Sec. 9. (a) For purposes of this section and IC 12-16-7.5-4.5, a payable claim is attributed to a county if the payable claim is submitted to the division by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 for payment under IC 12-16-7.5 for care provided by the hospital to an individual who qualifies for the hospital care for the indigent program under IC 12-16-3.5-1 or IC 12-16-3.5-2 and:

(1) who is a resident of the county;

(2) who is not a resident of the county and for whom the onset of the medical condition that necessitated the care occurred in the county; or

(3) whose residence cannot be determined by the division and for whom the onset of the medical condition that necessitated the care occurred in the county.

This section does not apply during the period that the office is assessing a hospital fee authorized by IC 16-21-10.

(b) For each state fiscal year ending after June 30, 2003, and before July 1, 2007, a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 that submits to the division during the state fiscal year a payable claim under IC 12-16-7.5 is entitled to a payment under subsection (c).

(c) Except as provided in section 9.8 of this chapter and subject to section 9.6 of this chapter, for a state fiscal year, the office shall pay to a hospital referred to in subsection (b) an amount equal to the amount, based on information obtained from the division and the calculations and allocations made under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5, that the office determines for the hospital under STEP SIX of the following STEPS:

STEP ONE: Identify:

(A) each hospital that submitted to the division one (1) or more payable claims under IC 12-16-7.5 during the state fiscal year; and

(B) the county to which each payable claim is attributed.

STEP TWO: For each county identified in STEP ONE, identify:

(A) each hospital that submitted to the division one (1) or more payable claims under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county during the state fiscal year; and

(B) the total amount of all hospital payable claims submitted to the division under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county during the state fiscal year.

STEP THREE: For each county identified in STEP ONE, identify the amount of county funds transferred to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5.

STEP FOUR: For each hospital identified in STEP ONE, with respect to each county identified in STEP ONE, calculate the hospital's percentage share of the county's funds transferred to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5. Each hospital's percentage share is based on the total amount of the hospital's payable claims submitted to the division under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county during the state fiscal year, calculated as a percentage of the total amount of all hospital payable claims submitted to the division under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county during the state fiscal year.

STEP FIVE: Subject to subsection (j), for each hospital identified in STEP ONE, with respect to each county identified in STEP ONE, multiply the hospital's percentage share calculated under STEP FOUR by the amount of the county's funds transferred to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5.

STEP SIX: Determine the sum of all amounts calculated under STEP FIVE for each hospital identified in STEP ONE with respect to each county identified in STEP ONE.

(d) For state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2007, a hospital that received a payment determined under STEP SIX of subsection (c) for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, shall be paid in an amount equal to the amount determined for the hospital under STEP SIX of subsection (c) for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

(e) A hospital's payment under subsection (c) or (d) is in the form of a Medicaid supplemental payment. The amount of a hospital's Medicaid supplemental payment is subject to the availability of funding for the non-federal share of the payment under subsection (f). The office shall make the payments under subsection (c) and (d) before December 15 that next succeeds the end of the state fiscal year.

(f) The non-federal share of a payment to a hospital under subsection (c) or (d) is funded from the funds transferred to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5.

(g) The amount of a county's transferred funds available to be used to fund the non-federal share of a payment to a hospital under subsection (c) is an amount that bears the same proportion to the total amount of funds of the county transferred to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund under IC 12-16-7.5-4.5 that the total amount of the hospital's payable claims under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county submitted to the division during the state fiscal year bears to the total amount of all hospital payable claims under IC 12-16-7.5 attributed to the county submitted to the division during the state fiscal year.

(h) Any county's funds identified in subsection (g) that remain after the non-federal share of a hospital's payment has been funded are available to serve as the non-federal share of a payment to a hospital under section 9.5 of this chapter.

(i) For purposes of this section, "payable claim" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-16-7.5-2.5(b)(1).

(j) For purposes of subsection (c):

(1) the amount of a payable claim is an amount equal to the amount the hospital would have received under the state's fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement principles for the hospital care for which the payable claim is submitted under IC 12-16-7.5 if the individual receiving the hospital care had been a Medicaid enrollee; and

(2) a payable hospital claim under IC 12-16-7.5 includes a payable claim under IC 12-16-7.5 for the hospital's care submitted by an individual or entity other than the hospital, to the extent permitted under the hospital care for the indigent program.

(k) The amount calculated under STEP FIVE of subsection (c) for a hospital with respect to a county may not exceed the total amount of the hospital's payable claims attributed to the county during the state fiscal year.

As added by P.L.126-1998, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.113-2000, SEC.3; P.L.283-2001, SEC.20; P.L.1-2002, SEC.52; P.L.120-2002, SEC.15; P.L.1-2003, SEC.57; P.L.255-2003, SEC.19; P.L.78-2004, SEC.5; P.L.212-2007, SEC.4; P.L.218-2007, SEC.14; P.L.229-2011, SEC.132; P.L.205-2013, SEC.194.