| HB1029 | OFF DUTY USE TOBACCO BY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES (CULVER W) Removes the prohibition against an employer requiring, as a condition of employment, that a prospective employee refrain from using tobacco products outside the course of the prospective employee's employment. Removes the civil cause of action that a prospective employee could have brought against an employer for requiring the prospective employee, as a condition of employment, to refrain from using tobacco products outside the course of the prospective employee's employment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2014 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/7/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1029 |
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| HB1045 | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. (KIRCHHOFER C) Revises the definition of "practice of occupational therapy". Adds a definition of "occupational therapy services". Requires that an occupational therapist who performs an evaluation that suggests a condition that requires medical attention must promptly refer the patient to a physician. Sets forth requirements that must be met in order for an occupational therapist or a speech-language pathologist to assess and manage the pharyngoesophageal phase of swallowing. Requires that an occupational therapist must have a master's degree for initial licensure beginning July 1, 2006. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1045 |
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| HB1051 | HEPATITIS C TESTING AND STUDY OF NEEDLE EXCHANGES. (ERRINGTON S) Requires a carrier of Hepatitis C to warn a person at risk of the carrier's disease status and need to seek health care counseling and testing. Requires the health finance commission to study during the 2014 legislative interim the feasibility of establishing a needle exchange program and how to address criminal law statutes that could affect the effective operation of a needle exchange program. |
| | Current Status: | 3/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/4/2014 - Referred to Corrections & Criminal Law
2/4/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1051 |
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| HB1060 | CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS (FRIZZELL D) Allows a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) to administer anesthesia for a podiatrist if specified conditions are met. (Current law allows a CRNA to administer anesthesia under the direction of and in the immediate presence of a physician.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2014 - First Reading
1/7/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1060 |
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| HB1061 | DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICE. (FRIZZELL D) Allows a dental hygienist to practice under prescriptive supervision in a dental office, clinical setting, or health facility if certain conditions are met. Allows the board of dentistry to approve other locations where a dental hygienist may practice under direct or prescriptive supervision. Prohibits a dental hygienist from using a laser to provide treatment to a patient. Requires the board of dentistry to report to the legislative council on the effectiveness of dental hygiene prescriptive supervision laws. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 450: yeas 48 and nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1061 |
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| HB1097 | IMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE. (FRIZZELL D) Requires the professional licensing agency to maintain a registry of certain persons licensed to provide health care who intend to provide voluntary health care services. Grants certain persons licensed to provide health care services immunity from liability for an act or omission relating to the provision of health care if: (1) the person is licensed to provide health care; (2) the care was provided voluntarily and without compensation; (3) the person providing the care provides notice of immunity; and (4) the person providing health care is on the registry maintained by the professional licensing agency. Specifies that immunity for providing: (1) dental services is available if the dental services are provided in a dental office or elsewhere; and (2) nondental health care services is only available if the nondental health care services are provided in a setting other than a medical clinic, health care facility, or permanent facility whose primary purpose is the provision of health care services. Provides that the immunity for certain health care providers is not available if the health care provider provided substandard care or committed gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Grants immunity from health care related claims to certain owners, operators, lessors, and lessees who make their real property available for the provision of voluntary health care services. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2014 - DEAD BILL
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| | Recent Status: | 3/10/2014 - , (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. 156-C
3/5/2014 - Senator Steele added as advisor
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1097 |
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| HB1106 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (KUBACKI R) Makes materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine schedule III controlled substances subject to being dispensed only by a prescription. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1106 |
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| HB1114 | LEGEND DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS BY OPTOMETRISTS. (DAVISSON S) Allows optometrists who are certified by the optometry board to administer, dispense, and prescribe certain narcotic drugs, codeine with compounds, and hydrocodone with compounds. Repeals a law concerning drug formulary requirements. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline for House bills (Rule 79(b))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2014 - Senator Bray added as cosponsor
2/4/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1114 |
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| HB1123 | ABORTION COVERAGE. (THOMPSON J) Prohibits accident and sickness insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts from providing abortion coverage except in specified circumstances. Allows an insurer or health maintenance organization to provide abortion coverage through a rider or an endorsement. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1123 |
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| HB1131 | STUDY ON THE USE AND PRESCRIBING OF METHADONE (GOODIN T) Requires the medical licensing board to research the use and prescribing of methadone and to adopt rules establishing standards and protocols for the prescribing of methadone. Requires the health finance commission to study the use and prescribing of methadone in Indiana and the feasibility of restricting the prescribing of methadone. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1131 |
