Prepared by: Kristin Schwartz
Report created on April 23, 2024
 
HB1001STATE BUDGET. (THOMPSON J) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Requires a researcher to execute a data sharing agreement that is approved by the management performance hub to receive access to confidential records. Provides that the auditor of state is also known as the state comptroller. Provides that, after June 30, 2023, the auditor of state shall use the title "state comptroller" in conducting state business, in all contracts, on business cards, on stationery, and with other means of communication as necessary. Establishes the attorney general contingency fee fund. Establishes the: (1) state opioid settlement fund; and (2) local opioid settlement fund; into which funds received from opioid litigation settlements must be deposited. Provides that the office of the inspector general shall provide informal advisory opinions and that the opinions are confidential. Allows the budget committee to submit the budget report and budget bill or bills to the governor on or before the second Monday of January, or the third Monday of January in the year in which a gubernatorial election is held (instead of before that date). Requires the state personnel department to require a contractor, when contracting for health care coverage for state employees, to use value based coverage. Repeals a provision that makes a state general fund appropriation to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system if the money available in the special death benefits fund is insufficient to pay death benefit claims. Allows the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to certify an applicable tax credit that exceeds the maximum allowable amount after review by the budget committee. Provides that the regional economic acceleration and development initiative program expires June 30, 2026. Specifies that the county or municipality that did not approve the relocation of an outdoor advertising sign is responsible for compensation of the taking of the outdoor advertising sign. Provides that an owner may relocate an outdoor advertising sign that is subject to a pending eminent domain action. Allows an individual to claim an increased exemption amount for a dependent child in the first year in which the exemption amount may be claimed for the child. Reduces the individual income tax rate to 2.9% by 2027 and eliminates all trigger provisions in current law. Establishes the regional public safety training fund. Repeals provisions relating to the establishment of the: (1) Indiana homeland security foundation; (2) Indiana homeland security fund; and (3) fire training infrastructure fund. Allows certain members of the public employees' retirement fund or Indiana state teachers' retirement fund to file an election to begin receiving retirement benefits while holding a position. Changes the state police pre-1987 benefit and supplemental pension benefit calculation from being based on the sixth year of service to the fourth year of service. Repeals the public mass transportation fund. Repeals the financial responsibility compliance verification fund. Changes the number of years of service on which the salary matrix for state police employees is based to 15 years (instead of 20 years). Requires the department of correction to deposit the amount appropriated for the county misdemeanant fund by a county's multiplier. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to: (1) develop a schedule for the review of Medicaid reimbursement rates; and (2) provide a copy of the schedule to the budget committee; not later than November 1, 2023. Creates the residential water testing fund to test the water supply of an individual property owner of an eligible township. Requires the director of the state personnel department to submit a revision or adjustment to a pay plan developed for state employees to the state budget committee for review before the revision may take effect. Provides that the general assembly shall convene: (1) on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in June for the first regular technical session; and (2) on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in May for the second regular technical session. Provides that a technical session is not required to convene if the president pro tempore and the speaker jointly issue an order that convening is not necessary. Requires the general assembly to convene no later than the fourth Monday in January after organization day. Repeals provisions relating to emergency sessions and makes conforming amendments. Recouples the state earned income tax credit qualifications with the federal earned income tax credit qualifications under the Internal Revenue Code as in effect January 1, 2023. Requires a contractor that provides tangible personal property incorporated into real property in a project located in an innovation development district to maintain records of all state gross retail and use tax paid or collected during a state fiscal year. Adds state adjusted gross income taxes paid by an individual who is not an employee with respect to income received for services performed in an innovation development district for purposes of calculating income tax incremental amounts. Establishes the commission on improving the status of children fund to support the staffing and operations of the commission. Provides that a part of state user fees shall be deposited in the Indiana secured school fund. Repeals the distribution schedule for appropriations made for certain child development programs. Requires the department of local government finance to prepare an annual report and abstract concerning property tax data (instead of the auditor of state). Deletes reimbursement rate parameters for reimbursement of managed care organizations under the healthy Indiana plan. Extends the sunset of the collection of hospital assessment fees and health facility quality assessment fees from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2025. Increases the total number of adult learner students at the Excel Centers for Adult Learners and Christel House DORS centers for whom the school may receive state funding. Establishes the Indiana education scholarship account donation fund to accept donations for administration of the Indiana education scholarship account program. Repeals the special education fund. Establishes a state tax credit for a taxpayer that makes certain qualified child care expenditures in providing child care to the taxpayer's employees. Extends provisions for the gasoline tax and the special fuel tax rates. Amends a statute concerning powers and duties of a regional water, sewage, or solid waste district established under prior law. Extends the sunset for the invasive species council and fund from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2031. Prohibits school corporations and charter schools from charging a fee for curricular materials to students. Provides that the parent of a student or an emancipated minor who attends an accredited nonpublic school and who meets financial eligibility requirements may request reimbursement of fees charged for curricular materials. Establishes the curricular materials fund. Requires a county auditor to distribute a portion of revenue received from an operations fund levy imposed by a school corporation located in certain counties to certain charter schools (excludes school corporations that are designated as a dist
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 201
 State Bill Page:   HB1001
 
HB1003HEALTH MATTERS. (SNOW C) Allows a credit against the state tax liability of an employer with fewer than 50 employees if the employer has adopted a health reimbursement arrangement in lieu of a traditional employer provided health insurance plan and if the employer's contribution toward the health reimbursement arrangement meets a certain standard. Requires employers that are allowed the credit to report certain information to the department of insurance. Provides that the total amount of credits granted to employers may not exceed $10,000,000 in a taxable year. Provides that the credit may be carried over for 10 years, but may not be carried back. Provides that a health care provider that enters into: (1) a value-based health care reimbursement agreement; and (2) an electronic medical record access agreement; with a health plan may qualify to participate in the health plan's program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements. Requires a health plan that establishes a program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements to provide certain information to health care providers concerning the program.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1003
 
HB1004HEALTH CARE MATTERS. (SCHAIBLEY D) Establishes the health care cost oversight task force and sets forth duties of the task force. Provides a credit against state tax liability to certain physicians who have an ownership interest in a physician practice and meet other eligibility criteria. Allows a credit against the state tax liability of an employer with fewer than 50 employees if the employer has adopted a health reimbursement arrangement in lieu of a traditional employer provided health insurance plan and if the employer's contribution toward the health reimbursement arrangement meets a certain standard. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to research and compile data concerning Medicaid reimbursement rates for Indiana and all other states and the national reimbursement rate average. Requires the submission of a report to the health care cost oversight task force and the general assembly. Establishes the payer affordability penalty fund. Specifies additional information that a hospital must report to the Indiana department of health in the hospital's annual report and establishes a fine for a hospital that fails to timely file the report. Provides that a bill for health care services provided by certain qualified providers in an office setting must be submitted on an individual provider form. Prohibits an insurer, health maintenance organization, employer, or other person responsible for the payment of the cost of health care services from accepting a bill that is submitted on an institutional provider form. Repeals language requiring a hospital to hold a public forum. Requires the department of insurance to contract with a third party to calculate an Indiana nonprofit hospital system's prices from certain health plans for specified calendar years. Before November 1, 2024, and before November 1 each subsequent year, requires the department's third party contractor to compare certain Indiana nonprofit hospital system facility pricing information with 285% of Medicare. Requires the calculations to be submitted as a report for review. Provides that a health care provider that enters into: (1) a value-based health care reimbursement agreement; and (2) an electronic medical records access agreement; with a health plan may qualify to participate in the health plan's program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements. Requires a health plan that establishes a program to reduce or eliminate prior authorization requirements to provide certain information to health care providers concerning the program. Requires a third party administrator, insurer, or health maintenance organization that has contracted with a person to administer a self-funded insurance plan or a fully insured group plan to provide claims data to the person not later than 15 days from a request for the data. Specifies certain claims data to be provided and establishes a fine for a failure to timely provide the claims data. Requires the all payer claims data base advisory board to discuss specified issues concerning reimbursement rates. Allows for the provisional credentialing of physicians who establish or join an independent primary care practice.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 203
 State Bill Page:   HB1004
 
HB1006MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. (STEUERWALD G) Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines. Establishes a local mental health referral program to provide mental health treatment for certain persons who have been arrested. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes technical corrections.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 205
 State Bill Page:   HB1006
 
HB1009COURT ORDERED EXPENSES. (ROWRAY E) Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 119
 State Bill Page:   HB1009
 
HB1011END OF LIFE OPTIONS. (PIERCE M) Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending provider for medication that the individual may self-administer to bring about death. Specifies requirements a provider must meet in order to prescribe the medication to a patient. Prohibits an insurer from denying payment of benefits under a life insurance policy based upon a suicide clause in the life insurance policy if the death of the insured individual is the result of medical aid in dying. Establishes a Level 1 felony if a person: (1) without authorization of the patient, willfully alters, forges, conceals, or destroys a request for medication or a rescission of a request for medication with the intent or effect of causing the individual's death; or (2) knowingly or intentionally coerces or exerts undue influence on an individual to request medication to bring about death or to destroy a rescission of a request for medication to bring about death. Establishes a Class A misdemeanor if a person, without authorization of the patient, willfully alters, forges, conceals, or destroys a request for medication or a rescission of a request for medication in order to affect a health care decision by the individual. Establishes certain criminal and civil immunity for health care providers.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1011
 
HB1013INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. (SNOW C) Changes references from the state department of health to the Indiana department of health. Provides directions for publication of affected provisions. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 56
 State Bill Page:   HB1013
 
HB1017PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONATION REPOSITORIES. (BARTELS S) Establishes the prescription drug donation repository program (program). Establishes a fee on each person who is issued a license, registration, or certificate by a health profession board for the program. Allows a person to donate prescription drugs and supplies to a central repository or local repository for use by an individual who is an eligible recipient. Excludes abortion inducing drugs and controlled substances from the program. Allows an eligible entity to apply to participate as a local repository in the program. Establishes criteria for the acceptance and distribution of donated prescription drugs and supplies. Sets a maximum handling fee that may be charged for the dispensing of a prescription drug or supplies under the program. Allows an entity that participates in a drug donation repository or program in another state to participate in the program in Indiana if that state's program allows for donations to repositories located in Indiana. Establishes immunity for certain persons under the program.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 208
 State Bill Page:   HB1017
 
HB1018MEDICAID AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. (OLTHOFF J) Removes medical equipment and supplies from the list of items or services for which the office of the secretary of family and services (office) may seek competitive bids for the Medicaid program. Specifies that the office, managed care organizations, subcontractors, and third party administrators must reimburse: (1) durable medical equipment; (2) complex rehabilitation technology; and (3) supplies; at a rate that is at least 100% of the rate in specified fee schedules. Requires the office to develop and implement a tool to assist in the determination of capped rental payments for certain items. Adds a member to the Medicaid advisory committee.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1018
 
HB1039MEDICAL AND ADULT USE CANNABIS. (TESHKA J) After marijuana is removed as a federal schedule I controlled substance, permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician. Establishes the adult use cannabis excise tax, and requires a retailer to transfer the tax to the department of state revenue for deposit in the state general fund. Exempts veterans from payment of the sales tax on medical or adult use cannabis. Establishes a cannabis program to permit the cultivation, processing, testing, transportation, and sale of cannabis by holders of a valid permit. Establishes the Indiana cannabis commission (ICC) as a state agency to oversee, implement, and enforce the program, and establishes the ICC advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program. Requires that permit holders take steps to prevent diversion of cannabis to unauthorized persons. Requires that cannabis and cannabis products be properly labeled, placed in child resistant packaging, and tested by an independent testing laboratory before being made available for purchase. Prohibits packaging cannabis in a manner that is appealing to children. Authorizes research on cannabis in accordance with rules set forth by the ICC. Establishes a procedure for the expungement of a cannabis related conviction if the act constituting the conviction becomes legal. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1039
 
HB1058REMAINS OF A MISCARRIED FETUS. (FRYE R) Provides that a health care facility may transfer the remains of a miscarried fetus to a nonprofit organization that provides funerals, cremations, or burials for a miscarried fetus in certain circumstances.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1058
 
HB1059EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS. (ENGLEMAN K) Amends the definition of "emergency medical services provider" for the offense of battery to include a staff member in the emergency department of a hospital.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1059
 
HB1065CANNABIS REGULATION. (ERRINGTON S) Establishes the cannabis compliance advisory committee to review and evaluate certain rules, laws, and programs. Establishes the cannabis compliance commission to regulate all forms of legal cannabis in Indiana, including hemp and low THC hemp extract.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1065
 
HB1071IMPLICIT BIAS CONTINUING EDUCATION. (SHACKLEFORD R) Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to adopt rules requiring a physician and a physician assistant who apply for a license or renewal to complete continuing education addressing the topic of implicit bias. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to adopt rules requiring a nurse who applies for a license or renewal to complete continuing education addressing the topic of implicit bias. Establishes certain requirements for an implicit bias continuing education course. Provides that the Indiana professional licensing agency must maintain on the agency's website a schedule of or link to implicit bias continuing education courses that are available.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1071
 
HB1075NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. (JETER C) Provides that the contents of an investigative demand issued by the attorney general are confidential. Expands the definition of "public benefit corporation" to include a domestic corporation that is supported by public funds or authorized to spend public funds in furtherance of its mission or that is a not-for-profit corporation that aims to serve a public benefit. Provides that a court may dissolve a nonprofit corporation under certain circumstances and provides exceptions to the types of corporations that may be dissolved under this procedure. Specifies procedural requirements that the attorney general must take before petitioning the court for dissolution for certain reasons. Permits a court to appoint a receiver to manage a nonprofit corporation even if an action to dissolve the corporation has not been filed. Provides additional remedies that the attorney general may seek for violations. Requires a nonprofit corporation to maintain certain records for three years. Provides that attorney general may not access records of specified entities. Prevents a state agency from imposing certain filing or reporting requirements that are more burdensome than what is required by state law and provides certain exceptions. Makes conforming and clarifying changes.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1075
 
