First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1105
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 16-48-1-0.5; (13)HE1105.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 16-48-1-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2013]:
Sec. 0.5. (a) This chapter may not be construed to apply
to an anatomic pathology service that is:
(1) billed to a hospital by a clinical laboratory; or
(2) billed by the hospital for an inpatient or outpatient facility
of the hospital.
(b) This chapter may not be construed to prohibit a physician
who has performed the anatomic pathology service on a patient
sample from billing a patient or payer for the histological
processing of the sample if the histological processing is performed
by another physician or a clinical laboratory. The physician who
performed the anatomic pathology service may combine the cost
for the histological processing of the sample and for the anatomic
pathology service for billing purposes, but may not add a fee for
the histological processing of the sample.