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| HB1137 | REPORTING OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. (HALE C) Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana to study and evaluate the underreporting of crimes against children. Requires the state department of health or the office of women's health to conduct a study to determine the number of persons who are the victims of crimes of domestic and sexual violence, the reasons why these crimes are underreported, best practices to improve reporting, and the most effective means to connect victims with appropriate treatment services. Establishes a framework for the study, and permits the department of health or the office of women's health to contract with a third party to conduct the study. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Coauthored by Representatives Turner, McMillin, Macer
1/9/2014 - Referred to House Family, Children and Human Affairs
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1137 |
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| HB1139 | HEARING AIDS. (BAUER B) Amends the definition of "hearing aid" and defines "personal sound amplifier". Makes a correction to the name of an association. Provides that a person may not sell, lease, or rent a hearing aid in Indiana unless the hearing aid has been fitted in person by a hearing aid dealer or an audiologist. Exempts certain persons who issue a prescription or order for a hearing aid from the requirement. Provides a Class B infraction for violations. Requires the state department of health to report information to the legislative council concerning: (1) the number of minors who are hearing impaired; and (2) the estimated cost for a state program and a health insurance requirement to provide hearing aids to those minors. |
| | Current Status: | 3/26/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1139 |
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| HB1163 | SMOKING RESTRICTIONS FOR BARS AND TAVERNS. (HARMAN T) Allows bars and taverns in which smoking is allowed to permit individuals who are less than 21 years of age to enter nonsmoking rooms or areas of the bars or taverns if the bars or taverns meet certain requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/21/2014 - Reassign to House Committee om Public Policy
1/13/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1163 |
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| HB1172 | BIRTH PROBLEMS REGISTRY. (KIRCHHOFER C) Adds certain visual impairments to the definition of birth problems for purposes of reporting to the birth problems registry. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2014 - Coauthored by Representative Koch
1/13/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1172 |
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| HB1190 | TREATMENT OF MISCARRIED REMAINS. (SLAGER H) Provides that, beginning October 1, 2014, the parent or parents of a fetus miscarried in a health care facility may determine the final disposition of the remains of the miscarried fetus. Requires a health care facility to provide certain information to the parent or parents of a miscarried fetus. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/12/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1190 |
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| HB1204 | VARIOUS EDUCATION AND SCHOOL MATTERS. (HUSTON T) Provides that if the parent, guardian, or court appointed special guardian of a child enrolled in a school requests a health care provider to disclose certain mental health information to the child's school, the health care provider shall provide the child's school the information. Prescribes the manner in which the information must be released and requires a principal or school leader to sign a confidentiality agreement concerning the release of the information. Prohibits a superintendent or school leader from excusing or excluding a student who was found to be mentally or physically unfit for school attendance if a physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist certifies that the student is fit for school attendance. Provides that the witness fee for an employee of a school district is $100. Provides civil immunity for a school, school employee, or school board for civil damages that are the result of: (1) an injury to a child or family members of a child if the injury is the result of a student's mental health issue that has not been disclosed to the school by the student's parent or guardian; or (2) referrals the school made or services the school offered concerning evaluations or treatment of the student's health. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1204 |
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| HB1218 | DRUG TREATMENT AND REPORTING. (DAVISSON S) Expires standards for operation rules concerning prior authorization for a take home supply of opioid treatment medication (current law requires rules to require prior authorization for more than 14 days of medication). Prohibits an opioid treatment program from prescribing, dispensing, or providing more than a seven day supply of opioid treatment medication to a patient to take out of the facility. Requires the division of mental health and addiction (division) to establish certain standards and protocols for opioid treatment programs. Requires an opioid treatment program to follow the standards and protocols adopted by the division for each opioid treatment program patient. Requires the dispenser at an opioid treatment program to transmit certain information to the division within specified time frames. Provides that the information is subject to federal patient confidentiality regulations. Requires a provider to release certain information from a committed patient's mental health records upon request of a court. Requires that the board of pharmacy adopt a rule requiring a practitioner and a opioid treatment program to check the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program in specified circumstances. Requires the division to report on the information collected. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony for violations of the central repository for controlled substances data laws. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to study the impact of including all prescription drugs in the INSPECT program and sets forth requirements of the study. Requires the legislative council to assign an interim committee to study: (1) the security of the INSPECT program; and (2) whether opioid treatment programs should be prohibited from allowing patients to take home opioid treatment medication. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on mental health and addiction.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1218 |
