CHAPTER 4. ICF/MR BEDS - Indiana Statutes

IC 16-29-4
     Chapter 4. ICF/MR Beds

IC 16-29-4-1
Application of chapter
     Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:
        (1) The conversion of existing health facility beds to ICF/MR beds.
        (2) The construction of new ICF/MR facilities after June 30, 1987.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.12.

IC 16-29-4-2
"ICF/MR" defined
     Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "ICF/MR" refers to an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.
    (b) The term does not include a facility administered under IC 12-11-1.1 or IC 12-22-2.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.272-1999, SEC.50.

IC 16-29-4-3
Recommendation of preliminary approval of proposed project; condition
     Sec. 3. The Indiana health facilities council may recommend, before the conversion of existing health facility beds to ICF/MR beds or the construction of a new ICF/MR facility, that the state department issue a preliminary approval of the proposed project, but only if the council determines that there is an insufficient number of available beds to care for all the persons who are determined under IC 12-11-2.1 to be appropriate for placement in an ICF/MR facility.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.272-1999, SEC.51.

IC 16-29-4-4
Number of beds; limit; licensing of facility
     Sec. 4. A proposed project that receives preliminary approval under this chapter may not add more beds than the number determined by the Indiana health facilities council to be necessary to provide an available bed for each person determined under IC 12-11-2.1 to be appropriate for placement in an ICF/MR facility. Upon completion of the proposed project and compliance with the other requirements for licensure under IC 16-28, the state department shall issue a license to the facility.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.272-1999, SEC.52.