HB1083STUDENT IMMUNIZATIONS. (TESHKA J) Removes a requirement that a school corporation record or include certain immunization information in the official high school transcript for a high school student. Specifies that only the general assembly (rather than the Indiana department of health) may expand or modify the list of communicable diseases that require documentation of immunity for a student.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1083
 
HB1091ELIGIBILITY UNDER MEDICAID, CHIP AND OTHER BENEFITS. (VERMILION A) Changes the requirements for submitting eligibility information for an individual who is: (1) less than 19 years of age; and (2) a recipient of either the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program (CHIP) (programs). (Current law concerning the submission of eligibility information in the programs applies to individuals less than three years of age.) Provides Medicaid eligibility for certain individuals who have immigrated and are lawfully residing in the United States and meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements. Specifies eligibility for the children's health insurance program (CHIP) for lawfully residing individuals who are less than 19 years of age. Provides that an agency or political subdivision is not required to verify citizenship or immigration status of an individual for purposes of the individual's eligibility for benefits under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, including the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 213
 State Bill Page:   HB1091
 
HB1095MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION MATTERS. (SHACKLEFORD R) Specifies that an individual's incarceration, hospitalization, or other temporary cessation in substance or chemical use may not be used as a factor in determining the individual's eligibility for coverage in: (1) a state employee health care plan; (2) Medicaid; (3) the healthy Indiana plan; (4) a policy of accident and sickness insurance; or (5) a health maintenance health care contract. Requires an opioid treatment program to: (1) provide a patient of the facility appropriate referrals for continuing care before releasing the patient from care by the facility; and (2) counsel female patients concerning the effects of the program treatment if the female is or becomes pregnant and provide to the patient birth control if requested by the patient. Requires the division of mental health and addiction (division) to annually perform an audit of 20% of an opioid treatment program facility's patient plans to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. Requires the division to establish a mental health and addiction program to reduce the stigma of mental illness and addiction. Requires hospitals to establish emergency room treatment protocols concerning treatment of a patient who is overdosing, has been provided an overdose intervention drug, or is otherwise identified as having a substance use disorder.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1095
 
HB1101MUSIC AND ART THERAPY. (GORE M) Provides that art therapy services provided by a licensed art therapist to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates. Adds music therapists and art therapists to the behavioral health and human services licensing board (board). Creates the music therapist and art therapist sections of the board. Requires music therapists to be licensed. Establishes requirements and procedures for an individual to be licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, and art therapist associate. Prohibits a person who is not licensed as a music therapist, an art therapist, or an art therapist associate from using certain titles or certain words in a title. Makes technical and conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1101
 
HB1109COLLABORATIVE CARE DISCLOSURES. (ZENT D) Provides that if an advanced practice registered nurse, a certified direct entry midwife, or a physician assistant is under a collaborative agreement with a licensed practitioner or physician, the advanced practice registered nurse, certified direct entry midwife, or physician assistant must display or provide certain information in an office based setting, to the patient, and, if applicable, on a website.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1109
 
HB1110DENTAL ANESTHESIA. (ZENT D) Provides that any rule adopted by the medical licensing board concerning standards for office based procedures that require moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia to be administered does not apply to a dental office setting if the dentist who performs the dental services on a patient holds a permit to administer general anesthesia or moderate sedation issued by the state board of dentistry. Allows a licensed dentist who has completed all education requirements in a dental specialty area recognized by the American Dental Association to use a designation or term in conjunction with the dentist's practice. (Current law allows a licensed dentist who has completed a dental anesthesiology residency recognized by the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology before July 1, 2025, to use a designation or term in conjunction with the dentist's practice.)
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1110
 
HB1118PROHIBITED SERVICES RELATING TO CARE OF MINORS. (SWEET L) Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing, or causing to be performed, certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) subjecting a minor to certain activities that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender identity when the identity is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1118
 
HB1126MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS. (CASH B) Provides that the division of mental health and addiction (division) may not exclude an organization that is not a nonprofit organization from consideration and any award of a grant that is administered by the division that is for mental health care and services solely because the organization is a for-profit organization.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1126
 
HB1127EXEMPTION FROM COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS. (CASH B) Provides that an employer may not require an employee to submit to testing for the presence of COVID-19 unless the employee had a known high risk exposure to COVID-19 or has active symptoms of COVID-19. Removes a provision that allows an employer to require an employee who receives an exemption from COVID-19 immunization requirements to submit to testing under certain conditions. Provides that an employer may not subject an employee who claims an exemption based on religious reasons to religious testing or questioning unless the employer has documented evidence of an insincere belief. Removes a provision that allows an employer to request a new laboratory test result from an employee who claims an exemption based on immunity from COVID-19 not more than once every three months. Allows an employee or prospective employee to bring a civil action against an employer to enforce the exemption requirements.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1127
 
HB1129HEALTH FACILITY STAFF RATIOS. (CASH B) Provides that each health facility and residential care facility shall post on the facility's public website the minimum ratio of direct patient care staff to residents in the facility. Requires that the information must specify the minimum ratio for each employee classification that provides direct patient care. Provides that the website address to access the facility's information must be provided annually and upon admission to the facility to the resident, resident's guardian, and resident's health care representative. Allows the Indiana department of health to receive the information.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1129
 
HB1133BAN ON SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO AND E-LIQUIDS. (JACKSON C) Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and their components, including: (1) cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco; and (2) tobacco products that have a characterizing flavor. Provides that a person or entity that sells a flavored tobacco product commits a Class C misdemeanor and may have the person's tobacco sales certificate revoked by the alcohol and tobacco commission.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1133
 
HB1136MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. (JACKSON C) Establishes the Indiana first responders mental health wellness fund and program. Provides that the division of mental health and addiction of the office of the secretary of family and social services shall administer the program and fund. Provides that a first responder who meets certain requirements may apply to the division for: (1) costs associated with the first responder's active participation in a mental health treatment plan as determined by a psychologist or physician treating the first responder; and (2) compensation if the first responder is unable to work. Establishes requirements for obtaining compensation. Makes a continuous appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1136
 
HB1139CONSENT FOR PELVIC, PROSTATE, AND RECTAL EXAMS. (JACKSON C) Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1139
 
HB1158BREAKTHROUGH THERAPIES. (MOED J) Provides that a drug, biological product, or medical device that has been designated as a breakthrough therapy under federal law may be made available to a qualified patient and offered by a physician as a part of the patient's medical treatment. Specifies that a civil or criminal cause of action is not created against a manufacturer or health care provider for any harm to a qualified patient resulting from use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1158
 
HB1162NONPROFIT HOSPITAL AND INSURER REPORTING. (HARRIS JR. E) Requires a nonprofit hospital and a health carrier to post and provide certain information at least 45 days before a public forum. Modifies requirements concerning the: (1) date on which a public forum must be held; (2) topics that must be discussed at a public forum; (3) requirements of a public forum; and (4) use of technology to allow attendance at a public forum through real time audio and video through the Internet. Requires the Indiana department of health and the department of insurance to post specified information concerning public forums on the agency website.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1162
 
HB1164REMOVAL OF IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS. (JUDY C) Provides that the department of child services may not require an individual to undergo an immunization as a condition of issuing the individual a foster family home license, or renewing the individual's foster family home license, if the individual provides: (1) written notice that the individual objects to the immunization on religious grounds; or (2) written certification from a physician that the immunization is or may be detrimental to the individual's health.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1164
 
HB1167LIVE STREAMING AND ARCHIVING MEETINGS. (SMALTZ B) Requires governing bodies of state and local agencies (excluding a state supported college or university) to provide, on a publicly accessible platform: (1) live transmissions of public meetings; and (2) an archive of copies of the live transmissions with links to any meeting agendas, minutes, or memoranda. Provides that if a governing body does not have Internet capability for live transmission of public meetings, the governing body shall record the meeting. Provides that transmissions and recordings of public meetings may be destroyed after 90 days.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 127
 State Bill Page:   HB1167
 
HB1179PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. (CLERE E) Allows a state agency to adopt a policy governing electronic meetings conducted by a board or committee of the agency, if the board or committee has not adopted a policy. Allows the reinstatement of a professional license that was retired, inactive, or surrendered (inactive) if the applicant meets the requirements for a delinquent or lapsed license. Provides that provisions regarding reinstatement of a retired license do not apply if the license was retired while a complaint or investigation regarding professional conduct was pending. Provides that the reinstatement law applies to all licenses that were inactive for more than three years. Requires, for purposes of the license reinstatement law, that each board make available a list of standards that require a personal appearance before the board. Requires a provider of a continuing education course to: (1) obtain approval of the course from the licensing board; and (2) provide the licensing board or agency with a certificate showing that a practitioner completed a course. Eliminates random continuing education audits of practitioners. Adds certain nonhealth professions to the professions that an out-of-state applicant may use to apply for license under the general reciprocity law. Provides that if a board does not act on an application within one year for an applicant who holds a provisional license or provisional certificate under the reciprocity law, the professional licensing agency shall issue the applicant a license or certificate. Allows the use of certain titles by an individual who is enrolled in or has graduated from a school of architecture or an accredited curriculum of landscape architecture.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1179
 
HB1181MEDICAID MATTERS. (CLERE E) Allows a provider that has entered into a contract with a managed care organization, after exhausting any internal procedures of the managed care organization for provider grievances and appeals, to request an administrative appeal within the office of Medicaid policy and planning of the managed care organization's action in denying or reducing reimbursement for claims for covered services provided to an applicant, pending applicant, conditionally eligible individual, or member. Establishes a procedure for an administrative appeal, including a hearing before an administrative law judge that could be followed by agency review and then by judicial review. Prohibits a provision in a contract between a provider and a managed care organization that would negate or restrict the right of a provider to an administrative appeal and provides that such a contract provision is void and unenforceable. Repeals a provision under which Medicaid law is controlling when Medicaid law conflicts with insurance law. Provides that if the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) or a contractor of the office fails to pay or denies a clean claim for any eligible Medicaid service within certain time limits due to the office or contractor incorrectly processing the clean claim because of errors attributable to the internal system of an insurer or managed care organization, the office or contractor may not assert that the provider failed to meet the timely filing requirements for the claim. Adds members to the Medicaid advisory committee (committee). Allows a member of the committee whose position was eliminated to continue to serve until the member's term expires. Establishes co-chairs for the committee. Requires the office to prepare a report that describes every type of report that must be prepared by a Medicaid contractor or managed care entity and submitted to the office or the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Specifies the information that must be contained in the report. Requires the office to submit the report to the committee and the general assembly. Requires the advisory committee to hold public hearings on the report. Makes technical changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1181
 
HB1182PHARMACY MATTERS. (CLERE E) Removes the authority of the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol to allow certain health practitioners to administer or dispense an immunization or a pharmacist a smoking cessation product. Requires the state health commissioner to issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol (standing order) that allows a pharmacist to treat or screen, test, administer, or dispense for certain health conditions. Allows a pharmacist to order tests that are waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) or established under a standing order. Allows a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician to perform a test that is: (1) delegated by a supervising pharmacist; and (2) a waived test under CLIA. Allows a pharmacy technician, who is certified to perform any activity delegated by a supervising pharmacist or pharmacist owner if the activities: (1) do not require the clinical judgment of a pharmacist; (2) are not prohibited by a rule adopted by the Indiana board of pharmacy; or (3) are not an activity required by law to be performed only by a pharmacist. Provides that a health carrier may not deny reimbursement for services and procedures that are performed by a pharmacist and that are within the scope of the pharmacist's license if the same services and procedures would be covered if performed by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant. Provides civil and criminal immunity for a pharmacist related to filling a prescription for a drug, medicine, or other prescribed substance. Establishes exceptions.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1182
 
HB1198SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. (MCNAMARA W) Removes certain sentencing enhancements for battery and malicious mischief that relate to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Repeals certain offenses concerning the donation, sale, or transfer of blood or semen that contains HIV. Defines "responding safety officer" and makes battery by body waste a Level 5 felony if committed against a responding safety officer and certain other circumstances apply. Makes it a Level 6 felony for a person with a serious communicable disease who is not in compliance with a treatment plan to engage in a high risk activity with another person and not inform the other person of the disease.. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1198
 
HB1199EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. (BARTELS S) Requires a hospital with an emergency department to have a physician onsite and on duty who is primarily responsible for the emergency department at all times the department is open.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1199
 
HB1201RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL. (LEDBETTER C) Establishes the rare disease advisory council (council) to address various issues concerning the needs of patients in Indiana with rare diseases and their caregivers and providers. Establishes duties and procedures of the council. Requires the Indiana department of health to provide administrative assistance to and pay the administrative expenses of the council.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 129
 State Bill Page:   HB1201
 
HB1208OPIOID SETTLEMENT. (KARICKHOFF M) Specifies that the distribution of funds from an opioid litigation settlement is subject to a bankruptcy court order or bankruptcy settlement. Provides that an annual distribution of less than $5,000 payable to a city or town pursuant to an opioid litigation settlement agreement must be paid instead to the county. (Under current law, the threshold is $1,000.) Specifies that amounts owed by the state for attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with opioid litigation must be deducted from the opioid settlement distribution payable to the state. Permits a city, county, or town that receives an opioid litigation settlement payment to transfer all or part of the payment to another city, county, or town to be used for the benefit of both communities. Permits a city, county, or town that receives an opioid litigation distribution to sell the right to receive the distribution. Excludes from the agency settlement fund any amount owed for outside counsel attorney's fees, costs, or expenses.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1208
 
HB1214TOBACCO AND E-LIQUIDS. (MANNING E) Modifies the definition of "tobacco product" to include a product that contains nicotine and is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation. Provides that an e-liquid distributor shall purchase and distribute e-liquid from an: (1) Indiana e-liquid manufacturer that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit; or (2) Indiana e-liquid distributor that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit or a valid tobacco distributor's license.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1214
 
