{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-27-8-5.8-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 27-8-5.8-1","heading":"\"Accident and sickness insurance policy\"","body":"Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, \"accident and sickness insurance policy\" means an insurance policy that provides at least one (1) of the types of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Classes 1(b) and 2(a), and is issued on a group basis. The term does not include the following:\n(1) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, Medicare, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance.\n(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.\n(3) Automobile medical payment insurance.\n(4) A specified disease policy.\n(5) A limited benefit health insurance 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.\n(8) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.\n(9) A student health insurance policy.","path":["TITLE 27. INSURANCE","ARTICLE 8. LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH","Chapter 5.8. Insurance Benefit Cards"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_27.html#27-8-5.8-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-25T05:39:04Z","sha256":"acc7c123ad698255ad1bce365eb998b324c0322dda22fafaf65e4903397b4a73","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-27-8-5.7-12","next":"us-in/ic-27-8-5.8-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}