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| HB1236 | HPV EDUCATION (ERRINGTON S) Requires a parent of a grade 6 student to submit a written statement to the student's school that the student has received or is receiving the immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV), that the parent has decided not to have the student immunized, or that the parent chooses not to inform the school of whether the student will be or has been immunized. (Current law requires the statement from a parent of a grade 6 female student.) Requires a school to provide certain information about HPV that is prescribed by the department of health (department) to the parents of all grade 6 students. (Current law requires that the information be given to the parents of grade 6 female students.) Requires a school to file a written report with the department stating the number of students who have received the immunization and the number of students who have not received the immunization. (Under current law, the report relates only to female students.) Requires the department to establish a program to provide information about HPV to parents, health care providers, and other individuals approved to administer the HPV vaccine and to establish goals and plans to increase the vaccination rate for the HPV infection. Requires the department to prepare an annual report concerning the program. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/28/2014 - Representative Harris added as coauthor
1/15/2014 - Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1236 |
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| HB1248 | METHAMPHETAMINE (SMALTZ B) Makes materials, compounds, mixtures, and preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine schedule III controlled substances subject to being dispensed only by a prescription. Makes: (1) dealing in methamphetamine a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony; and (2) possession of methamphetamine a Level 5 felony instead of a Level 6 felony; if the person who committed the felony has a prior conviction for dealing in certain controlled substances, the person committed the felony while in possession of a firearm, the person committed the felony in, on, or within 1,000 feet of school property or a public park while a person under 18 years of age was present, the person who committed the felony delivered or financed the delivery of the drug to a person under 18 years of age and at least three years junior to the person, or the person who committed the felony manufactured or financed the manufacture of the drug. Makes possessing paraphernalia a Level 6 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor if the person who committed the offense was in possession of methamphetamine or a chemical reagent or precursor while committing the offense. Makes possessing more than 10 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, pure or adulterated, a Level 5 felony instead of a Level 6 felony if the person who committed the felony possessed more than 10 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, pure or adulterated, in, on, or within 500 feet of: (1) school property; or (2) a public park; while a person under 18 years of age was present. Makes possessing anhydrous ammonia or ammonia solution with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine or amphetamine, schedule II controlled substances, a Level 5 felony instead of a Level 6 felony if the person who committed the felony possessed anhydrous ammonia or ammonia solution with intent to manufacture methamphetamine or amphetamine, schedule II controlled substances, in, on, or within 500 feet of: (1) school property; or (2) a public park; while a person under 18 years of age was present. Makes possession of two or more chemical reagents or precursors with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance a Level 5 felony instead of a Level 6 felony if the person who committed the felony possessed two or more chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance in, on, or within 500 feet of: (1) school property; or (2) a public park; while a person under 18 years of age was present. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/29/2014 - Representative Kubacki added as coauthor
1/27/2014 - House Courts and Criminal Code, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 8:30 AM, Rm. 156-B
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1248 |
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| HB1253 | UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANK. (ZENT D) Transfers the umbilical cord blood donation initiative from a nonprofit corporation established by the secretary of family and social services to the state department of health and changes the name from "umbilical cord blood donation initiative" to postnatal donation initiative. Eliminates the nonprofit corporation. Eliminates the duty of the nonprofit board to establish a public umbilical cord blood bank. Establishes the postnatal donation board to assist the state department of health. Provides civil immunity to persons who participate in the postnatal donation initiative. Repeals the provisions related to the conduct of the umbilical cord blood program through the office of the secretary of family and social services and its nonprofit corporation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1253 |
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| HB1258 | TELEHEALTH PILOT PROGRAM. (SHACKLEFORD R) Requires the medical licensing board to: (1) before August 1, 2014, establish a pilot program to provide telehealth services to patients in Indiana; and (2) report to the general assembly concerning the outcomes of the pilot program. Sets forth requirements of the pilot program. Establishes time frames for the expiration of the pilot program, the latest of which is July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1258 |
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| HB1259 | LICENSING OF DIABETES EDUCATORS (SHACKLEFORD R) Creates the diabetes educators board, and provides for the licensure of diabetes educators. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1259 |
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| HB1290 | HEALTH OF STUDENT ATHLETES. (BACON R) Adds athletic trainers to the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of laws concerning hospitals and public health measures. Requires the department of education to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to school corporations, charter schools, public schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents and legal guardians of student athletes of the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Requires that a form acknowledging receipt of the information sheet must be returned to the student athlete's coach each year before beginning practice for an athletic activity. Requires that a student athlete who is suspected of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest must be removed from the athletic activity at the time the symptom is identified. Provides that the student athlete may not return to practice and play until the student athlete's parent or legal guardian has been informed and the parent or legal guardian has provided permission for the student to return to practice and play. Requires the commission on higher education to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to a postsecondary educational institution's athletic department to inform and educate coaches and student athletes of the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Requires