Indiana Code Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure § 34-18-14-2

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “periodic payments agreement” means a contract between a health care provider (or its insurer) and the patient (or the patient's estate), under which the health care provider is relieved from possible liability in consideration of:

whether or not some or all of the payments are contingent upon the patient's survival to the proposed date of payment.