MEMORIAL HOSP. v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 71A03-9007-CV-305.

564 N.E.2d 299 (1990)

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND, Inc. [Patient: Debra Clark], Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Appellee (Defendants below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

December 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Bonewitz, R. William Jonas, Jr., Hammerschmidt, Bonewitz, Amaral & Jonas, South Bend, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Sabra A. Weliever, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


STATON, Judge.

Memorial Hospital appeals the administrative determination that Debra Clark is not entitled to assistance to pay for the costs of her medical care under the Hospital Care for the Indigent Act, raising the sole issue of whether an indigent who is addicted to potentially lethal amounts of cocaine is eligible for assistance to pay medical costs under Indiana Code 12-5-6-2.1.

We affirm.

Debra Clark voluntarily admitted herself into the Pathways...

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