Section 25-1-8.5-2 - [Effective 7/1/2024](a) As used in this chapter, "health care entity" means any of the following:(1) Any 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 the Medicaid program or the Medicare program.Added by P.L. 95-2024,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.