that a form acknowledging receipt of the information must be returned to the student athlete's coach each year before beginning practice for an athletic activity. Requires that a student athlete who is suspected of experiencing a symptom of sudden cardiac arrest must be removed from the athletic activity at the time the symptom is identified. Provides that the student athlete may not return to practice and play until the student athlete has received permission to return to practice and play from the team's or postsecondary educational institution's athletic trainer or physician. Requires an applicant for an athletic trainer license to submit to a national criminal history background check. Provides that the athletic trainers board may conduct a random audit and require an individual seeking a renewal of an athletic trainer license to submit to a national criminal history background check. Requires that each school corporation and accredited nonpublic school shall include in the school corporation's or accredited nonpublic school's high school health education curriculum instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator for its students. Provides that a school administrator may waive the requirement that a student receive instruction if the student has a disability or is physically unable to perform the psychomotor skill component of the instruction. Provides that the department of education may grant schools a waiver of the psychomotor skill requirement. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1290 |
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| HB1309 | MEDICAID MATTERS (CLERE E) Establishes the affordable care committee. Allows the department of state revenue to establish a procedure to set off the earned income credit and the tax refund of certain Medicaid recipients for out-of-pocket expenses owed by the recipient. Modifies Medicaid provider reimbursement to Medicare reimbursement rates for services provided to certain Medicaid recipients. Adds Medicaid rehabilitation option services, chiropractic services, and optometric services to the Indiana check-up plan. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to negotiate with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a Medicaid state plan amendment or Medicaid waiver concerning expansion of Medicaid. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to report to the budget committee and the health finance commission if negotiations are unsuccessful. Requires the office to apply to HHS to amend the state Medicaid plan to require cost sharing by a Medicaid recipient who qualifies for Medicaid because the individual is a caregiver. Requires the office to present specified information to the health finance commission (commission) before August 1, 2014. Requires certain state agencies to report to the commission concerning a health insurance exchange in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Coauthored by Representatives Brown C, Brown T, Lehman
1/15/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1309 |
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| HB1316 | ABORTION PROVIDERS (ZIEMKE C) Requires the state department of health to inspect an abortion clinic at least one time per year. Voids part of an administrative rule that exempts abortion clinics operating before July 1, 2006, from the rule governing the physical plant specifications for abortion clinics. Removes a provision allowing a physician to perform an abortion if the physician has entered into an agreement with a physician who has admitting privileges in the county where the abortion is performed or in a contiguous county. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Coauthored by Representative Thompson
1/15/2014 - Referred to House Public Policy
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1316 |
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| HB1323 | EPINEPHRINE IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (OBER D) Allows a postsecondary educational institution to develop a policy for the emergency administration of an auto-injectable epinephrine to a student, faculty member, or staff member under certain circumstances. Sets forth requirements for the policy and for those employees who act as trained designees and administer the epinephrine. Requires the state department of health to set forth guidelines for the policies. Allows a health care provider to write a prescription for epinephrine for a postsecondary educational institution and allows a pharmacist to dispense the prescription. Requires storage of the epinephrine in a safe location. Provides for civil immunity for licensed campus medical professionals, trained designees, and certain healthcare providers in the administration of epinephrine in compliance with the policy and guidelines. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1323 |
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| HB1336 | EMS STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. (BROWN T) Requires the executive director of the department of homeland security to appoint a state emergency medical services (EMS) medical director (EMS director) to oversee all medical aspects of the state EMS system. Sets forth qualifications and duties for the EMS medical director. Allows the emergency medical services commission to approve the appointment within 30 days. |
| | Current Status: | 3/26/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1336 |
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| HB1337 | HEARING AID STUDY (BROWN T) Requires the state department of health to report information to the health finance commission concerning: (1) the number of minors who are hearing impaired; and (2) the estimated cost for a state program and a health insurance requirement to provide hearing aids to those minors. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/27/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. House Chamber
1/15/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1337 |
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| HB1352 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS (SMITH V) Adds a definition of "state immunization registry". Provides that disaggregated staff performance evaluation results reported to the department of education by a school corporation are not subject to public record requests. Changes criteria under which a student may receive a graduation waiver. Repeals a provision that requires the chief administrative officer of a school to provide students and parents information concerning meningococcal disease. Removes a provision that school immunization records must be kept uniformly throughout Indiana. Requires the state department of health to publish a two year calendar of immunization requirements and recommendations. Removes a requirement that a school must provide a female student information concerning the link between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Provides that the parent of any student who has not received the required immunizations shall present the student to a health care provider whose scope of practice includes the administration of the immunization to receive the required immunity. (Current