Indiana medical statement: a licensed doctor or public health official can postpone a utility disconnection for 10 days
Indiana statewide (electric and natural gas utilities) · Checked 2026-10-28
The doctor decides whether this applies; we never suggest wording for the letter.
Get these first
a disconnection notice
Steps
- Got a disconnection notice and someone in the home has a serious health need? Ask a licensed doctor or public health official for a medical statement (the clinician decides what it says; we never suggest wording).
- Give it to the utility before the disconnection date.
- Use the 10 days to make a payment arrangement and apply for EAP.
Official details
- What you can get
- The utility must postpone a disconnection for 10 days if you provide a medical statement from a licensed doctor or a public health official. Official source
- Who can get it
- Not confirmed yet
- What to bring
- Not confirmed yet
- How to apply
- Not confirmed yet
- Where to apply
- Not confirmed yet
- Who decides
- a licensed doctor or a public health official Official source
- How fast they decide
- Not confirmed yet
- Keep your benefits during an appeal
- Not confirmed yet
- If a doctor's letter is needed
- a medical statement from a licensed doctor or a public health official Official source


