Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Inc. v. State, Department of Public Welfare

CONOVER, Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Inc. appeals a judgment by the Allen Superior Court affirming a denial of assistance under the Hospital Care for the Indigent Act (HCI) by Respondent-Appel-lee State of Indiana, Department of Public Welfare. (DPW).

We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Lutheran raises the following issues for our review:

1. whether DPW's interpretation of HCI was erroneous;

2. whether DPW's interpretation of HCI discriminated against patients, such as patients Govan, Levanavich, and Pul-Tum, who suffer from acute drug or alcohol abuse or mental…