law requires the student to be presented to a physician.) Provides that the health care provider who administers the required vaccines to a student shall enter each immunization administered to the student into the state immunization registry. Provides that each school shall require the parent of a student who has enrolled in the school to furnish proof of the student's immunization status either as a written document from the authorized source or documentation provided from the state immunization registry. Eliminates a requirement for schools to submit to the state department of health a report pertaining to certain student immunizations. Requires the state department of health to obtain reports regarding the immunization status of students at the state level and on an aggregate basis by accessing the state immunization registry. Removes a provision that allows the state department of health to commence an action against a school for failing to enforce certain immunization compliance requirements. Changes from December 1 to October 1 the student count date for special education grants. Changes the state tuition support amount to be used in the calculation of a choice scholarship. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Referred to House Education
1/15/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1352 |
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| HB1356 | STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE (BROWN C) Requires the department of insurance to create a state health benefit exchange in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Referred to House Insurance
1/15/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1356 |
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| HB1357 | UNIFORM PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FORM (BROWN C) Requires the department of insurance to develop a uniform prior authorization form for prescription drug coverage. Allows a prescribing provider to use, and requires an insurer or health maintenance organization that requires prior authorization of prescription drug coverage to accept, a completed uniform prior authorization form. Provides that if an insurer or health maintenance organization fails to accept the prior authorization form, or fails to respond within two business days after receiving the form, the request is considered to have been granted. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Referred to House Insurance
1/15/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1357 |
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| HB1358 | EXTENDS THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH UNTIL JULY 1, 2017. (BROWN C) Repeals the law concerning the health care facility advisory council. Transfers certain duties of the council to the state department of health. Adds certain persons to qualify as representatives for physician order for treatment forms. Changes the amount of time from four years after birth to twelve months after birth that a birth certificate presented for filing is considered a delayed certificate of birth. Requires a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder at any age to be reported to the birth problems registry. (Current law provides for the reporting of an autism diagnosis made before a child's fifth birthday). Allows not more than 50% of the monies in the spinal cord and brain injury fund to be used to develop a statewide trauma system. Allows not more than 50% of the monies in the spinal cord and brain injury fund to be used to develop a statewide trauma system. Requires the state department of health to: (1) adopt rules concerning the regulation of facilities for treatment of traumatic brain injuries; and (2) make recommendations to the legislative council and health finance commission concerning food handling law changes. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 459: yeas 45 and nays 3
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1358 |
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| HB1360 | ADDICTION TREATMENT AND SERVICES. (BROWN C) Changes the name of the mental health services development programs board to the mental health and addiction services development programs board (board). Adds three members to the board. Removes requirement for a unanimous vote by certain members to take action on the development program or training track program. Requires the board to meet at least quarterly each year. (Currently the board must meet at least twice a year.) Amends the purposes of the board. Adds the following persons as eligible for the loan forgiveness program: (1) psychiatrists pursuing fellowship training and certification in addiction psychiatry; (2) addiction counselors; and (3) mental health professionals. Allows recipients to work in state funded addiction treatment centers. Changes the names of the accounts that fund the loan forgiveness and development programs. Provides that certain psychiatrists may receive loan forgiveness grants for not more than five years. Requires the board to give consideration to annually funding two psychiatrists pursuing fellowship training and certification in addiction psychiatry. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to provide administrative support for the board and the integrated behavioral health and addiction treatment development program account. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on mental health and addiction.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1360 |
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| HB1392 | RETENTION OF BLOOD SAMPLES (MORRIS R) Requires a hospital or facility that obtains or receives a bodily substance sample (sample) taken at the direction of a law enforcement officer to retain the sample until notified in writing by an authorized law enforcement officer that the sample may be destroyed, discarded, or transferred. Permits the hospital or facility to charge a reasonable storage fee if the sample is retained for longer than 60 days, and specifies that a hospital or facility is not required to retain a sample for more than three years unless an authorized law enforcement officer requests that it be retained for a longer time. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/21/2014 - Referred to House Courts and Criminal Code
1/21/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1392 |
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| HB1394 | TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ADVERTISING (MORRIS R) Includes cigarillos within the definition of "cigarette" for purposes of cigarette tax and tobacco products laws. Provides that the quit smoking signs that are required to be posted in establishments that sell tobacco products must include the quit smoking web site information. Provides that a retail establishment selling tobacco may not advertise tobacco products or cause to be advertised tobacco products: (1) in the window or on the exterior of a business property or establishment; or (2) any place within the retail establishment. Provides an exception for retail establishments that primarily sell tobacco products and do not allow individuals who are less than 18 years of age to enter. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/21/2014 - Representative Culver added as coauthor
