Marion County Sheriff's County Medical Care for Inmates Fund.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 135-282
in effectSec. 135-282. - Marion County Sheriff's County Medical Care for Inmates Fund.
(a) There is hereby created a special fund to be designated as the "Marion County Sheriff's County Medical Care for Inmates Fund." The fund shall be a continuing, nonreverting fund, with all balances remaining therein at the end of each year and no such balances shall lapse into the county general fund or be diverted directly or indirectly in any manner for any purpose other than for those stated in this section.
(b) All fees and moneys generated by health care and prescription co-payments by incarcerated persons under section 131-108 shall be deposited in the Marion County Sheriff's County Medical Care for Inmates Fund. In addition, all moneys generated by contracts, grants, gifts, appropriations and any other source, which are designated for inmate medical expenses, shall be deposited in the Marion County Sheriff's Medical Care for Inmates Fund.
(c) By July 1 of each year, an actuarial study shall be conducted for the purpose of providing an estimate of the amount needed to fund inmate and arrestee medical expenses for the forthcoming year. The study may be conducted by the office of finance and management or by an independent actuary, at the sheriff's discretion.
(d) The fund shall be administered by the sheriff, and all funds deposited therein shall be appropriated and used solely for expenditures for providing medical services to jail inmates.
(e) Amounts shall be paid from this fund upon demand from the county sheriff.
(G.O. 86, 2004, § 4; G.O. 14, 2012, § 1)
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_CH135FU_ARTIINOCOFU_DIV8MACOSHCIDIFU_S135-282MACOSHCOMECAINFUFetched: 10/27/2026