HB1216FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS. (MANNING E) Establishes the linking industry to nursing education fund (fund) for the purpose of expanding nursing education opportunities. Defines terms and provides administrative provisions for the fund. Requires the commission for higher education (commission), before August 1, 2023, to develop an application for a competitive grant program that matches contributions from a health care entity to an educational institution on a dollar for dollar basis from the fund. Provides that the application may be submitted by any educational institution and must require the educational institution to include the expected number of additional students the educational institution will be able to accept into its nursing education program as a result of the matching program. Requires the commission to approve an application if sufficient funds are available and if the matching grant will be used by the educational institution for certain purposes. Provides that a partial grant may be awarded. Requires the commission to make an annual report of certain information to the legislative council. Provides that a matching grant may not be used for the construction of a new building or the renovation of an existing building. Requires the professional licensing agency to retain 80% of all fees collected from new and renewed board licenses and certificates unless a certain amount or percentage of the fee is designated for a specific fund. Requires the agency to use the amount retained to carry out the agency's purposes and to work toward the goal of issuing all new licenses and certificates within 30 days after a complete application is submitted. Appropriates from the state general fund to the commission for higher education $30,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and $30,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, to be used for the fund.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1216
 
HB1220GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS. (DAVIS M) Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor) that are intended to alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty. Provides for certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1220
 
HB1224PHARMACIST CONTRACEPTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS. (FLEMING R) Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives and hormonal contraceptive patches (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who want to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules. Requires health plans to provide coverage for contraceptives and certain services. Establishes an exception for nonprofit religious employers.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1224
 
HB1231GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS. (LAUER R) Prohibits specified health care professionals from providing gender transition procedures to a minor that are intended to alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty. Provides for certain medical exceptions. Prohibits public funds, Medicaid, or a health carrier from providing reimbursement or coverage for gender transition procedures to a minor. Creates a civil cause of action. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1231
 
HB1239TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBLE. (CAMPBELL C) Requires coverage for nonemergency medical transportation of individuals who have been deemed presumptively eligible for Medicaid during the time in which the individual is deemed presumptively eligible for Medicaid. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for any Medicaid state plan amendment or waiver necessary to provide for the coverage.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1239
 
HB1240REGISTRATION OF RECOVERY RESIDENCES. (CAMPBELL C) Requires the operator of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth the requirements for registration. Requires the division to: (1) establish a registration fee and a renewal fee; and (2) post a list of registered recovery residences on its website and include certain information concerning each recovery residence. Requires the division to adopt rules concerning: (1) the investigation of certain complaints; (2) the issuance, revocation, and denial of a registration; and (3) any rules necessary to implement these provisions. Allows the division to contract with a nonprofit organization that specializes in recovery residences to administer the registration of recovery residences.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1240
 
HB1243PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM. (CAMPBELL C) Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for administration of the paid family and medical leave program. Provides for the department to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the paid family and medical leave program obligations.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1243
 
HB1248CANNABIS. (JOHNSON B) Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Makes an appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1248
 
HB1263MEDICAL MARIJUANA. (LUCAS J) Permits the use of medical marijuana by persons with serious medical conditions as determined by their physician. Establishes a medical marijuana program to permit the cultivation, processing, testing, transportation, and dispensing of medical marijuana by holders of a valid permit. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to implement and enforce the medical marijuana program. Requires that permit holders undertake steps to prevent diversion of medical marijuana to unauthorized persons. Requires that medical marijuana and medical marijuana products be properly labeled, placed in child resistant packaging, and tested by an independent testing laboratory before being made available for purchase. Prohibits packaging medical marijuana in a manner that is appealing to children. Authorizes research on medical marijuana in accordance with rules set forth by the state department. Prohibits discrimination against medical marijuana users. Prohibits harassment of medical marijuana users by law enforcement officers, and prohibits cooperation with federal law enforcement officials seeking to enforce federal laws that criminalize the use of marijuana authorized in Indiana. Establishes the medical marijuana oversight board to review appeals and grievances concerning the medical marijuana program. Provides a defense to prosecution for a person who operates a vehicle or motorboat with marijuana or its metabolite in the person's blood under certain conditions that involve medical marijuana. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1263
 
HB1267ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GESTATIONAL SURROGACY. (HEATON R) Amends provisions regarding testing of donated human sperm and eggs. Repeals current Indiana law regarding surrogacy agreements. Enacts the gestational surrogacy act, which establishes: (1) presumptions regarding parentage; (2) prerequisites for individuals who wish to enter into a gestational surrogacy agreement; (3) procedural requirements for gestational surrogacy; (4) requirements for gestational surrogacy agreements; (5) support obligations with regard to a child born as the result of gestational surrogacy; (6) remedies for breach of a gestational surrogacy agreement; and (7) provisions for determination of jurisdiction over litigation regarding a gestational surrogacy agreement. Enacts the gamete donation act, which establishes: (1) presumptions regarding parentage of a child born as the result of gamete donation; (2) prerequisites for individuals who wish to enter into a gamete donation agreement; (3) procedural requirements for gamete donation; (4) requirements for gamete donation agreements; (5) provisions regarding parentage of a child born posthumously to a gamete donor; (6) remedies for breach of a gamete donation agreement; and (7) provisions for determination of jurisdiction over litigation regarding a gamete donation agreement. Provides certain criteria for the payment of compensation to an ovum donor. Provides that a gestational surrogacy agreement may not limit the right of the gestational surrogate to make any decision concerning the gestational surrogate's right to terminate or continue a pregnancy. Provides that any term or condition in a gestational surrogacy agreement that contradicts or seeks to abrogate a surrogate's right to continue or terminate a pregnancy is void. Provides that consent from the spouse of a gestational surrogate is not required in the execution of a gestational surrogacy agreement and defines the legal relationship between the spouse of a gestational surrogate and a resulting child. Provides that certain conditions must be met prior to the issuance of a prebirth court order by a court. Requires all reproductive endocrinologists and mental health professionals engaging in gestational surrogacy matters to remain informed of recommended guidelines published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Provides that court orders concerning gestational surrogacy do not provide a court with jurisdiction over the matters of child custody or child support if jurisdiction over the matters is not otherwise authorized. Provides that a court order concerning the establishment of parentage shall be given full faith and credit in another state if an Indiana establishment of parentage court order constitutes a signed record and otherwise complies with the laws of the other state. Exempts donor compensation for gamete donation from certain prohibitions concerning the sale of a human ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus under certain circumstances. Allows the retrieval of gametes from a person who is: (1) deceased; (2) brain dead; (3) comatose; or (4) in a persistent vegetative state; in certain instances. Specifies that: (1) maternity; and (2) paternity; must be established not later than four years after the death of a parent in instances involving children born through use of assisted reproduction. Specifies factors for a court to consider when deciding upon the disposition of cryopreserved embryos: (1) during a divorce or separation; and (2) in the absence of an agreement concerning the ultimate disposition of cryopreserved embryos. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1267
 
HB1271NONPROFIT HOSPITAL AND INSURER REPORTING. (SCHAIBLEY D) Requires a nonprofit hospital and a health carrier to post and provide certain information at least 45 days before a public forum. Modifies requirements concerning the: (1) date on which a public forum must be held; (2) topics that must be discussed at a public forum; (3) requirements of a public forum; and (4) use of technology to allow attendance at a public forum through real time audio and video through the Internet. Requires the Indiana department of health and the department of insurance to post specified information concerning public forums on the agency website.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1271
 
HB1272HOSPITAL PRICING INFORMATION AND PENALTIES. (SCHAIBLEY D) Requires a hospital to post certain pricing information on the hospital's website. Sets forth civil penalties for the Indiana department of health to assess a hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center that fails to post the pricing information.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1272
 
HB1273PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES AND PRICING. (SCHAIBLEY D) Provides that, for individual health insurance coverage, the defined cost sharing for a prescription drug be calculated at the point of sale and based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85% of all rebates received by the insurer in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. Requires that, for group health insurance coverage, an insurer: (1) pass through to a plan sponsor 100% of all rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of prescription drugs to the covered individuals of the plan sponsor; (2) provide a plan sponsor, at the time of contracting, the option of calculating defined cost sharing for covered individuals of the plan sponsor at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by some or all of the rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer concerning the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and (3) disclose specified information to the plan sponsor. Allows the department of insurance to enforce the provisions and impose a civil penalty.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1273
 
HB1285IMPLICIT BIAS IN MEDICINE. (SUMMERS V) Requires the medical education board to establish an education program for first year medical students that addresses implicit bias in the delivery of health care services to different racial and ethnic minority groups in Indiana.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1285
 
HB1291INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH COVERAGE. (CARBAUGH M) Amends the law requiring a hospital to file an annual report with the Indiana department of health: (1) to require that a hospital's report also be filed with the all payer claims data base; and (2) to require a hospital to include in the report additional information concerning the hospital's medical loss ratio, the total funding received by the hospital under the CARES Act, and other matters. Requires the insurance commissioner, when deciding whether to approve a premium rate increase or decrease for an accident and sickness insurance policy or an increase or decrease in the rates to be used by a health maintenance organization (HMO), to consider the median cost sharing for the affected insurance policy or HMO contract, the benefits provided under the policy or contract, the underlying costs of the health services covered by the policy or contract, and other matters.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1291
 
HB1292PHYSICIAN NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS. (VANNATTER H) Specifies that the reasonable price of a noncompete agreement buyout may not exceed $75,000 under the following circumstances: (1) the physician's employer is a hospital system located in Allen County; (2) the physician has completed a minimum of eight years of employment with the hospital system; and (3) the physician practices primary care and specializes in family medicine.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1292
 
HB1295ART AND MUSIC THERAPY. (VANNATTER H) Provides that art therapy services provided by a licensed art therapist to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates. Adds music therapists and art therapists to the behavioral health and human services licensing board (board). Creates the music therapist and art therapist sections of the board. Requires music therapists to be licensed. Establishes requirements and procedures for an individual to be licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, and art therapist associate. Prohibits a person who is not licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, or an art therapist associate from using certain titles or certain words in a title. Makes technical and conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1295
 
HB1297DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. (VANNATTER H) Decriminalizes possession of two ounces or less of marijuana.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1297
 
HB1298WORKER'S COMPENSATION. (LEHMAN M) Provides that a contract, bid specification, or agreement that is entered into, issued, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2023, may not contain a provision requiring an employer to have or maintain a specified experience rating. Requires the worker's compensation rating bureau of Indiana to nominate a president and submit the nominee for approval or denial to the commissioner of the department of insurance. Requires certain insurance companies that make a successful subrogation claim to revise an insured party's prior experience ratings in a specified manner. Provides exceptions. Defines terms and makes a conforming amendment.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1298
 
HB1299SOCIAL WORKER LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. (MCGUIRE J) Establishes a social worker student loan forgiveness program (program) to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified social workers who are residents of Indiana and employed by the department of correction or department of child services to practice social work. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the behavioral health and human services licensing board, administer the program. Establishes the social worker student loan forgiveness program fund.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1299
 
HB1301CIGARETTE TAXES. (VERMILION A) Increases the cigarette tax by $1 to $1.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and makes a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1301
 
HB1302PREGNANCY SUPPORT SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. (VERMILION A) Changes the name of the doula reimbursement advisory board to the pregnancy support professions advisory board. Adds additional issues for the advisory board to consider and adds a member appointed by the executive director of the professional licensing agency.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1302
 
HB1313MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS. (SLAGER H) Extends the expiration date of language specifying Medicaid reimbursement of certain out of state children's hospitals.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 76
 State Bill Page:   HB1313
 
HB1314PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT GRANT. (LAUER R) Establishes the pediatric cancer research and treatment grant program (grant program) to be administered by the Indiana department of health (state department). Establishes the pediatric cancer research and treatment fund and appropriates $2,000,000 to the fund for the biennium. Sets forth requirements for an entity to receive a grant. Requires the state department to develop criteria, policies, procedures, and a plan concerning awarding of the grants. Prioritizes use of the funds to be on innovative research and treatments with the potential of resulting in novel therapies for pediatric cancer. Requires the state department to submit an annual report to the governor and legislative council concerning the grant program and publish the report on the state department's website.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1314
 
HB1319LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. (GARCIA WILBURN V) Provides that occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists are eligible for certain loan repayments made available to health care professionals.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1319
 
HB1320OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. (GARCIA WILBURN V) Provides that for any rules adopted concerning community care for individuals with mental illness, a licensed occupational therapist is considered to be a qualified behavioral health professional.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1320
 
HB1321PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING. (GARCIA WILBURN V) Requires the law enforcement training board to establish minimum standards for basic training and annual inservice training that address the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers. Requires the executive training program to include training in mental health and wellness and suicide prevention of law enforcement officers. Provides that the mental health and wellness training may be provided online or by other means of virtual instruction. Provides that full-time firefighters' minimum training and annual training requirements must include mental health and wellness training. Requires certain persons who provide emergency medical services to obtain mental health and wellness training as a condition of licensure and certification.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 139
 State Bill Page:   HB1321
 
HB1322SCHOOL BASED OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS. (GARCIA WILBURN V) Provides that if a school corporation employs or contracts with: (1) an occupational therapist to provide occupational therapy services; or (2) a physical therapist to provide physical therapy services; to students with a disability, the school corporation shall ensure that the maximum student to therapist caseload does not exceed fifty (50) students per each full-time therapist. Requires consent before occupational or physical therapy services may be provided.
 Current Status:   3/6/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1322
 
HB1330ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. (LEDBETTER C) Removes the requirements that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice agreement or the privileges granted by a hospital governing board. Repeals law concerning the audit of practice agreements. Allows an APRN with prescriptive authority to prescribe a schedule II controlled substance for weight reduction or to control obesity. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1330
 