1/21/2014 - Representative C. Brown added as coauthor
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1394 |
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| HB1406 | APPLICATION OF FEDERAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (HARMAN T) Prohibits state action related to enforcement or implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Requires the attorney general to file a civil action for injunctive relief in certain circumstances. Requires a tax deduction for taxpayers paying a penalty in relation to PPACA. Repeals a provision concerning application for a state innovation waiver under PPACA. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline (Rule 147.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/15/2014 - Coauthored by Representative Burton
1/15/2014 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1406 |
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| HJR3 | MARRIAGE. (TURNER P) Provides that only marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Indiana. This proposed amendment has not been agreed to by the previous general assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Recent Status: | 3/13/2014 - Public Law 225
3/13/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HJR3 |
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| SB31 | PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS. (TOMES J) Reorganization of certain licensing provisions. Provides for the reorganization of 12 Indiana Code sections containing frequently amended lists of professions and entities subject to professional licensing under IC 25-1. Makes no substantive change. Transfers the lists contained in each of these sections to corresponding chapters in a new IC 25 article. Sets forth the boilerplate language to be used when amending or adding a provision under the new structure. Updates affected internal references and cross-references. Removes obsolete references to entities not licensed by the professional licensing agency. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/13/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/6/2014 - Received by Governor
3/4/2014 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | SB31 |
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| SB34 | SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. (WATERMAN J) Provides a sales tax exemption for a dietary supplement if it is sold by: (1) a registered pharmacist upon prescription of a licensed practitioner; or (2) the licensed practitioner. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2014 - Referred to Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy
1/7/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB34 |
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| SB37 | REMOVAL OF EXEMPTIONS FROM "DO NOT CALL" LAW. (DELPH M) Removes existing exemptions from the statute governing telephone solicitations of consumers (Indiana's "do not call" list) for calls made by the following: (1) Tax exempt charitable organizations. (2) Licensed real estate brokers. (3) Licensed insurance producers and surplus lines producers. (4) Newspapers. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2014 - Referred to Senate Commerce, Economic Development & Technology Commerce, Economic Development & Technology
1/7/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB37 |
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| SB44 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH DATA WORK GROUP. (BREAUX J) Requires the state department of health and the office of the secretary of family and social services to establish a work group to study specified issues concerning electronic health data. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 409: yeas 45 and nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB44 |
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| SB50 | MINORS AND TANNING DEVICES. (MILLER P) Prohibits a person less than 16 years of age from using a tanning device in a tanning facility. Repeals a provision requiring a person less than 16 years of age to be accompanied by a parent or guardian when using a tanning device in a tanning facility. Repeals the tanning facility committee. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/10/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB50 |
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| SB51 | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MATTERS. (MILLER P) Requires, before September 1, 2014, the state department of health to: (1) adopt rules concerning the regulation of facilities for treatment of traumatic brain injuries; and (2) make recommendations to the legislative council and health finance commission concerning food handling law changes. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 3:30 PM, House Chamber
2/4/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | SB51 |
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| SB53 | MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. (ZAKAS J) Provides that for purposes of the statutes governing municipal sewage works, the municipal legislative body may include in an ordinance adopted under the statutes one or more of the following provisions with respect to tenant-occupied property: (1) That sewer fees for the property are payable by the tenant. (2) That sewer fees for the property are payable by the tenant if the property owner or the tenant satisfies certain requirements or conditions that the municipal legislative body includes in the ordinance. (3) That sewer fees for the property do not constitute a lien against the property, subject to certain requirements or conditions set forth in the ordinance. Makes conforming amendments to provisions setting forth the manner in which municipal sewer liens attach and are enforced. Specifies that the authority to adopt these provisions concerning tenant-occupied property does not prohibit a municipality from including in an ordinance adopted under the statutes any other provision that the municipality considers appropriate. Specifies that the authority to adopt these provisions concerning tenant-occupied property does not apply to a conservancy district that provides sewage service. For purposes of the statutes governing municipal storm water works and municipal sewage works, amends provisions requiring notice of fee delinquencies to the owner of tenant-occupied property to provide that the notice of the delinquency must be sent to the owner: (1) regardless of whether the owner has provided an address to which the notice must be sent; and (2) at the last address of the owner as indicated in the records of the county auditor, or to another address specified by the owner in a written notice. Provides that the notice may be sent by first class mail or by certified mail (or another service equivalent to certified mail). (Current law requires that the notice be sent by certified mail or another equivalent service for delinquent sewer fees and does not specify the method of mailing a notice for delinquent storm water fees.) Provides that, in a situation in which a municipal utility is providing services to properties located outside the municipality under contracts that provide for the property owners to make payments in lieu of annexation, if the contracts expire, the municipal utility may not terminate services to the properties and, as a condition of continuing to receive services, the owners of the properties must continue paying the rate for the services provided for in the expired contracts, for two years or until: (1) the municipal utility and the owners of the properties enter into new contracts; (2) the area in which the properties are located is annexed into the municipality; or (3) the matter is submitted to arbitration. Specifies that, in an arbitration proceeding, the award made by the arbitrator must establish reasonable and just terms of a new contract between the municipal utility and the owners of the properties, considering all relevant factors, and that if either party fails or refuses to enter into a new contract according to the terms of the arbitration award, the other party may commence legal action to enforce the award. