# Ind. Code § 27-1-44.5-2: "Health payer"

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T27_A1_C44.5_S27-1-44.5-2

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 27-1-44.5-2
- **Heading:** "Health payer"
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 27 / Article 1 / Chapter 44.5 / Section 27-1-44.5-2

## Text

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "health payer" includes the following:

(1) Medicare.

(2) Medicaid or a managed care organization (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-218) that has contracted with Medicaid to provide services to a Medicaid recipient.

(3) An insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1), except for the following types of coverage:

(A) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, long term care, or disability income insurance.

(B) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.

(C) Automobile medical payment insurance.

(D) A specified disease policy.

(E) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirements, including a plan that provides coverage for:

(i) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or

(ii) gaps for deductibles or copayments.

(F) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.

(G) A student health plan.

(H) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage.

(4) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19).

(5) A pharmacy benefit manager (as defined in IC 27-1-24.5-12).

(6) An administrator (as defined in IC 27-1-25-1).

(7) A multiple employer welfare arrangement (as defined in IC 27-1-34-1).

(8) An employee benefit plan that is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), including a third party administrator of an employee benefit plan.

(9) A state employee health plan (as defined in IC 5-10-8-6.7(a)).

(10) An insurance producer, for purposes of the required reporting under IC 27-1-15.6-13.6.

(11) Any other person identified by the commissioner for participation in the data base described in this chapter.

As added by P.L.50-2020, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.32-2021, SEC.84; P.L.195-2021, SEC.4; P.L.165-2022, SEC.6; P.L.190-2023, SEC.19; P.L.216-2025, SEC.45; P.L.145-2026, SEC.144.

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