HB1342DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. (OLTHOFF J) Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry and to make the registry available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers. Requires a direct support professional to register with the division in order to provide direct support services. Requires the division to adopt rules to implement the registry, including establishing definitions and levels for substantiated abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the highest of which is the minimum the division must report to the registry. Requires the division to consult with stakeholders and establish a tiered training certification program for direct support professionals. Requires the division to issue a request for proposals before January 1, 2024, to operate the training program. Requires the division to make every effort to contract with a vendor for the training program not later than January 1, 2025. Requires a selected vendor to begin operating the training program before July 1, 2025. Requires the division to first use any funds available from the federal American Rescue Plan Act in developing the registry before using other available funds. Allows the division to use any federal dollars available for the registry and training. Requires the division to apply to the federal government for approval of Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a direct support professional.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 228
 State Bill Page:   HB1342
 
HB1343OCCUPATIONAL REGULATIONS. (TESHKA J) Provides that all occupational regulations must be limited to those demonstrably necessary and carefully tailored to fulfill legitimate public health, safety, or welfare objectives. Requires each public agency to conduct a review of all occupational regulations within the public agency's jurisdiction not later than July 1, 2025. Provides that a public agency shall take certain actions to modify or repeal an occupational regulation that does not conform to these standards. Provides that after July 1, 2025, a person who engages in an occupation or profession to which an occupational regulation applies may file a petition for repeal or modification of the occupational regulation with the public agency having jurisdiction over enforcement of the occupational regulation.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 142
 State Bill Page:   HB1343
 
HB1352TELEHEALTH SERVICES. (LEDBETTER C) Provides (beginning January 1, 2024) that the office of Medicaid policy and planning may not require: (1) a provider that is licensed, certified, registered, or authorized with the appropriate state agency or board and exclusively offers telehealth services to maintain a physical address or site in Indiana to be eligible for enrollment as a Medicaid provider; or (2) a telehealth provider group with providers that are licensed, certified, registered, or authorized with the appropriate state agency or board to have an in-state service address to be eligible to enroll as a Medicaid vendor or Medicaid provider group.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 229
 State Bill Page:   HB1352
 
HB1353HEALTH CARE STAFFING. (LEDBETTER C) Requires a hospital to establish a nurse staffing council or assign the functions of the council to an entity in the hospital to develop a nurse staffing plan and review any reported deviations from the plan. Prohibits a hospital from taking certain actions against an employee or contract worker for filing a deviation report. Prohibits a hospital, ambulatory outpatient surgery center, health facility, or residential care facility from requiring a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse to work mandatory overtime. Establishes exceptions. Prohibits a hospital, ambulatory outpatient surgery center, health facility, or residential care facility from taking certain actions against an employee who does not consent to work mandatory overtime.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1353
 
HB1356CANNABIS. (LUCAS J) Decriminalizes the possession of: (1) two ounces or less of cannabis; or (2) five grams or less of hash oil or hashish. Establishes a per se intoxication level of 10 nanograms of THC per milliliter of whole blood for purposes of operating while intoxicated laws, and requires that the analysis of controlled substances in a person's blood measure only the controlled substance and not the metabolites of the controlled substance. Repeals the term "marijuana" and replaces with the term "cannabis". Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1356
 
HB1357TRANSITION FROM MARKETPLACE PLAN TO MEDICARE. (CARBAUGH M) Requires an insurer or health maintenance organization that provides coverage under an Affordable Care Act Marketplace (Marketplace) plan to provide to each individual covered under the Marketplace plan, not more than two months before the birthday on which the individual will become 65 years of age, a written message that includes: (1) a statement that the individual will be eligible to enroll in Medicare during the individual's initial enrollment period, which begins three months before the individual becomes 65 years of age; (2) a statement advising the individual that, in most cases, someone covered by a Marketplace plan will want to end their Marketplace coverage upon becoming eligible for Medicare; and (3) detailed instructions that the individual may follow to cancel the individual's Marketplace plan. Prohibits an insurer or health maintenance organization from collecting a premium for an individual's Marketplace plan coverage after the earlier of: (1) the birthday on which the individual becomes 65 years of age; or (2) the date on which the individual's Medicare coverage begins. Requires an insurer or health maintenance organization to return the part of any premium that was collected for an individual's Marketplace plan coverage but was not earned as of the birthday on which the individual becomes 65 years of age. Empowers the insurance commissioner to impose a civil penalty on or suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of an insurer or health maintenance organization that commits a violation.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1357
 
HB1360VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES. (BAUER M) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, before December 1, 2023, apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver or an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to require reimbursement for eligible community violence prevention services provided by a certified violence prevention professional for certain eligible Medicaid recipients. Requires the Indiana department of health to approve at least one accredited violence prevention professional training and certification program (program) that includes certain criteria. Provides that in order to be certified as a violence prevention professional, a prevention professional shall complete the program.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1360
 
HB1372CREDENTIALING FOR MEDICAID SERVICES. (KING J) Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to prescribe a credentialing application form to be used by: (1) a provider who applies for credentialing by a managed care organization or a contractor of the office (contractor); and (2) a managed care organization or contractor that performs credentialing activities. Requires a managed care organization or contractor to notify a provider concerning: (1) any deficiency in the provider's unclean credentialing application; and (2) the status of the provider's clean credentialing application. Provides that if the managed care organization or contractor fails to issue a credentialing determination within 30 days after receiving a provider's completed credentialing application, the managed care organization or contractor shall provisionally credential the provider if the provider meets certain criteria. Provides that if the managed care organization or contractor fully credentials a provider, then reimbursement payments to the provider shall be paid retroactive to the date on which the initial credentialing application was received and the provider shall be reimbursed at the rates determined by the contract between the provider and the managed care organization or contractor.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1372
 
HB1374NOTICE OF CHANGE TO PROVIDER AGREEMENT. (HEINE D) Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with a current reimbursement rate schedule: (1) every two years; and (2) when three or more Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code rates change in a 12 month period. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with notice of a proposed material change to the agreement between the insurer or health maintenance organization and the contracted provider at least 90 days prior to the proposed effective date. Establishes requirements for the contents of a notice of a proposed material change. Requires an insurer or health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with notice at least 15 days prior to a change to an existing prior authorization, precertification, notification, referral program, edit program, or specific edits.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1374
 
HB1396STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM. (ANDRADE M) Establishes the stop the bleed donation pool for the purpose of receiving donations of gifts or donations. Provides that the stop the bleed donation pool is administered by the department of homeland security. Provides that a public safety agency may request bleeding control kits or donations made to the pool.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 143
 State Bill Page:   HB1396
 
HB1397PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS LICENSURE COMPACT. (ANDRADE M) Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets forth the duties and authority of the counseling compact commission (commission). Allows a counselor in a home state to practice via telehealth in a member state. Allows each member state to have one delegate on the commission. Establishes the procedure to withdraw from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1397
 
HB1407PARENTAL RIGHTS. (DEVON D) Provides that the state of Indiana, a political subdivision or other governmental entity of the state of Indiana, a government official, or any other person acting under the color of law shall not infringe on the fundamental right of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of the parent's child without demonstrating that the infringement: (1) is required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest order as long recognized in the history and traditions of the state of Indiana; and (2) as applied to the child, is narrowly tailored and not otherwise served by a less restrictive means. Creates a right of action for violation of a parent's rights with respect to the upbringing, education, and health care of the parent's child. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian: (1) referring to and raising the child consistent with the child's biological sex; or (2) declining to consent to the child receiving: (A) specified medication; (B) a medical procedure the purpose of which is to alter the apparent gender or sex of the child or affirm the child's perception of the child's gender or sex in a manner inconsistent with the child's biological sex; or (C) counseling or other mental health services the purpose of which is to affirm the child's perception of the child's gender or sex if the child's perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex. Provides that if the juvenile court finds that a child is a child in need of services because the child substantially endangers the child's own or another's health, the court shall release the child to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and may not enter a dispositional decree ordering removal of the child, unless: (1) the court also finds that the child is a child in need of services for another reason; or (2) the parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the child being removed from the child's home. Specifies that the parental rights and responsibilities do not: (1) authorize a parent to: (A) abuse or neglect a child; or (B) make the decision to end the child's life; or (2) prohibit a court from issuing an order that is otherwise permitted by law. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1407
 
HB1410MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENTS. (CARBAUGH M) Requires a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) providing benefits for employers that are public entities to provide each public entity that has 51 or more employees covered under the arrangement access to claims data specific to that public entity. Provides that, within a reasonable time after receiving a written request from a participating employer that is a public entity, a MEWA must provide to the public entity certain loss history information concerning the benefits provided by the MEWA for the public entity. Also imposes the duty to provide the loss history information upon the insurer providing the group insurance policy if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group insurance policy and upon the health maintenance organization if the MEWA provides benefits for the public entity through a group health maintenance contract. Provides that a policy of stop loss insurance issued by a reinsurer to a MEWA providing benefits for a public entity must cover claims submitted within the timely filing limit of the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Prohibits the department of insurance from adopting or enforcing any rule that would reduce the timely filing limit specified within the policy and the policy provisions of the stop loss coverage. Makes the violation of the requirements relating to a MEWA that provides benefits for a public entity an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act and practice for which the insurance commissioner may issue a cease and desist order, impose a civil penalty, and suspend or revoke a MEWA's certificate of registration.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1410
 
HB1422DEMENTIA CARE. (PORTER G) Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program. Allows an area agency to designate at least one individual as a dementia care specialist to administer the program. Provides that the division of aging (division) may employ a dementia care specialist coordinator. Sets forth the duties of: (1) a dementia care specialist; and (2) the dementia care specialist coordinator; if an area agency or the division establishes those positions. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 146
 State Bill Page:   HB1422
 
HB1423RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (PORTER G) Establishes the rare disease advisory committee.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1423
 
HB1425CONFIDENTIALITY OF BIRTH AND STILLBIRTH RECORDS. (PORTER G) Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1425
 
HB1433REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES. (SLAGER H) Provides that orthotic devices are provided under Medicaid. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for any state plan amendment or waiver necessary to include prosthetic and orthotic devices under Medicaid. Specifies that a minor may receive a prosthetic or orthotic device for the recipient's medical needs and a device for recreational activities. Requires reimbursement for the replacement of an orthotic device or a prosthetic device for a minor for certain reasons.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1433
 
HB1437EXTENSION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. (AYLESWORTH M) Allows a water or wastewater utility to extend service to a school or hospital without a deposit or other adequate assurance of performance from the customer.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1437
 
HB1440INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT. (LEDBETTER C) Establishes a proceeding for the commitment of an individual who suffers from substance abuse. Provides that the petitioner must agree to pay the cost of the respondent's commitment. Establishes requirements before the court may issue an order for commitment. Allows the court to order the respondent to receive treatment and to appear at an evaluation.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1440
 
HB1445AUDIT OF MEDICAID PROGRAM PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. (VERMILION A) Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment. Provides that the attorney general may issue a request for proposal to audit the prescription drug programs within the state employee health plan and the Medicaid program. Provides that the attorney general may evaluate and determine whether to include specified metrics in the request for proposal. Provides that the audit look back period must be the previous five state fiscal years. Provides that the results of the audits must be provided to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services before September 1, 2024. Provides that a practitioner is not required to obtain information about a patient from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program (INSPECT) data base or through the patient's integrated health record before prescribing certain medications if the patient is enrolled in a hospice program.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 233
 State Bill Page:   HB1445
 
HB1457PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Establishes licensing standards for rural emergency hospitals. Provides that certain personal information is confidential if a complaint is filed with the Indiana department of health (department). Allows the department to analyze information submitted by entities regulated by the department for quality improvement purposes. Adds rural emergency hospitals to the statute specifying that the licensure of a rural emergency hospital does not affect the statute pertaining to the placement and adoption of children. Repeals the provision concerning a provisional license for certain hospice programs. Provides that the definition of "home health services" includes community based palliative care. Establishes standards for housing with services establishments that offer memory care services. Changes references from "venereal disease" to "sexually transmitted infection". Allows a local health officer to issue a birth, death, or stillbirth certificate from the electronic registration system regardless of the location of the filing of the record. Removes the requirement that the department develop educational materials concerning prenatal and neonatal transmission of HIV. Removes the requirement that the department be notified if certain emergency responders request test results following a potential exposure to a serious communicable disease. Changes the date that the department submits a report concerning childhood lead poisoning. Removes the exemption to a vendor of a farmer's market or roadside stand from the requirements relating to food products that are not potentially hazardous. Amends the criteria for a safety pin program (program) grant proposal. Provides that if the department approves a program grant proposal, the department shall determine the initial award amount and the amount to be distributed once the grantee meets certain performance metrics. Provides a preference for awarding grants from the program to populations with demonstrable higher need. Provides that the center for deaf and hard of hearing education shall provide assistance to classroom instruction and professionals. Makes technical and conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 147
 State Bill Page:   HB1457
 
HB1458DOCTOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT AND DO NOT RESUSCITATE. (BARRETT B) Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "incapacitated" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration. Defines "proxy" as related to an out of hospital DNR declaration and a physician order for scope of treatment (POST). Provides that a person's proxy may execute an out of hospital DNR declaration if certain conditions are met. Creates a declaration and order form to be used by hospitals if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent. Allows a qualified person's proxy to complete a POST form if the person is incapable of making health care decisions and no representative is able and available to act. Allows a proxy to revoke a POST form or request alternative treatment. Provides that if alternative treatment is requested, the treating medical provider shall review the POST form with the declarant, the declarant's representative, or the proxy who has priority to act for the declarant. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 86
 State Bill Page:   HB1458
 