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/13/2014 - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 410: yeas 41 and nays 4
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| | State Bill Page: | SB53 |
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| SB56 | MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND. (PAUL A) Requires claims for payment from the medical malpractice patient's compensation fund to be computed and paid every three months instead of every six months. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/5/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
3/5/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB56 |
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| SB71 | REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICTS. (KRUSE D) Requires that the board of trustees (board) of a regional sewer district (district) must be elected. Provides for the transition from an appointed to an elected board. Provides that a district may not foreclose a sewer lien or enforce the collection of unpaid sewer fees under certain circumstances. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/7/2014 - Referred to Senate Environmental Affairs
1/7/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB71 |
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| SB103 | OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH. (BREAUX J) Repeals the July 1, 2014, expiration of the office of minority health. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/8/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB103 |
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| SB107 | TRANSFER OF SEWAGE SYSTEM REGULATORY AUTHORITY. (CHARBONNEAU E) Provides for the transfer from the state department of health (ISDH) to the department of environmental management (IDEM) of the authority for regulating residential onsite sewage systems, commercial onsite sewage systems, and sewage disposal systems of mobile home communities that employ septic tank absorption fields. Provides that the transfer of authority shall take place: (1) as soon as reasonably possible, consistent with the goal of avoiding undue disruption for persons and entities affected by or involved in the regulatory activity; but (2) in no event later than July 1, 2015. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning the regulation of residential and commercial onsite sewage systems and sewage disposal systems of mobile home communities, but provides that the rules of the state department of health continue to apply until the rules of the environmental rules board take effect. Requires ISDH and IDEM to report to the environmental quality service council during the 2014 legislative interim on the progress in transferring the regulatory authority from ISDH to IDEM. Requires the legislative services agency to prepare legislation for introduction in the 2015 legislative session to make changes in statutes that are necessary or appropriate because of the transfer of regulatory authority. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/19/2014 - House Environmental Affairs, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. 156-C
2/4/2014 - Referred to House Environmental Affairs
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| | State Bill Page: | SB107 |
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| SB115 | DENTAL AND OPTOMETRY SERVICE COVERAGE. (LEISING J) Prohibits dental and vision insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring dentists and optometrists to accept certain payments unless the health care services are covered services. Prohibits dentists and optometrists from charging for noncovered services an amount that exceeds the usual and customary charges for the services. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2014 - Senator Mishler added as coauthor
1/15/2014 - Senator Becker added as second author
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| | State Bill Page: | SB115 |
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| SB139 | HEALTH MATTERS. (BECKER V) Amends the definition of "attendant care services" to include providing assistance for the taking of medications that include controlled substances and prescription drugs. Removes the July 1, 2014, expiration date of the anatomical gift promotion fund. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/5/2014 - Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 352: yeas 49 and nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB139 |
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| SB141 | APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAW IN INDIANA. (DELPH M) Provides that any act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute of any branch of the federal government found by the general assembly to be inconsistent with the power granted to the federal government in the Constitution of the United States is void in Indiana. Provides that a resident of Indiana has a cause of action to enjoin the enforcement or implementation or the attempted enforcement or implementation of a federal act, decree, injunction, law, opinion, order, rule, regulation, or statute declared void by the general assembly. Provides that a plaintiff who prevails in such an action is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Removes a statement that the common law of England and certain statutes of the British Parliament are governing Indiana law. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally implements or enforces, or attempts to implement or enforce, a federal law that is declared void by the general assembly commits a Level 6 felony. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2014 - Referred to Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure
1/8/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB141 |
