Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "health care entity" means any of the following: (1) Except as provided in subsection (b), an organization or business that provides diagnostic, medical, surgical, dental treatment, or rehabilitative care. (2) An insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1 ), except for the following types of coverage: (A) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, long term care, or disability income insurance. (B) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance. (C) Automobile medical payment insurance. (D) A specified disease policy. (E) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirements, including a plan that provides coverage for: (i) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or (ii) gaps for deductibles or copayments. (F) Worker's compensation or similar insurance. (G) A student health plan. (H) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage. (3) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19 ). (4) A pharmacy benefit manager (as defined in IC 27-1-24.5-12 ). (5) An administrator (as defined in IC 27-1-25-1 ). (6) A private equity partnership, regardless of where the private equity partnership is located, seeking to enter into a merger or acquisition with an entity described in subdivisions (1) through (5). (b) The term does not include: (1) a health care provider (as defined by IC 4-6-14-2 ) that is majority owned, or that would be majority owned after the merger or acquisition, by practitioners who: (A) are licensed in Indiana; and (B) routinely provide health care services in the practitioner owned practice; (2) the Medicaid program; or (3) the Medicare program.
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