HB1460PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. (BARRETT B) Allows a board that regulates a health care provider or a regulated professional under IC 25 to use electronic means of communication to conduct meetings if certain requirements are met. Allows the Indiana department of health (state department) to collect certain information from individuals who provide home health services, are a qualified medication aide, or are a certified nurse aide. Adds the board of physical therapy and the state department's consumer services and health care regulation commission for purposes of workforce renewal information and an annual report. Establishes time periods for the professional licensing agency (PLA) to post meeting agendas and meeting minutes on the applicable board's website. Requires the PLA to post certain information concerning board vacancies and application forms. Requires the PLA to send notification to an applicant of incomplete items in an application. Requires that new and renewed licenses with the PLA be submitted electronically, unless a paper application is requested. Requires the PLA to post on its website information about the number of licenses issued and wait times for the licenses. Requires the governor to fill a vacancy on certain occupational boards within 90 days. Allows the PLA to make an appointment to the board if the governor does not make the appointment. Allows the board to issue a temporary permit for a registered nurse applicant and a licensed practical nurse applicant.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 148
 State Bill Page:   HB1460
 
HB1461LONG TERM SERVICES. (BARRETT B) Requires the housing and community development authority to: (1) assess the feasibility of the development of new assisted living communities for low and middle income individuals; and (2) determine possible funding for the assisted living communities; and submit a report to the legislative services agency. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to contract with more than one entity to provide functional eligibility determinations for individuals applying for the aged and disabled Medicaid waiver. Requires the office to report to the budget committee and legislative council certain information concerning: (1) the average length of time to conduct function eligibility assessments; and (2) a plan to provide functional eligibility not later than 72 hours from the eligibility assessment. Removes the requirement that the transfer of comprehensive care beds in a health facility must equalize the number of certified Medicaid beds in the county. Allows a health facility that transfers comprehensive care beds to reduce the facility's count of licensed comprehensive care beds by the number of beds transferred. Allows the receiving facility to increase the: (1) count of licensed comprehensive care beds; and (2) number of beds that are Medicaid certified. Requires the office to reimburse the provider of assisted living services if an increase in the level of services for a recipient is approved by the office. Specifies that integrated health care coordination and transportation are assisted living services. Prohibits the office from reducing the scope of services that may be provided by an assisted living services provider under the Medicaid aged and disabled waiver, as in effect on July 1, 2021. Specifies provisions that must be included in a risk based managed care program or capitated managed care program for specified Medicaid recipients. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish and administer the registration of a temporary health care service agency. Repeals current laws concerning the regulation of employment services. Removes references to a residential care facility administrator as a separate classification of license. Sets forth requirements for health facility administrators, residential care facility administrators, administrators in training, preceptors, and student interns. Sets forth notification requirements to the state department upon a vacancy or new hire of a residential care administrator. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 149
 State Bill Page:   HB1461
 
HB1462HEALTH MATTERS. (VERMILION A) Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment. Requires an emergency department to annually submit to the Indiana department of health a substance use disorder treatment plan (plan) to initiate interventions with patients who have a substance use related emergency department visit. Requires the plan to provide an overall analysis and evaluation of the emergency department's ability to implement specified provisions. Provides that the services provided to a patient under a substance use disorder treatment plan provided to the department are considered to be medically necessary and reimbursable. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services shall require managed care organizations to consider services provided to an individual under a substance use disorder treatment plan as medically necessary in both an inpatient facility of a hospital and an emergency department. Removes the expiration of the laws concerning maternal mortality review. Provides that a practitioner is not required to obtain information about a patient from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program (INSPECT) data base or through the patient's integrated health record before prescribing certain medications if the patient is enrolled in a hospice program.
 Current Status:   4/18/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
 State Bill Page:   HB1462
 
HB1472HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE COST AND QUALITY CONTROLS. (PIERCE M) Provides for implementation of a health care improvement and cost control strategy in Indiana that requires equalization of hospital reimbursement rates for all payers by July 1, 2025, and a total cost of care model of health care improvement and cost control for all heath care providers by July 1, 2030. Conditions implementation of the strategy upon approval of the strategy by federal Medicare and Medicaid agencies.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1472
 
HB1495MEDICARE PRODUCT SOLICITATIONS. (HEINE D) Provides that a Medicare product solicitation may not be made by means of a telephone call to an individual whose principal residence is in Indiana, regardless of where the telephone call originates. Provides an exemption from this prohibition if the solicitor has an existing business relationship with the individual to whom the communication is made. Provides that a violation of this prohibition constitutes an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1495
 
HB1513FSSA MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Changes the name of the bureau of developmental disabilities services to the bureau of disabilities services. Removes certain members from the 211 advisory committee. Repeals Medicaid copayment provisions that: (1) require the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply a copayment for certain Medicaid services; (2) require a recipient to make a copayment upon the receipt of services and for a provider not to voluntarily waive a copayment; (3) set forth exemptions from copayment requirements; and (4) require the provider to charge the maximum allowable copayment. Allows for an enrollment fee, a premium, a copayment, or a similar charge to be imposed as a condition of an individual's eligibility for the healthy Indiana plan and the children's health insurance program. Removes a prohibition on the office from: (1) requiring certain providers to submit non-Medicaid revenue information in the provider's annual historical financial report; and (2) only requesting balance sheets from certain providers that apply directly to the provider's facility. Allows the office to implement an end of therapy reclassification methodology in a successor of the RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payment of nursing facility services.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 241
 State Bill Page:   HB1513
 
HB1514HEALTH MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Provides that orthotic devices are provided under Medicaid. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and a managed care organization to reimburse under Medicaid a provider of prosthetic and orthotic devices at a rate comparable to the federal Medicare reimbursement rate.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1514
 
HB1524BIRTH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION. (BORDERS B) Provides that the gender listed on an individual's birth certificate and permanent record made from the birth certificate may not be changed. Specifies certain exceptions.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1524
 
HB1525PROHIBITED HEALTH CARE FOR MINORS. (BORDERS B) Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) prescribing, administering, or furnishing certain drugs to a minor; that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender identity when the identity is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1525
 
HB1546ART AND MUSIC THERAPY. (JUDY C) Provides that art therapy services provided by a licensed art therapist to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid. Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates. Adds music therapists and art therapists to the behavioral health and human services licensing board (board). Creates the music therapist and art therapist sections of the board. Requires music therapists to be licensed. Establishes requirements and procedures for an individual to be licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, and art therapist associate. Prohibits a person who is not licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, or an art therapist associate from using certain titles or certain words in a title. Makes technical and conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1546
 
HB1552LOCAL INCOME TAX FUNDING FOR EMS SERVICES. (CULP K) Removes provisions that require a county to meet certain qualifications before it is authorized to adopt an emergency medical services local income tax rate (EMS LIT rate). (Under current law, only counties that provide emergency medical services for all local units in the county and pay 100% of the costs to provide those services are authorized to adopt an EMS LIT rate.)
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1552
 
HB1555MILITARY FAMILY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES. (MAY C) Provides that a military service applicant who has held an occupational license, certification, registration, or permit (license) in another jurisdiction for at least one year may qualify for an Indiana license. Removes the requirement that an applicant have a license for at least two of the five years preceding the date of the application. Provides that an applicant may not have a complaint or investigation pending before an occupational licensing board (board) that relates to unprofessional conduct or an alleged crime. Provides that a military member's dependent may apply for an occupational license under the same conditions as a military member's spouse. Requires the board to issue a license to an applicant upon application based on work experience in another state if certain conditions are met. Provides that the requirement that a nonresident is entitled to the same rights and subject to the same obligations as required of a resident who is issued a license by a board does not apply to a member of the military, a military spouse, or a dependent who applies for a real estate broker or appraiser license. Allows an applicant to appeal a final determination of the board. Makes a technical correction.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 87
 State Bill Page:   HB1555
 
HB1567STILLBIRTHS. (ROWRAY E) Amends the definition of "stillbirth" to mean a birth after 12 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth or if the gender of the child can be visually determined, a birth after 10 weeks of gestation that is not a live birth.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1567
 
HB1568PRESCRIPTION FOR HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES. (ROWRAY E) Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who elect to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Provides that a pharmacist is not required to prescribe a contraceptive to a woman if the pharmacist believes the contraceptive is contraindicated or objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Provides that an individual who is a pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician in training, pharmacist student, or pharmacist intern is not required to dispense a contraceptive to a woman if the individual objects on ethical, moral, or religious grounds. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to revoke the license of a pharmacist who knowingly or intentionally prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Establishes penalties for a pharmacist who prescribes a drug that is intended to cause an abortion. Requires the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority to issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense contraceptives until the board adopts rules that adopt the standing order. Establishes requirements for the standing order. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse a pharmacist for services and prescriptions for contraceptives provided to an eligible Medicaid recipient.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 154
 State Bill Page:   HB1568
 
HB1573REPAYMENT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL LOANS. (HARRIS JR. E) Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish and administer a medical school loan forgiveness pilot program (program) for the purpose of attracting physicians to practice medicine in Indiana. Establishes the medical school loan forgiveness fund (fund). Sets forth criteria for the program. Requires the department to, not later than November 1, 2024, and each November 1 thereafter, prepare and submit a report to the general assembly regarding the program. Makes an appropriation to the fund.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1573
 
HB1583HEALTH PLANS AND AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDERS. (HEATON R) Amends the law requiring a health plan operator to fairly negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider with respect to the operator's health plan. Provides that, if negotiations between an ambulance service provider and a health plan operator that occur after June 30, 2022, do not result in the ambulance service provider becoming a participating provider with respect to the health plan, each party, beginning May 1, 2023, is required to provide to the department of insurance (department) a written notice: (1) reporting the unsuccessful conclusion of the negotiations; and (2) stating the points that were discussed in the negotiations but on which agreement was not reached. Requires the department, not later than May 1, 2024, to submit to the legislative council and the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services a report summarizing the written notices that the department has received from ambulance service providers and health plan operators.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 92
 State Bill Page:   HB1583
 
HB1589MALPRACTICE REGARDING GENDER THERAPEUTICS. (MCGUIRE J) Allows a claimant to bring a medical malpractice claim regarding gender transition treatment within 15 years after the individual becomes 21 years of age.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1589
 
HB1593PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ABORTION FUNDING. (MAYFIELD P) Provides that neither the state nor any political subdivision may: (1) make a payment from any fund for costs associated with procuring an abortion; (2) allow the use of facilities or funds controlled by a hospital or ambulatory surgical center for the performance of or costs associated with procuring an abortion; or (3) make a payment or grant from any fund under its control to an organization that performs abortions, makes referrals for individuals to obtain abortions, or funds the performance of or costs associated with procuring an abortion. Defines "political subdivision".
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1593
 
HB1594PROTECTION OF BORN ALIVE INFANTS. (SWEET L) Provides that when a woman who is in premature labor presents to a hospital, the hospital must inform the woman of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy and, if it does interfere with the woman's care, the hospital must provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital. Provides that if a born alive infant is transported to a hospital with an appropriate perinatal level of care, the woman must be offered an opportunity to be transported to the same hospital. Provides that if the local prosecuting attorney has probable cause to believe that a health care provider may have knowingly or intentionally: (1) violated the requirements concerning the treatment and care of a born alive infant or mother or the professional standards of practice, through the health care provider's actions or inactions; and (2) caused harm or death to the born alive infant or mother; the prosecuting attorney shall investigate the health care provider for appropriate criminal prosecution.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1594
 
HB1595FETICIDE. (SWEET L) Removes language that the feticide statute does not apply to a pregnant mother whose pregnancy is terminated. Removes language concerning certain situations in which feticide is currently allowed. Repeals a defense to a crime involving the death of or injury to a fetus.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1595
 
HB1596PROTECTION OF LIFE. (SWEET L) Finds that: (1) human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm; and (2) a mother and her unborn child are equally valuable as individual patients when receiving health care services from a health care provider. Provides protections for an unborn fetus or a fetus born alive. Asserts a compelling state interest in protecting human physical life from the moment that human physical life begins.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1596
 
HB1597STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN HOSPITAL PAYMENT LIMITS. (MCGUIRE J) Limits the amount that a state employee health plan may pay for a medical facility service provided to a covered individual to: (1) 200% of the amount paid by the Medicare program for that type of medical facility service or for a medical facility service of a similar type, if the medical facility service is provided by an in network provider; and (2) 185% of the amount paid by the Medicare program for that type of medical facility service or for a medical facility service of a similar type, if the medical facility service is provided by an out of network provider. Provides that a determination of the state personnel department, a state employee health plan, or a firm providing administrative services to a state employee health plan that a medical facility service provided to a covered individual is of a type similar to a particular type of medical facility service covered by the Medicare program is conclusive. Requires a medical facility that provides drugs to a covered individual, in billing a state employee health plan for the cost of the drugs, to include in the billing the same "JG" modifier that the medical facility would include in the billing if the medical facility were billing the Medicare program for the drugs.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1597
 
HB1598INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR NURSING PRECEPTORS. (LEDBETTER C) Provides a refundable credit of $1,000 against the adjusted gross income tax liability of a taxpayer who has served as a nursing preceptor during the taxable year.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1598
 
HB1600OVERSIGHT OF PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING. (BAIRD B) Requires the auditor of state (auditor) to engage internal or third party assistance to perform a risk assessment of executive branch agency internal controls for administering and disbursing federal: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds. Provides that upon engaging internal or third party assistance, the auditor shall consult with the state board of accounts (SBOA) and executive branch agencies that are conducting similar risk assessments or audits of federal funds regarding the scope of work being performed by the SBOA and executive branch agencies. Requires the auditor, before December 31 of each year, to compile its findings and provide a report to the governor and to the legislative council. Appropriates $800,000 to the auditor of state from money received by the state from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program (program) pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to be used for those purposes. Provides that the office of management and budget shall certify that each executive branch agency and local governmental unit directly receiving: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds; use a portion of the funds to engage an independent third party firm to perform a risk assessment over the executive branch agency's or local governmental unit's controls in administering the program and audit the disbursement of funds. Requires the office of management and budget, before December 31 of each year, to compile and submit a report with findings to the governor and to the legislative council.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1600
 
HB1602MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES. (SLAGER H) Specifies Medicaid reimbursement rates for specified services in the Medicaid risk based managed care program and the Medicaid fee for service program.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1602
 
