County payment for injury or illness.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 281-613
in effectSec. 281-613. - County payment for injury or illness.
(a) As used in this section, care means and includes:
(1) Medical and surgical care;
(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means;
(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including service during the recovery period; and
(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.
(b) After deducting expenditures paid by an insurance or worker's compensation program, the county shall pay for the care of a jail employee who suffers an injury or contracts an illness while the employee is on duty.
(c) The county shall pay the expenditures required by subsection (b) of this section from the general fund of the county.
(G.O. 110, 2005, § 1; G.O. 2, 2008, § 11)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH281COOFBOCO_ARTVIOFSH_DIV1THSH_S281-613COPAINILFetched: 10/27/2026