A medically indigent patient's deductible shall be an amount determined by the hospital that the medically indigent patient is able to pay the hospital in monthly installments over an eighteen-month period. That determination shall be made pursuant to department rules and regulations and shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the medically indigent patient's family size, household income and obligations. History: Laws 1990, ch. 93, § 6.
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