HB1610EXEMPTION FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS. (FLEMING R) Amends the law concerning the prior authorization of health care services by a health plan (which includes a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance organization contract, and the Medicaid risk based managed care program). Provides that: (1) if a health plan, during a six month evaluation period, approves at least 90% of a health care provider's requests for prior authorization for a particular type of health care service, the health plan may not require the health care provider to obtain prior authorization for that type of health care service for the entire duration of an exemption period of six calendar months immediately following the evaluation period; and (2) at the conclusion of the initial exemption period, the health plan shall continue granting consecutive exemption periods of six months to the health care provider unless the health plan rescinds the exemption. Provides that a health plan may rescind a health care provider's exemption only on the basis of a determination by a physician that, in at least five and not more than 20 cases randomly selected for review, less than 90% of the health care services provided by the health care provider met the health plan's medical necessity criteria. Authorizes a health care provider that is notified of the rescission of its exemption to initiate a review of the rescission by an independent review panel. Requires the independent review panel to determine whether at least 90% of the health care services provided by the health care provider met the health plan's medical necessity criteria. Requires a health plan to restore the health care provider's exemption if the independent review panel's determination is in favor of the health care provider. Requires the insurance commissioner to adopt rules.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1610
 
HB1612PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS LICENSURE COMPACT. (FLEMING R) Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets forth the duties and authority of the counseling compact commission (commission). Allows a counselor in a home state to practice via telehealth in a member state. Allows each member state to have one delegate on the commission. Establishes the procedure to withdraw from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1612
 
HB1615LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS. (PAYNE Z) Legalizes the sale and use of cannabis by a person at least 18 years of age. Requires the Indiana department of health to establish a program to issue a medical cannabis identification card to a patient whose physician has recommended cannabis to treat a medical condition. Permits the sale of cannabis to a person less than 18 years of age if the person has been issued a medical cannabis identification card, and exempts purchases by a medical cannabis cardholder from sales tax. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1615
 
HB1623ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. (BARTELS S) Establishes the government reform task force (task force). Provides for members of the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report. Prohibits the consideration of the number or amount of fines or civil penalties imposed on regulated entities by an employee in an agency's evaluation or compensation of the employee. Makes various procedural changes concerning the adoption of administrative rules, including the following: (1) Requires budget agency and office of management and budget review of a regulatory analysis of all proposed rules. (2) Requires a state budget committee review of rules adding or increasing fees, fines, or civil penalties. (3) Requires publication of the text of a proposed rule in the first public comment period and allows a proposed rule to be adopted after one public comment period if no substantive public testimony is received and the rule is not more stringent than applicable federal standards. (4) Replaces various laws granting emergency rulemaking authority with a description of the circumstances when emergency rulemaking (renamed "provisional" rules and "interim" rules) may be used, increases governor and attorney general oversight of provisional or interim rules, and adds a public comment period for interim rules. (5) Reduces from seven to five years the time in which rules need to be readopted to remain effective. (6) Requires agencies to webcast public hearings and allow remote testimony. Prohibits state standards for disposal of coal combustion residuals to be more stringent than federal standards. Allows for certain rules on certain pesticides that are more stringent than federal law. Permits a person to recover attorney's fees if an agency issues an order that is based on an invalid rule or issued without legal authority. Permits an applicant or licensee to recover damages if a professional or occupational licensing agency fails to adopt a rule required to obtain a license. Repeals superseded statutes and makes cross-reference, name, and other conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 249
 State Bill Page:   HB1623
 
HB1628NEWBORN NURSE VISITATION PROGRAM. (BAUER M) Establishes a newborn nurse visitation program (program) within the Indiana department of health. Provides that the program begins July 1, 2023. Establishes an advisory group and criteria for the program. Requires insurance for state employees, health insurers, and health maintenance organization contracts that provide basic health care services to provide coverage for services under the program. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for a demonstration waiver to provide Medicaid coverage for program services. Makes an appropriation for the program. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1628
 
HB1640MATERNAL MORTALITY INFORMATION. (SUMMERS V) Requires the statewide maternal mortality review committee (committee) to: (1) promote greater diversity and community engagement in maternal mortality review; (2) conduct a comprehensive review of maternal health data collection process and quality measures to consider certain maternal mortality concerns; and (3) conduct a comprehensive study on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among Native American pregnant and postpartum individuals. Appropriates $1,000,000 to the committee to carry out the comprehensive studies.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1640
 
HB1641MATERNAL HEALTH. (SUMMERS V) Provides that the Indiana department of health (department) shall develop a program to award grants to certain community based programs. Requires the department to collaborate with the statewide maternal mortality committee in developing the program. Provides that the department shall establish workgroups to assist in developing the program. Allows the department to adopt rules to administer the chapter.
 Current Status:   2/27/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
 State Bill Page:   HB1641
 
SB1BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MATTERS. (CRIDER M) Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in the expansion of a community mental health services demonstration program. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish and maintain a help line: (1) to provide confidential emotional support and referrals to certain resources to individuals who call the help line; and (2) that is accessible by calling a toll free telephone number. Establishes the Indiana behavioral health commission (commission) and sets forth the commission's membership. Changes the name of the "9-8-8 crisis hotline center" to "9-8-8 crisis response center". Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 162
 State Bill Page:   SB1
 
SB4PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. (CHARBONNEAU E) Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws. Adds members to the executive board of the Indiana department of health (state department). Removes a provision allowing the state department to establish branch offices. Provides that the state department may provide services to local health departments. Requires each local board of health to establish a local public health services fund to receive state funding. Provides a method of allocation of state funding to local boards of health, subject to state appropriations. Specifies the percentage of how additional funding may be expended on core public health services. Allows the local health department to enter into contracts or approve grants for core public health services. Allows the state department to issue guidance to local health departments. Requires the state department to make annual local health department reports available to the public. Changes the qualification requirements for a local health officer and requires certain training. Requires the state department to identify state level metrics and county level metrics and requires certain local health departments to report to the state department activities and metrics on the delivery of core public health services. Requires the state department to annually report on the metrics to the budget committee and publish information concerning the metrics on the Internet. Requires that a local health department post a position or contract for the provision or administration of core public health services for at least 30 days. Requires a local health department to provide certain education before administering a vaccine. Requires a multiple county health department to maintain at least one physical office in each represented county. Provides that a new city health department cannot be created after December 31, 2022, but allows current city health departments to continue to operate. Creates the Indiana trauma care commission. Allows a school corporation that cannot obtain an ophthalmologist or optometrist to perform the modified clinical technique vision test to conduct certain specified vision screenings. Requires the school to send to the parent of a student any recommendation for further testing by the vision screener. Allows for standing orders to be used for emergency stock medication in schools. Allows the state health commissioner or designee to issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools. Removes the distance requirement for an access practice dentist to provide communication with a dental hygienist. Repeals provisions concerning the Indiana local health department trust account.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 164
 State Bill Page:   SB4
 
SB6HEALTH CARE BILLING FORMS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Provides that a bill for health care services provided by a provider in an office setting must be submitted on an individual provider form. Prohibits an insurer, health maintenance organization, employer, or other person responsible for the payment of the cost of health care services from accepting a bill that is submitted on an institutional provider form. Requires the Indiana department of health to adopt rules for the enforcement of these provisions.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB6
 
SB7PHYSICIAN NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS. (BUSCH J) Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a primary care physician and an employer may not enter into a noncompete agreement. Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a physician noncompete agreement is not enforceable if any of the following circumstances occur: (1) The employer terminates the physician's employment without cause. (2) The physician terminates the physician's employment for cause. (3) The physician's employment contract has expired and the physician and employer have fulfilled the obligations of the contract. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may pursue mediation to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 165
 State Bill Page:   SB7
 
SB8PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES AND PRICING. (CHARBONNEAU E) Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to provide a report to the department of insurance at least every six months. Provides that the report must include the: (1) overall aggregate amount charged to a health plan for all pharmaceutical claims processed by the pharmacy benefit manager; and (2) overall aggregate amount paid to pharmacies for claims processed by the pharmacy benefit manager. Requires that, for individual health insurance coverage, the defined cost sharing for a prescription drug be calculated at the point of sale and based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85% of all rebates in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. Requires that, for group health insurance coverage, an insurer: (1) pass through to a plan sponsor 100% of all rebates concerning the dispensing or administration of prescription drugs to the covered individuals of the plan sponsor; (2) provide a plan sponsor, at the time of contracting, the option of calculating defined cost sharing for covered individuals of the plan sponsor at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by some or all of the rebates received concerning the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and (3) disclose specified information to the plan sponsor. Allows the department of insurance to enforce the provisions and impose a civil penalty.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 166
 State Bill Page:   SB8
 
SB11MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. (DONATO S) Decreases the number of experiential practice hours required to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or a therapist associate. Specifies that the hours must be completed during at least 12 months.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 15
 State Bill Page:   SB11
 
SB47VACCINATION STATUS INFORMATION. (DONATO S) Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to release to certain individuals, upon request, a scannable bar code, QR code, or similar code (code) linked to a document that contains the individual's information from the immunization data registry. Requires the state department to provide the code to the individual not later than 14 days from a request by the individual.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB47
 
SB49CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Removes the requirement that a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) must be in the immediate presence of a physician to administer anesthesia. Allows a CRNA to administer anesthesia under the direction of a podiatrist or dentist. (Under current law, a CRNA may administer anesthesia under the direction of and in the immediate presence of a physician.)
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB49
 
SB73OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT. (BECKER V) Establishes the occupational therapy licensure compact.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 21
 State Bill Page:   SB73
 
SB81COMMUNITY INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CENTERS. (BOHACEK M) Provides that if the county executive of a county authorizes the furnishing of financial assistance to a community intellectual and developmental disability center (CIDD), the county fiscal body is required, upon request of the county executive, to annually appropriate an amount of money from the county's general fund that is not less than the amount that would be collected from an annual rate of $0.0025 on each $100 of taxable property within the county to provide the financial assistance to the CIDD. (Under current law, a county fiscal body may (rather than shall) make the annual appropriation.) Requires the county auditor to distribute the amounts appropriated by the county fiscal body to furnish financial assistance to a CIDD first before making any other distributions of appropriated amounts from the county's general fund. Makes corresponding changes to provisions that authorize two or more counties to furnish financial assistance to a CIDD that is organized to provide services in more than one county and that authorize a county to furnish a share of financial assistance to a CIDD in certain circumstances.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB81
 
SB86TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX. (BOHACEK M) Provides that a tax is imposed on the distribution of cigars at a rate of 24% of the wholesale price of a cigar for cigars having a wholesale price not exceeding $3. Provides that a tax is imposed on the distribution of cigars at a rate of $0.72 per cigar for cigars having a wholesale price exceeding $3 per cigar.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB86
 
SB87EXEMPTION FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. (BOHACEK M) Provides that the Medicaid program and children's health insurance program may not require prior authorization for a medication that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the mitigation of opioid withdrawal or approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB87
 
SB139FENTANYL. (TOMES J) Defines "fentanyl containing substance" and increases the penalty for dealing a drug that is a fentanyl containing substance.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB139
 
SB140COVID-19 IMMUNIZATIONS FOR MINORS. (TOMES J) Prohibits a city, town, county, or state agency from requiring an individual who is less than 18 years of age to receive an immunization for COVID-19. Removes an expired cross-reference.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB140
 
SB152MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR CLINICAL PHARMACIST. (CHARBONNEAU E) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reimburse a federally qualified health center for clinical pharmacist services.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB152
 
SB153PHARMACIST CONTRACEPTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt rules. Requires health plans to provide coverage for contraceptives and certain services. Establishes an exception for nonprofit religious employers. Requires the board to issue an annual report to the legislative council.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB153
 
SB159COMPUTER TRESPASS. (CRIDER M) Defines "financial information". Enhances the sentence of an offense against intellectual property to a Level 5 felony if the data, computer program, or supporting documentation that is modified, destroyed, or disclosed contains protected health information or financial information. Provides that an offense against computer users is a Level 5 felony if the computer, computer system, or computer network that is the subject of the unauthorized use contained an individual's protected health information or financial information. Provides that an offense of computer trespass is a Level 6 felony if the computer system, computer network, or any part of the computer system or computer network that was subject to the unauthorized use contained protected health information or financial information.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB159
 
SB160PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS LICENSURE COMPACT. (CRIDER M) Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets forth the duties and authority of the counseling compact commission (commission). Allows a counselor in a home state to practice via telehealth in a member state. Allows each member state to have one delegate on the commission. Establishes the procedure to withdraw from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 98
 State Bill Page:   SB160
 
SB169GRANTS FOR AMBULANCE PURCHASE. (LEISING J) Establishes the rural community ambulance grant pilot program and fund. Provides that the program and fund are administered by the emergency medical services commission (commission). Provides that the commission shall award grants on a competitive basis. Makes an appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB169
 
SB186TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER PROVIDED CHILD CARE. (WALKER K) Establishes a state tax credit for a taxpayer that makes qualified child care expenditures or qualified child care resource and referral expenditures in providing child care to the taxpayer's employees. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit for each taxable year is equal to 50% of the taxpayer's qualified child care expenditures or qualified child care resource and referral expenditures for the taxable year. Provides for recapture of certain amounts due to cessation of operation of a child care facility or a change in ownership of a child care facility.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB186
 
SB190PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Amends current requirements for a collaborative agreement between a physician and a physician assistant with the following: (1) the collaborative agreement must include limitations; (2) the collaborative agreement must set forth the method of collaboration between the physician and physician assistant; and (3) the collaborative agreement must be signed, updated annually, and made available to the medical licensing board of Indiana upon request. Amends the definition of "prescriber" for purposes of electronically transmitted prescriptions for controlled substances, overdose intervention drugs, and telehealth services and prescriptions. Provides that a written collaborative agreement between a physician assistant, who is employed by a certain health care facility or center, and a particular collaborating physician is not required. Requires a physician assistant employed by a certain health care facility or center to enter into a practice agreement with the health care facility or center that employs the physician assistant. Eliminates: (1) a prohibition against a physician collaborating with more than four physician assistants at the same time; (2) a requirement that a physician submit a collaborative agreement to the medical licensing board; and (3) a requirement that a collaborating physician and physician assistant submit a list of locations the physician and physician assistant will practice to the medical licensing board.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB190
 
