Ind. Code § 16-19-5-5 – Health care engineering fund; plan review fees

(a) As used in this section, "plan review" means a review of plans for a project to determine if it complies with the state department's rules.
(b) As used in this section, "project" means the construction, addition, or renovation of a new or existing:
1. (1) ambulatory outpatient surgical center;
2. (2) comprehensive care health facility;
3. (3) hospital;
4. (4) private mental health institution; or
5. (5) residential care facility.
(c) The health care engineering fund is established for the purpose of providing funds for plan reviews for the facilities listed in this section. The state department shall administer the fund. The fund consists of the plan review fees collected pursuant to this section. Money in the fund does not revert to the state general fund. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of the fund.
(d) A fee shall be assessed for each plan review. The amount of the fee for each plan review is ten cents ($0.10) per square foot of the project, but not less than a minimum fee of:
1. (1) for hospitals and private mental health facilities:
  1. (A) five hundred fifty dollars ($550) for new facilities; and
  2. (B) three hundred dollars ($300) for alterations to existing facilities;
2. (2) for ambulatory outpatient surgical centers:
  1. (A) four hundred fifty dollars ($450) for new facilities; and
  2. (B) three hundred dollars ($300) for alterations to existing facilities; and
3. (3) for comprehensive care health facilities:
  1. (A) one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for new facilities; and
  2. (B) one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for alterations to existing facilities.
    Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the health care engineering fund established by subsection (c).
(e) The following administrative rules are void:
1. (1) 410 IAC 6-12-17(1)(C).
2. (2) 410 IAC 6-12-17(1)(D).
3. (3) 410 IAC 6-12-17(1)(E).
4. (4) 410 IAC 6-12-17(1)(F).

As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.150.