| HB1010 | 211 DIALING CODE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION. (MCMILLIN J) Amends the statute concerning the telephone 211 dialing code for human services information to add assistance concerning: (1) domestic violence; (2) infant mortality; (3) veterans; (4) senior citizens; (5) vulnerable children; and (6) public health; to the enumerated services included within the term "human services". Requires the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to consult with the board of directors of Indiana 211 Partnership, Inc., in preparing the required annual plan for the expenditure of the money in the 211 services account (account). Provides that the plan must include a strategy or plan to address certain specified human services issues. Provides that the IURC's annual report to the general assembly on 211 services in Indiana must include statistics, data, or results concerning the expenditure of money in the account to address, or the effectiveness of 211 services in addressing, certain specified human services issues. Requires the IURC to adopt rules to implement the statute. (Current law authorizes, rather than requires, the IURC to adopt rules to implement the statute concerning the 211 dialing code for human services information.) |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 4/7/2015 - Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
4/2/2015 - Committee Report do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Appropriations
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| HB1043 | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAPS. (TORR J) Increases the medical malpractice cap from $1,250,000 to $1,650,000 for claims arising after June 30, 2015. Provides that payments from the patient's compensation fund are to be disbursed not later than 60 days after the issuance of a final, nonappealable judgment. Increases pay for medical review panel members from $350 to $500. Increases potential pay for the medical review panel chairperson from $2,000 to $2,500. Increases the maximum potential liability of a qualified health care provider for an occurrence of malpractice from $250,000 to: (1) $300,000; or (2) $400,000 if the action against the health care provider results in a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Eliminates provisions under which the liability of a qualified health care provider or the qualified health care provider's insurer could be discharged through a periodic payments agreement under which the cost borne by the qualified health care provider or the qualified health care provider's insurer (consisting of the present payment and the cost of future payments) could be less than the cost of discharging the liability solely through an immediate payment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
2/23/2015 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| HB1063 | DENTAL AND OPTOMETRY SERVICE COVERAGE. (BACON R) |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2015 - Referred to House Insurance
1/6/2015 - First Reading
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| HB1282 | DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICE. (FRIZZELL D) Amends the definition of "prescriptive supervision" for purposes of the practice of dental hygiene. Provides that a dental hygienist may not use a laser that cuts, ablates, or cauterizes hard or soft tissue to provide treatment to a patient. Requires that if a dental hygienist practices under the prescriptive supervision of a licensed dentist, the dentist's written order must be recorded, signed, and dated in the patient's records. |
| | Current Status: | 5/4/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 5/1/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| HB1285 | PRIVATE CERTIFYING ORGANIZATIONS. (BURTON W) Establishes a procedure for individuals to apply to the professional licensing agency (agency) to allow qualified individuals to become state certified and be placed on the electronic registry of professions. Requires a private certifying organization be certified by the agency. Prohibits an individual who is not state certified from using the title "state certified". |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2015 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/13/2015 - First Reading
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| HB1303 | STATE REGISTRATION OF PRIVATELY CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS. (MCMILLIN J) Establishes a pilot project under which individuals who practice a certain occupation that is not a regulated profession under Indiana law can become "state registered" and be listed as practitioners of their occupation on the electronic registry of professions. However, provides that an individual may not be state registered in connection with any health care occupation or any occupation for which a person is licensed, certified, or registered by the Indiana plumbing commission. Provides that an individual, to become state registered, must hold a certification or credential from a supporting organization (a national organization or Indiana chapter of a national organization that exists solely to serve practitioners of a particular occupation) that is approved by the executive director of the professional licensing agency (agency). Requires the jobs creation committee to evaluate an application for the approval of a supporting organization, hold a public hearing, and make a recommendation to the executive director of the agency. Requires the executive director, after receiving the recommendation, to decide whether to approve the supporting organization. Provides that the executive director can approve not more than five supporting organizations. Prohibits the executive director from approving a supporting organization if any action performed within the scope of practice of individuals who have earned a certification from the supporting organization is the same as or substantially similar to an action within the scope of practice of a profession licensed under Indiana law. Provides that an individual must meet certain additional requirements and conditions to be state registered, including not being delinquent in paying taxes or child support and not having committed a crime having a direct bearing on the individual's ability to practice competently and lawfully. Requires the agency to review changes in an approved supporting organization's credentialing requirements or in the scope of practice of the occupation supported by an approved supporting organization. Authorizes the agency to remove an individual from the electronic registry under certain circumstances. Provides that not being state registered does not prevent an individual from practicing the same occupation as individuals who are state registered. Requires the executive director to report to the legislative council on the pilot project not later than November 1, 2017. Provides for the pilot project to expire April 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (29-20)
