- (a) The patient's compensation fund is created to be collected and received by the commissioner for exclusive use for the purposes stated in this article.
- (b) The fund and any income from the fund shall be held in trust, deposited in a segregated account, invested, and reinvested by the commissioner as authorized by IC 27-1-13 and does not become a part of the state general fund.
(c) Proceeds of the annual surcharge levied on all health care providers in Indiana under IC 34-18-5 shall be deposited in the fund.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-6-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.