"Urgent health care service"
Ind. Code § 27-1-37.5-8.1
in effectSec. 8.1. As used in this chapter, "urgent health care service" means a health care service in which the application of the time period for making a nonexpedited prior authorization, in the opinion of a physician with knowledge of the covered individual's medical condition, could:
(1) seriously jeopardize:
(A) the life or health of the covered individual; or
(B) the covered individual's ability to regain maximum function; or
(2) subject the covered individual to severe pain that cannot be adequately managed without the health care service.
The term includes a mental and behavioral health care service.
As added by P.L.144-2025, SEC.16.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/27Fetched: 10/17/2026