# Ind. Code § 12-15-44.5-4.5: Required health care account; payments

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 12-15-44.5-4.5
- **Heading:** Required health care account; payments
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 12 / Article 15 / Chapter 44.5 / Section 12-15-44.5-4.5

## Text

Sec. 4.5. (a) An individual who participates in the plan must have a health care account to which payments may be made for the individual's participation in the plan.

(b) An individual's health care account must be used to pay the individual's deductible for health care services under the plan.

(c) An individual's deductible must be at least two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year.

(d) An individual may make payments to the individual's health care account as follows:

(1) An employer withholding or causing to be withheld from an employee's wages or salary, after taxes are deducted from the wages or salary, the individual's contribution under this chapter and distributed equally throughout the calendar year.

(2) Submission of the individual's contribution under this chapter to the office to deposit in the individual's health care account in a manner prescribed by the secretary.

(3) Another method determined by the secretary.

As added by P.L.30-2016, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.63-2026, SEC.21.

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