual's ability to regain maximum function; or\n(2) subject the covered individual to severe pain that cannot be adequately managed without the health care service.\nThe term includes a mental and behavioral health care service.","path":["TITLE 27. INSURANCE","ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","Chapter 37.5. Health Care Service Prior Authorization"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_27.html#27-1-37.5-8.1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-25T05:39:04Z","sha256":"075850ba0ad355079356dcb9d1e5a28bdefdc63c327ddff81d5378b1864a8615","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.5-8","next":"us-in/ic-27-1-37.5-8.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}