SB191ASSOCIATE PHYSICIANS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Establishes the licensure of associate physicians and sets forth requirements for licensure. Sets forth collaborative agreement requirements between a physician and an associate physician.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB191
 
SB192DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION. (FORD J) Requires that the person in charge of interment shall secure information for preparation of the certificate of death from the person best qualified to give the information regarding whether the deceased was, at the time of death, in the custody or under the administrative control of any governmental agency or person working on behalf of a governmental agency. Requires that the local health officer make a permanent record of the information.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB192
 
SB196HEALTHY INDIANA PLAN HEALTH CARE ACCOUNTS. (FORD J) Repeals the health care account and cost sharing requirements of an individual for the healthy Indiana plan.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB196
 
SB197STUDENT HEALTH. (FORD J) Requires the governing body of a school corporation or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school system to authorize the absence and excuse of a student due to the student's mental or behavioral health concerns. Limits the number of excused absences for mental or behavioral health concerns, without documentation, to three instructional days in a school year. Allows a student to be excused for more than three instructional days if the student provides certain documentation. Requires that a school selected to participate in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behaviors Survey or a successor survey participate in the survey. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, before January 1, 2024, work with the statewide suicide prevention coordinator to develop a suicide prevention training for students at each state educational institution (institution). Requires each student at an institution, after July 1, 2024, to participate in the training in the student's first year at the institution. Requires each institution to collect and report certain information concerning suicide prevention to the statewide suicide prevention coordinator. Establishes a mental health and suicide prevention in higher education task force (task force). Provides that the task force shall create a statewide suicide prevention resource guide for institutions. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB197
 
SB198PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS LICENSURE COMPACT. (FORD J) Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact). Adopts the compact. Sets forth requirements of a member state. Sets forth the duties and authority of the counseling compact commission (commission). Allows a counselor in a home state to practice via telehealth in a member state. Allows each member state to have one delegate on the commission. Establishes the procedure to withdraw from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB198
 
SB201CHILD WELFARE STUDIES. (QADDOURA F) Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana to study the needs of struggling families and their unborn and born children. Requires the Indiana department of health to develop and propose, not later than July 1, 2024, a strategic plan to: (1) evaluate the needs of unborn and born children; (2) assess the available resources in each county to provide for the needs of unborn and born children; and (3) determine the disparity in each county between the needs of unborn and born children and the available resources.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB201
 
SB206PHARMACIST CONTRACEPTIVE PRESCRIPTIONS. (BREAUX J) Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt rules. Allows the state health commissioner to issue a standing order that concerns standard procedures for the prescribing of contraceptives by pharmacists that is effective until the board adopts rules. Requires health plans to provide coverage for contraceptives and certain services. Establishes an exception for nonprofit religious employers.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB206
 
SB207FSSA MATTERS. (BREAUX J) Limits work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to the minimum required by federal law. Changes the requirements for submitting eligibility information for an individual who is: (1) less than 19 years of age; and (2) a recipient of either the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program (CHIP) (programs). (Current law concerning the submission of eligibility information in the programs applies to individuals less than three years of age.) Prohibits the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) from requiring a participant of the healthy Indiana plan (plan) to cost share or otherwise make copayments in order to participate in the plan. Prohibits the office from requiring an individual to work or be a student in order to participate in the plan.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB207
 
SB208COVERAGE FOR LIVING ORGAN DONORS. (BREAUX J) Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of life insurance, disability insurance, or long term care insurance from taking certain actions with respect to the coverage of individuals who are living organ donors. Specifies that certain actions constitute an unfair and deceptive act and practice in the business of insurance when taken against a living organ donor by an insurer.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB208
 
SB213ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. (BREAUX J) Removes the requirements that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice agreement or the privileges granted by a hospital governing board. Repeals law concerning the audit of practice agreements. Allows an APRN with prescriptive authority to prescribe a schedule II controlled substance for weight reduction or to control obesity. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB213
 
SB214STANDING ORDER FOR OVERDOSE INTERVENTION DRUGS. (WALKER K) Provides that a statewide standing order for the dispensing of an overdose intervention drug must allow for choice in the: (1) purchasing; (2) dispensing; and (3) distributing; of any formulation or dosage of a naloxone product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 36
 State Bill Page:   SB214
 
SB237MEDICAL CANNABIS. (TAYLOR G) Establishes a medical marijuana program (program), and permits caregivers and patients who have received a physician recommendation to possess a certain quantity of marijuana for treatment of certain medical conditions. Establishes a regulatory agency to oversee the program, and creates the regulatory agency advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program and to consider recommendations from the regulatory agency. Authorizes the regulatory agency to grant research licenses to research facilities with a physical presence in Indiana. Repeals the controlled substance excise tax and the marijuana eradication program. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB237
 
SB239BONE MARROW DONOR RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. (TAYLOR G) Requires, rather than allows, the Indiana department of health to establish the bone marrow donor recruitment program. Requires money in the bone marrow and organ donor fund to be used to implement and administer the bone marrow donor recruitment program.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB239
 
SB252LONG ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES. (YODER S) Allows a long acting reversible contraceptive that is prescribed to and obtained for a Medicaid recipient to be transferred to another Medicaid recipient if certain requirements are met.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 177
 State Bill Page:   SB252
 
SB253MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. (YODER S) Adds a school psychologist as a qualified provider for purposes of the Medicaid program. Provides that a school psychologist does not need supervision or authorization from another qualified provider in order to obtain Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided to a Medicaid recipient.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB253
 
SB256LICENSURE OF PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS. (YODER S) Requires the licensure of pregnancy resource centers. Requires pregnancy resource centers to disclose specified information to patients.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB256
 
SB264CIGARETTE TAX REVENUE STAMP ALLOWANCE. (FORD J) Changes the stamp discount for cigarette distributors from $0.013 to $0.05.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB264
 
SB266LONG ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES. (BREAUX J) Requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman giving birth in the hospital has the option, if medically appropriate, of having a long acting reversible contraceptive placed after delivery and before the woman is discharged. Allows a hospital to be exempt from the requirement if the hospital has a faith based objection. Specifies that a hospital is not responsible for the costs of the contraceptive.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB266
 
SB275PRACTICE OF MEDICINE TERMS. (JOHNSON T) Provides, for purposes of the law prohibiting the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, that "the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine" includes attaching to an individual's name the words "allergist", "electrophysiologist", "geriatrician", "immunologist", "medical geneticist", "neonatologist", or "pulmonologist".
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 178
 State Bill Page:   SB275
 
SB278NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. (FREEMAN A) Provides that the contents of an investigative demand issued by the attorney general are to be kept confidential. Defines charitable organization. Expands the definition of "public benefit corporation" to include a domestic corporation that serves a public benefit with an operating budget that is supported by public funds or authorized to spend public funds in furtherance of its mission. Provides that a court may dissolve a corporation under certain circumstances. Specifies procedural requirements that the attorney general must take before petitioning the court for dissolution of a corporation for certain reasons. Provides exceptions. Allows the attorney general to petition a court for additional remedies against a corporation, in addition to or as an alternative dissolution, for certain violations. Provides that upon a showing of reasonable cause, a court may appoint a receiver to manage a corporation under certain circumstances. Requires a corporation to keep certain records for at least three years. Allows the attorney general to inspect records of certain corporations. Prohibits a state agency from imposing a filing or reporting requirement on a charitable organization that is more burdensome than Indiana law allows. Provides exceptions. Allows the attorney general to take certain actions if the attorney general finds that a corporation has failed to comply with certain record requirements. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB278
 
SB287VARIOUS PROBATE AND TRUST MATTERS. (FREEMAN A) Provides that a person may sign a form of living will declaration or a form of life prolonging procedures will declaration in the presence of a notary public. Removes nonconforming language in a petition for administration statute. Clarifies the service requirements for certain probate notices. Provides that a testator or a testator's agent may send written notice of the existence of a will to certain persons. Provides that if a testator's will includes a provision exercising a power of appointment, the testator or the testator's agent may notify certain persons of the existence of the will. Provides that a written notice of the existence of a will contains certain information. Provides for a procedure to contest certain wills. Provides that if a notice to contest the validity of a trust pertains to a trust created by a settlor who is still living, a complete copy of the trust instrument must be sent with the notice to each recipient. Sets forth certain complaint and notice requirements if a trust is being contested. Allows a court to increase, decrease, or waive the bond amount that: (1) a nonresident personal representative; or (2) a personal representative who becomes a nonresident; is to file in order to administer an unsupervised estate. Sets forth the requirements for: (1) a verified petition for a confidential health disclosure order; and (2) the court procedures after the verified petition is filed. Provides that if a settlor revokes a revocable trust and the trustee does not deliver the trust property, the remaining trust property becomes part of the revoking settlor's probate estate. Provides that certain grantors are entitled to reimbursement from a trust for certain taxes. Provides that an individual may execute certain authority for an application for public benefits on behalf of the individual. Sets forth requirements for the enforcement of a portability agreement contained within a premarital agreement or postmarital agreement. Makes conforming and clarifying changes. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the probate code study commission.)
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 38
 State Bill Page:   SB287
 
SB288DAMAGES IN WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS. (FREEMAN A) Removes certain damage limitations in a wrongful death action if the act or omission that caused the death constituted a criminal act or certain tortious acts.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB288
 
SB289REVIEW OF DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC FUNDS. (BUCHANAN B) Provides that each state agency directly receiving federal: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds; shall use a portion of the funds allocated to engage an independent third party firm to perform a risk assessment of the agency's controls in administering the use of the funds and to audit the disbursement of the funds. Provides that the auditor of state (auditor) shall engage internal or third party assistance to perform a risk assessment of executive branch agency internal controls for administering and disbursing federal: (1) pandemic relief funds; (2) economic stimulus funds; or (3) loan funds. Provides that upon engaging internal or third party assistance, the auditor shall consult with the state board of accounts and executive branch agencies that are conducting similar risk assessments or audits of federal funds regarding the scope of work being performed by the state board of accounts and executive branch agencies. Provides that before December 31 of each year, the auditor shall compile the auditor's findings and provide a report to the governor and to the legislative council. Appropriates to the auditor $500,000 from the coronavirus local fiscal relief funds made available to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB289
 
SB308CANNABIS LEGALIZATION. (WALKER K) Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB308
 
SB309DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER REGISTRY. (YODER S) Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry. Requires a direct support professional to register with the division in order to provide direct support services. Requires the division to consult with stakeholders and establish a tiered training certification program for direct support professionals. Requires the division to issue a request for proposals before October 1, 2023, to operate the training program and select a vendor. Allows the division to use any federal dollars available for the registry and training. Requires the division to apply to the federal government for approval of Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a direct support professional during training.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB309
 
SB310MEDICAID BUY-IN PROGRAM. (YODER S) Removes consideration of income and countable resources in determining an individual's eligibility for participation in the Medicaid buy-in program (program). Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to apply for a state plan amendment or waiver to implement this provision. Prohibits the office of the secretary from considering resources and whether the individual participated in a specified program in determining the individual's eligibility or continuous eligibility for the program. Allows a recipient's participation in an employment network recognized by the federal Social Security Administration to qualify as participating with an approved provider of employment services. Changes minimum and maximum premiums that a recipient must pay. Requires that the premium scale be promulgated by administrative rule. Allows the office of the secretary to annually review the premium amount that a recipient must pay in the program. (Current law requires annual review of the premium amount.) Specifies changes in circumstances that must result in an adjustment of the premium. Specifies that a recipient in the program is eligible for the same services as offered in the Medicaid program. States that an individual's participation in the program does not preclude the individual from participating in a Medicaid waiver program. Specifies that a recipient of the program may simultaneously participate in a Medicaid waiver program and requires the office of the secretary to individually determine eligibility for both programs based on the individual's medical need requirements.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB310
 
SB311ABORTION. (YODER S) Reestablishes the licensure of abortion clinics. Changes statutes concerning when an abortion may be performed. Removes the eight week limitation on the use of an abortion inducing drug. Allows, rather then requires, the revocation of a physician's license for the performance of an abortion in violation of the law.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB311
 
SB312MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE. (DERNULC D) Provides that an issuer of Medicare supplement policies or certificates (issuer) is prohibited from denying, conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of, or discriminating in the pricing of a Medicare supplement policy or certificate because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of applicants who meet certain conditions. Prohibits an issuer from charging a non-age eligible individual more for a Medicare supplement policy or certificate than the issuer's weighted average premium rate. Requires an issuer to make a Medicare supplement policy or certificate available to any applicant who, without regard to age, is eligible for benefits under Medicare Part B. Prohibits an issuer from denying, conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of, or discriminating in the pricing of a Medicare supplement policy or certificate because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an individual who changes coverage from a Medicare supplement policy or certificate issued by an issuer to a Medicare supplement policy or certificate issued by another issuer if the former Medicare supplement policy or certificate and the latter Medicare supplement policy or certificate are of the same Medicare supplement plan.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB312
 
SB318AUDIT OF MEDICAID PROGRAM PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. (ZAY A) Provides that the office of the attorney general, or an independent auditor with experience auditing expenses related to prescription drugs that is hired through a request for proposal process by the attorney general, shall conduct an audit concerning prescription drug costs for the Medicaid program. Requires the auditor to examine cost sharing, spread pricing, patient steering, proper brand and generic definitions, effective rate clawbacks, medical loss ratio inflation, formulary compliance, discriminatory pricing, and any other metric determined by the attorney general. Provides that the audit look back period for the initial audit must be the previous five state fiscal years. Provides that the audit look back period for every audit conducted thereafter must be the previous three state fiscal years. Provides that the results of an audit must be provided to the legislative council.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB318
 
