CHAPTER 4. ICF/MR BEDS

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/MRbeds.
        (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 anintermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.
    (b) The term does not include a facility administered underIC 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 bedsor the construction of a new ICF/MR facility, that the statedepartment issue a preliminary approval of the proposed project, butonly if the council determines that there is an insufficient number ofavailable beds to care for all the persons who are determined underIC 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 approvalunder this chapter may not add more beds than the numberdetermined by the Indiana health facilities council to be necessary toprovide an available bed for each person determined underIC 12-11-2.1 to be appropriate for placement in an ICF/MR facility.Upon completion of the proposed project and compliance with theother requirements for licensure under IC 16-28, the state departmentshall issue a license to the facility.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.272-1999,SEC.52.