Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
disabilities participate.
(6) Are provided in conformity with a service plan developed
under IC 12-11-2.1-2.
(d) The bureau shall approve entities to provide community based
services and supports as follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 2011, the bureau shall ensure that an entity
approved to provide day services, identified day habilitation,
including facility based or community based habilitation,
prevocational services, or vocational employment services under
home and community based services waivers is accredited by at
least one (1) of the following organizations:
(1) The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF), or its successor.
(2) The Council on Quality and Leadership In Supports for People
with Disabilities, or its successor.
(3) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), or its successor.
(4) The National Committee for Quality Assurance, or its
successor.
(5) The ISO-9001 human services QA system.
(6) An independent national accreditation organization approved
by the secretary. an approved national accrediting body
described in subsection (j).
(2) Beginning July 1, 2012, the bureau shall ensure that an
entity approved to provide residential habilitation and
support services under home and community based services
waivers is accredited by an approved national accrediting
body. However, if an entity is accredited to provide home and
community based services under subdivision (1) other than
residential habilitation and support services, the bureau may
extend the time that the entity has to comply with this
subdivision until the earlier of the following:
(A) The completion of the entity's next scheduled
accreditation survey.
(B) July 1, 2015.
(e) Subject to subsection (k), the bureau shall initially approve,
reapprove, and monitor community based residential, habilitation, and
vocational employment service providers that provide alternatives to
placement of individuals with a developmental disability in state
institutions and health facilities licensed under IC 16-28 for individuals
with a developmental disability. The services must simulate, to the
extent feasible, patterns and conditions of everyday life that are as
close as possible to normal. The community based service categories
include the following:
(1) Supervised group living programs, which serve at least four
(4) individuals and not more than eight (8) individuals, are funded
by Medicaid, and are licensed by the community residential
facilities council.
(2) Supported living service arrangements to meet the unique
needs of individuals in integrated settings. Supported living
service arrangements providing residential services may not serve
more than four (4) unrelated individuals in any one (1) setting.
However, the head of the bureau shall waive this limitation for a
setting providing residential services to more than four (4)
unrelated individuals in any one (1) setting if the setting was in
existence on June 30, 1999.
(f) To the extent that services described in subsection (e) are
available and meet the individual's needs, an individual is entitled to
receive services in the least restrictive environment possible.
(g) Community based services under subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2)
must consider the needs of and provide choices and options for:
(1) individuals with a developmental disability; and
(2) families of individuals with a developmental disability.
(h) The bureau shall administer a system of service coordination to
carry out this chapter.
(i) The bureau may issue orders under IC 4-21.5-3-6 against a
provider that violates rules issued by the bureau for programs in which
the provider is providing services in accordance with section 11 of this
chapter.
(j) For purposes of subsections (d) and (k), "approved national
accrediting body" means any of the following:
(1) The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities (CARF), or its successor.
(2) The Council on Quality and Leadership In Supports for
People with Disabilities, or its successor.
(3) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), or its successor.
(4) The National Committee for Quality Assurance, or its
successor.
(5) The ISO-9001 human services QA system.
(6) The Council on Accreditation, or its successor.
(7) An independent national accreditation organization
approved by the secretary.
(k) An entity that is accredited by an approved national
accrediting body is not subject to reapproval surveys or routine
monitoring surveys by the division, bureau, or bureau of quality
improvement services, including any reapproval survey under a
home and community based services waiver. However, the bureau
may perform validation surveys and complaint investigations of an
entity accredited by an approved national accrediting body.
SECTION 2. IC 16-19-3-26, AS AMENDED BY P.L.147-2007,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JUNE 30, 2012]: Sec. 26. (a) The anatomical gift promotion fund is
established. The fund consists of amounts distributed to the fund by the
auditor of state under IC 9-18-2-16.
(b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public funds are invested. Interest that accrues from
these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(c) The state department shall administer the fund. Any expenses
incurred in administering the fund shall be paid from the fund.
(d) The money in the fund shall be distributed quarterly to the
Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life Indiana for the
purpose of implementing an organ, tissue, and marrow registry and to
promote organ, tissue, and marrow donation. However, money in the
fund may not be distributed under this subsection for any quarter
of a year until the annual report for the previous year has been
submitted under subsection (f).