SB321STUDENT HEALTH MATTERS. (ZAY A) Allows a school corporation to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center (center) and provide services to certain students. Sets forth requirements to establish a center. Provides that the state board shall amend any rules necessary to comply with the requirements to establish a center.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB321
 
SB336CANNABIS. (NIEZGODSKI D) Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Makes an appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB336
 
SB337MENTAL HEALTH CARE. (NIEZGODSKI D) Provides, for purposes of provisions of law under which a mentally ill individual may be committed if the individual is dangerous, that an individual may be "dangerous" even though the individual is not inclined toward violent behavior. Amends the provision of law under which an Indiana resident who has a mental illness may be voluntarily admitted to a facility to provide that, for purposes of that provision, "mental illness" includes psychiatric and neurobiological brain disorders, including bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, that sometimes make an individual's performance of the normal activities of everyday life very difficult or impossible. Provides that the voluntary admission of an Indiana resident to a facility by the facility's superintendent may not be limited to Indiana residents who are referred to the facility by a court, the department of child services, a law enforcement agency, or any other officer or entity of state or local government. Provides that whether an individual has insurance coverage and whether the cost of the individual's care may be paid by or on behalf of the individual with private funds may not be considered in determining whether the individual: (1) is admitted to or allowed to continue receiving care in a state institution; or (2) is allowed to receive or continue receiving care from a community mental health center.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB337
 
SB338ART AND MUSIC THERAPY. (BECKER V) Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates by the medical licensing board of Indiana. Establishes requirements and procedures for an individual to be licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, and art therapist associate. Establishes an art therapy advisory council and a music therapy advisory council. Prohibits a person who is not licensed as a music therapist, art therapist, or an art therapist associate from using certain titles or certain words in a title.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB338
 
SB350PROFESSIONAL LICENSING. (RAATZ J) Provides that a unit may not regulate behavioral health and human services that are: (1) licensed or certified; or (2) exempted from licensure or certification; by the behavioral health and human services licensing board.
 Current Status:   5/1/2023 - Public Law 111
 State Bill Page:   SB350
 
SB351DESIGNATION OF SEX ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE. (BYRNE G) Defines "sex" for purposes of birth certificates.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB351
 
SB356WORKFORCE RETENTION INCENTIVES. (QADDOURA F) Provides that an individual who is enrolled in certain associate degree programs may be eligible for the high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant. Requires the commission of higher education (commission), in conjunction with the department of workforce development, to determine which associate degree programs are eligible, including associate degree programs in advanced manufacturing, information technology, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Establishes the workforce retention and brain gain loan forgiveness program (program). Provides that the commission shall administer the program. Establishes the workforce retention and brain gain loan forgiveness fund to provide annual student loan forgiveness payments to individuals who meet certain requirements.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB356
 
SB357REGULATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH FACILITIES. (QADDOURA F) Sets forth requirements for the use of money and financial reporting for county hospitals concerning revenue generated from the ownership, operation, or management of a nursing facility. Prohibits the governing board of a county hospital or the board of a municipal corporation from including any incentives, bonuses, or salary increases for executives and employees based on metrics or performance measures concerning the maximizing of nursing facility revenues or profits.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB357
 
SB363LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. (YODER S) Amends the requirements a health care professional must meet to be eligible for student loan repayment from the Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention fund. Specifies the total amount that may be awarded to a health care professional.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB363
 
SB364PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM. (POL R) Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program (program) to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for the administration of the program. Provides for the department to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the program obligations.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB364
 
SB369AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR REQUIREMENTS. (ROGERS L) Provides that school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, and extracurricular activity leaders may ensure that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (event) for which the individual is providing coaching or leadership. Provides that the AED may be: (1) deployed in accordance with the venue specific emergency action plan; (2) located on the premises where the event occurs; and (3) present for the duration of the event. Allows two or more events to share an AED if certain conditions are met. Provides that school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, and extracurricular activity leaders, at each event, may inform all individuals who are overseeing or supervising the activity of the location of the AED. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school may: (1) ensure that each required AED is properly maintained; (2) develop a venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest (plan); (3) post the plan in a conspicuous place at an event; and (4) share the plan with the school board, school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, extracurricular activity leaders, and applicable students. Requires a plan to: (1) establish a goal of responding within three minutes; and (2) require the performance of periodic drills. Provides that a school corporation, a charter school, a state accredited nonpublic school, or an accredited nonpublic school may apply for a grant from the Indiana secured school fund to purchase an AED under certain circumstances. Requires the department of education to conduct a statewide survey of school corporations, charter schools, and state accredited nonpublic schools to determine: (1) the number of AEDs owned before July 1, 2023, by schools; and (2) school policies in effect before July 1, 2023, regarding AEDs.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 187
 State Bill Page:   SB369
 
SB371ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. (FORD J) Amends the hospital governing board requirements for the manner in which a psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurse will interact with other practitioners. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to provide a report to the general assembly concerning psychiatric mental health advanced practice registered nurses who practice without a practice agreement. Makes conforming changes.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB371
 
SB376LAWFULLY RESIDING IMMIGRANTS AND ELIGIBILITY. (DONATO S) Provides Medicaid eligibility for certain individuals who have immigrated and are lawfully residing in the United States and meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements. Specifies eligibility for the children's health insurance program (CHIP) for lawfully residing individuals who are less than 19 years of age. Provides that an agency or political subdivision is not required to verify citizenship or immigration status of an individual for purposes of the individual's eligibility for benefits under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, including the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children.
 Current Status:   4/17/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.1)
 State Bill Page:   SB376
 
SB377CANNABIS REGULATION. (POL R) Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician. Establishes the adult use cannabis excise tax, and requires a retailer to transfer the tax to the department of state revenue for deposit in the state general fund. Exempts veterans from payment of the sales tax on medical or adult use cannabis. Establishes a cannabis program to permit the cultivation, processing, testing, transportation, and sale of cannabis by holders of a valid permit. Establishes the Indiana cannabis commission (ICC) as a state agency to oversee, implement, and enforce the program, and establishes the ICC advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the program. Requires that permit holders take steps to prevent diversion of cannabis to unauthorized persons. Requires that cannabis and cannabis products be properly labeled, placed in child resistant packaging, and tested by an independent testing laboratory before being made available for purchase. Prohibits packaging cannabis in a manner that is appealing to children. Authorizes research on cannabis in accordance with rules set forth by the ICC. Establishes a procedure for the expungement of a cannabis related conviction if the act constituting the conviction becomes legal. Makes conforming amendments.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB377
 
SB378HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT FEE. (DORIOT B) Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive Medicaid disproportionate share payments is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB378
 
SB379DRUG SCHEDULES. (SANDLIN J) Adds specified substances to the list of controlled substances. Defines "fentanyl containing substance" and increases the penalty for dealing a drug that is a fentanyl containing substance.
 Current Status:   4/20/2023 - Public Law 48
 State Bill Page:   SB379
 
SB387HEALTH CARE. (HOLDMAN T) Authorizes the Indiana department of health (state department) to assess a public health assessment fee (fee) upon nonprofit hospitals (excluding county hospitals). Provides that the fee shall be imposed on total hospital net patient revenues at a rate determined by the state department after review by the budget committee. Requires the rate to be formulated to result in total fee revenue generation of: (1) $120,000,000 in state fiscal year 2024; and (2) $230,000,000 in state fiscal year 2025, and each state fiscal year thereafter. Establishes the local public health department fund (fund). Requires the revenue from the fee to be deposited in the fund. Provides that the fund is administered by the state department. Specifies the purposes for which money in the fund may be used.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB387
 
SB396CONTRACTING OF MEDICAID SERVICES. (BECKER V) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to require, as part of the office's initial contract for a specified risk based managed care program, a managed care organization to subcontract at least 75% of the specified services and programs to a home and community based entity for the duration of the contract. Allows for exceptions in specified circumstances.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB396
 
SB400HEALTH CARE MATTERS. (BROWN L) Requires the state employee health plan, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for wearable cardioverter defibrillators. Specifies requirements for credentialing a provider for the Medicaid program, an accident and sickness insurance policy, and a health maintenance organization contract. Establishes a provisional credential until a decision is made on a provider's credentialing application and allows for retroactive reimbursement. Provides that a hospital's quality assessment and improvement program must include a process for determining and reporting the occurrence of serious reportable events. Provides that the medical staff of a hospital may make recommendations on the granting of clinical privileges and the appointment or reappointment of an applicant to the governing board for a period not to exceed 36 months. Requires a hospital with an emergency department to have at least one physician on site and on duty who is responsible for the emergency department. Requires the legislative services agency to conduct an analysis of licensing fees and provide a report to the budget committee. Allows the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner) to issue an order to discontinue a violation of a law (current law specifies orders or rules). Requires the commissioner to consider specified information before approving or disapproving a premium rate increase. Requires a domestic stock insurer to file specified information with the department of insurance. Prohibits the state employee health plan from requiring prior authorization for certain specified services. Changes prior authorization time requirements for urgent care situations. Adds an employee benefit plan that is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and a state employee health plan to the definition of "health payer" for the purposes of the all payer claims data base (data base). Allows the department of insurance to adopt rules on certain matters concerning the data base. Requires a health plan to post certain information on the health plan's website. Prohibits an insurer and a health maintenance organization from altering a CPT code for a claim or paying for a CPT code of lesser monetary value unless: (1) the CPT code submitted is not in accordance with certain guidelines and rules, or the terms and conditions of a participating provider's agreement or contract with the insurer or health maintenance organization; or (2) the medical record of the claim has been reviewed by an employee or contractor of the insurer or health maintenance organization. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization to provide a contracted provider with a current reimbursement rate schedule at specified times. Urges the study by an interim committee of: (1) prior authorization exemptions for certain health care providers; and (2) whether Indiana should adopt an interstate mobility of occupational licensing. Requires a collaborating physician or physician designee to review certain patient encounters performed by a physician assistant within 14 business days. Requires a health plan to offer a health care provider the option to request a peer to peer review by a clinical peer concerning an adverse determination on a prior authorization request.
 Current Status:   5/4/2023 - Public Law 190
 State Bill Page:   SB400
 
SB407RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL. (DERNULC D) Defines "rare disease" as a disease that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. Establishes a rare disease advisory council (council). Provides for appointment of the members of the council. Requires the council to fulfill certain duties for the benefit of patients with rare diseases. Requires the council to submit an annual report to the governor and the members of the senate health and provider services committee and the house public health committee.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB407
 
SB425PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATION. (POL R) Requires an employer to grant an employee's request for a reasonable accommodation for a known limitation related to the employee's pregnancy absent undue hardship on the employer's business. Provides that an employer may not require an employee to take leave under a leave law or policy adopted by the employer if another reasonable accommodation can be provided for known limitations arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB425
 
SB433MEDICAID SERVICES FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA. (MELTON E) Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to establish a program for northwest Indiana Medicaid recipients to enhance access to medical services closer to the recipient's residence with a priority on trauma care and pediatric services. Requires the office to submit a state plan amendment implementing enhanced access. Requires the office to review and analyze certain Medicaid reimbursement rates, statistics, and information concerning the Illinois Medicaid program in comparison to Indiana. Appropriates $20 million to northwest Indiana hospitals in state fiscal year 2024 for disproportionate share eligible hospitals that apply for funds to offset federal law changes in the disproportionate share program.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB433
 
SB453SCHOLARSHIP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS IN HEALTH CARE. (BREAUX J) Establishes the scholarship for minority students pursuing health care careers (scholarship) and the minority students pursuing health care careers fund (fund) for the purpose of providing scholarships to minority individuals who are working in an entry-level health care position involving direct patient care and wish to pursue a career as a licensed nurse in Indiana. Provides that the commission for higher education (commission) administers the scholarship program and the fund. Prescribes qualifications necessary to: (1) receive an initial scholarship; and (2) qualify for renewal of the scholarship. Requires a scholarship recipient to enter into a written agreement with the commission to: (1) use the scholarship solely to fund a course of study resulting in an associate's degree or certificate that enables the individual to practice as a licensed nurse in Indiana; (2) apply for a position as a licensed nurse in Indiana following the individual's licensure as a nurse; and (3) if hired, practice as a licensed nurse in Indiana for at least three years. Requires a scholarship recipient to repay the scholarship if the scholarship recipient fails to: (1) complete the scholarship recipient's program of study; or (2) complete the terms of the scholarship recipient's agreement with the commission. Provides that the amount of the scholarship awarded for an academic year is the lesser of: (1) the balance of the scholarship recipient's total cost of attendance for the academic year after the application of any other financial assistance for which the scholarship recipient qualifies; or (2) $4,000. Appropriates annually to the fund from the state general fund an amount sufficient to carry out the purposes of the scholarship program. Requires the commission to report to the general assembly not later than December 1, 2027, regarding the effect of the scholarship program.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB453
 
SB457MEDICAID WAIVER REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIRECT CARE. (MELTON E) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for an amendment to specified Medicaid waivers to increase reimbursement rates for services provided by direct care staff. Sets forth the manner in which the increased reimbursement may be expended and sets requirements on authorized service providers as a condition to retaining the additional reimbursement.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB457
 
SB463PREVENTION OF HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS. (ZAY A) Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish and implement a health care associated infection prevention pilot program (program) to evaluate the effectiveness of hand hygiene monitoring technology in preventing and reducing health care associated infections in Indiana. Sets forth criteria for hand hygiene monitoring technology. Makes an appropriation to the department to establish and implement a program.
 Current Status:   2/28/2023 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
 State Bill Page:   SB463
 
SB480GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS. (JOHNSON T) Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor. Specifies certain medical exceptions. Establishes civil enforcement actions.
 Current Status:   4/5/2023 - Public Law 10
 State Bill Page:   SB480
 
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