4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (91-6)
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| HB1351 | AGENCY RULEMAKING AND POLICYMAKING. (WOLKINS D) Provides that an agency's statutory authority to regulate and implement programs does not include rulemaking or policymaking authority that is not based upon a federal requirement or that exceeds the authority granted to a federal or state agency under federal statutory authority. Provides an exception that rules, guidelines, standards, or other policies that are not based upon a federal requirement or specific statutory authority may be based upon: (1) the general authority of an agency, subject to limits in the grant of the authority and upon the subject matter; or (2) the power to adopt emergency rules. Requires the legislative services agency (LSA) to review proposed and adopted agency rules, guidelines, standards or other policies. Provides that it is not the intent of the general assembly to have the findings or opinions of the LSA regarding legislative intent or an agency's legal authority to be: (1) used as evidence in any investigation or proceeding; or (2) imputed to the general assembly. Makes changes to the statute requiring distribution of agency statements. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2015 - Referred to committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2/24/2015 - First Reading
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| HB1520 | MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR FLUORIDE DENTAL TREATMENTS. (HEATON R) Adds fluoride treatments for individuals who reside in a health facility to the services that are provided under Medicaid. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.1)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/20/2015 - Referred to House Public Health
1/20/2015 - First Reading
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| HB1562 | PROFESSIONAL LICENSING MATTERS. (ZENT D) Requires an individual who holds a professional license or certificate and who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony to provide written notice of the conviction to the appropriate professional licensing board not later than 90 days after entry of the order or judgment of conviction. Provides that if a professional license or certificate is initially issued to the holder less than 90 days before the date on which such licenses or certificates generally expire, the license or certificate does not expire on the general expiration date but instead expires at the conclusion of the next licensing period. Provides that a mandatory notice to a license holder of the upcoming expiration of the license holder's license must be sent at least 90 days (instead of 60 days) before the expiration date. Allows the professional licensing agency (agency) to delay issuing a license renewal for up to 120 days for purposes of investigation. (Current law allows a delay of up to 90 days.) Provides that, after December 31, 2017, athletic trainer licenses expire on a date established by the agency in odd-numbered years. Provides that the auctioneer commission is to elect officers at the first meeting held each year (instead of at the January meeting). Repeals the chapter of the professional licensing law concerning the revocation or suspension of a diabetes educator's license. Adds the failure to complete or timely transmit a pregnancy termination form to the list of violations subject to a civil penalty in the physicians licensing law. Provides that the members of the manufactured home installer licensing board, and the home inspectors licensing board serve at the will and pleasure of the governor. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| SB55 | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS. (STEELE B) Permits a patient to bring an action against a health care provider without submitting the complaint to the medical review board if: (1) the amount of the claim is not more than $15,000; (2) the cause of action is based on the removal of the wrong body part; or (3) the cause of action is based on the existence of a foreign object in the patient's body. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2015 - Third reading defeated; Roll Call 156: yeas 22, nays 27
2/16/2015 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| SB256 | EVALUATION OF AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. (DELPH M) Provides procedures to evaluate and terminate all state agencies and programs on a 10 year cycle. Requires the schools of public and environmental affairs or business schools of state educational institutions to develop internships to give credit to students who perform the evaluation of state agencies and programs, and requires the state educational institutions to provide the evaluation service under the direction of the legislative services agency. Makes appropriations necessary to implement the termination of an agency or program. Repeals the current law concerning the agency evaluation process. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2015 - Referred to Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/7/2015 - First Reading
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