(e) The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life
Indiana shall keep information regarding the identity of an individual
who has indicated a desire to make an organ or tissue donation
confidential.
(f) The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life
Indiana shall submit an annual audited report, including a list of all
expenditures, to the chairperson of the:
(1) legislative council; speaker of the house of representatives;
(2) president pro tempore of the senate;
(2) (3) senate health and provider services committee; and
(3) (4) house public health committee;
before March 15. February 1. The report must be in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6.
(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund.
(h) This subsection applies if the Indiana Donation Alliance
Foundation or Donate Life Indiana loses its status as an organization
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and
Donate Life Indiana shall report in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6 to the chairpersons of the senate standing committee, as
determined by the president pro tempore of the senate, and the house
standing committee, as determined by the speaker of the house of
representatives, that have subject matter jurisdiction over health issues.
The chairpersons shall review the report and recommend to the state
department whether to continue distributions under subsection (d).
(i) Any annual reports that were not submitted by the Indiana
Donation Alliance Foundation or Donate Life Indiana before
March 15, 2011, under subsection (f) must be submitted before
August 1, 2012.
(i) (j) This section expires July 1, 2012. 2014.
SECTION 3. IC 25-22.5-2-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.149-2011,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 8. (a) The board shall implement a program to
investigate and assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000) against a physician licensed under this article for the
following violations:
(1) Licensure renewal fraud.
(2) Improper termination of a physician and patient relationship.
(3) Practicing with an expired medical license.
(4) Providing office based anesthesia without the proper
accreditation.
(5) Failure to perform duties required for issuing birth or death
certificates.
(6) Failure to disclose, or negligent omission of,
documentation requested for licensure renewal.
(b) An individual who is investigated by the board and found by the
board to have committed a violation specified in subsection (a) may
appeal the determination made by the board in accordance with
IC 4-21.5.
(c) In accordance with the federal Health Care Quality Improvement
Act (42 U.S.C. 11132), the board shall report a disciplinary board
action that is subject to reporting to the National Practitioner Data
Bank. However, the board may not report board action against a
physician for only an administrative penalty described in subsection
(a). The board's action concerning disciplinary action or an
administrative penalty described in subsection (a) shall be conducted
at a hearing that is open to the public.
(d) The physician compliance fund is established to provide funds
for administering and enforcing the investigation of violations specified
in subsection (a). The fund shall be administered by the Indiana
professional licensing agency.
(e) The expenses of administering the physician compliance fund
shall be paid from the money in the fund. The fund consists of penalties
collected through investigations and assessments by the board
concerning violations specified in subsection (a). Money in the fund at
the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
SECTION 4. IC 36-1-11-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.2-2006,
SECTION 188, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b), this chapter applies to the disposal of property by:
(1) political subdivisions; and
(2) their agencies.
(b) This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) The disposal of property under an urban homesteading
program under IC 36-7-17.
(2) The lease of school buildings under IC 20-47.
(3) The sale of land to a lessor in a lease-purchase contract under
IC 36-1-10.
(4) The disposal of property by a redevelopment commission
established under IC 36-7.
(5) The leasing of property by a board of aviation commissioners
established under IC 8-22-2 or an airport authority established
under IC 8-22-3.
(6) The disposal of a municipally owned utility under IC 8-1.5.
(7) The sale or lease of property by a unit to an Indiana nonprofit
corporation organized for educational, literary, scientific,
religious, or charitable purposes that is exempt from federal
income taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code
or the sale or reletting of that property by the nonprofit
corporation.
(8) The disposal of surplus property by a hospital established and
operated under IC 16-22-1 through IC 16-22-5, IC 16-22-8,
IC 16-23-1, or IC 16-24-1.
(9) The sale or lease of property acquired under IC 36-7-13 for
industrial development.
(10) The sale, lease, or disposal of property by a local hospital
authority under IC 5-1-4.
(11) The sale or other disposition of property by a county or
municipality to finance housing under IC 5-20-2.
(12) The disposition of property by a soil and water conservation
district under IC 14-32.
Planning Program as approved by the Federal Aviation
Administration.