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| SB142 | ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAID. (MILLER P) Designates the office of the secretary of family and social services as the single state agency for the administration of the Medicaid program and removes the designation from the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Specifies that the office of Medicaid policy and planning develops and coordinates Medicaid policy for Indiana under the direction of the secretary of family and social services. Repeals provisions referring to the office of Medicaid policy and planning as the single state agency for administering Medicaid. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/12/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 3:30 PM, House Chamber
2/4/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | SB142 |
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| SB145 | PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS. (CRIDER M) Provides that a school corporation may participate in an interscholastic athletics association only if the association provides that, if the association requires a student to obtain a physical examination to participate in an athletic event, the physical evaluation may be administered by either a physician or an advanced practice nurse. Provides that the physical examination requirement for a school bus driver may be conducted by an advanced practice nurse. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/8/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB145 |
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| SB154 | AUTISM REPORTING. (HEAD R) Requires a diagnosis of autism at any age to be reported to the birth problems registry. (Current law provides for the reporting of an autism diagnosis made before a child's fifth birthday.) |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2014 - Senate Health and Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/8/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
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| | State Bill Page: | SB154 |
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| SB192 | IMMUNITY FOR HEALTH CARE VOLUNTEERS. (MILLER P) Provides that a licensed health care worker who provides voluntary health care services in a setting other than a medical clinic or health care facility is immune from civil liability. Provides that the person is not immune from civil liability if the damages resulted from the person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Civil Law
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB192 |
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| SB194 | HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CULTURAL TRAINING. (BREAUX J) Requires an individual seeking licensure in a health care profession to complete cultural competency training. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB194 |
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| SB195 | STUDENT IMMUNIZATION. (KRUSE D) Adds a definition of "state immunization registry". Repeals a provision that requires the chief administrative officer of a school to provide students and parents with information concerning meningococcal disease. Removes a provision that school immunization records must be kept uniformly throughout Indiana. Requires the state department of health to publish a two year calendar of immunization requirements and recommendations. Removes a requirement that a school must provide a female student with information concerning the link between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Provides that the parent of any student who has not received the required immunizations shall present the student to a health care provider whose scope of practice includes the administration of the immunization to receive the required immunity. (Current law requires the student to be presented to a physician.) Provides that the health care provider who administers the required vaccines to a student shall enter each immunization administered to the student into the state immunization registry. Provides that each school shall require the parent of a student who has enrolled in the school to furnish proof of the student's immunization status either as a written document from the authorized source or documentation provided from the state immunization registry. Eliminates a requirement for schools to submit to the state department of health a report pertaining to certain student immunizations. Requires the state department of health to obtain reports regarding the immunization status of students at the state level and on an aggregate basis by accessing the state immunization registry. Removes a provision that allows the state department of health to commence an action against a school for failing to enforce certain immunization compliance requirements. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB195 |
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| SB206 | FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF SENIORS. (WALKER G) Requires a person who has reason to believe that an individual at least 65 years of age is being exploited to report the suspected exploitation to a law enforcement agency, and makes a knowing failure to report a Class B misdemeanor. Requires a law enforcement agency that receives a report to notify the attorney general of the offense, and requires the attorney general to notify the appropriate licensor or regulator if the offense involves a licensed person or regulated entity. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - First Reading
1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
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| | State Bill Page: | SB206 |
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| SB219 | PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT. (HOLDMAN T) Requires an individual's treating physician to evaluate an individual's mental capacity before a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form may be executed. Specifies that the first POST form executed by an individual is effective for six months but may be renewed with no expiration. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB219 |
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| SB222 | STUDENT ATHLETE CONCUSSIONS. (HOLDMAN T) Provides that a high school student athlete who has been removed from play because of a suspected concussion or head injury may not return to play until at least 24 hours have passed since the incident. Beginning July 1, 2014, requires football coaches and assistant football coaches who are coaching individuals less than 20 years of age to complete a course concerning player safety and concussions at least once during a two year period. Provides civil immunity for football coaches in certain circumstances. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/14/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB222 |
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| SB227 | ALCOHOL AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES; CRIME STUDIES. (MERRITT J) Provides that a person is immune from arrest or prosecution for certain alcohol offenses if the arrest or prosecution is due to the person: (1) reporting a medical emergency; (2) being the victim of a sex offense; or (3) witnessing and reporting what the person believes to be a crime. (Current law provides immunity from arrest or prosecution only if the person reports a medical emergency that is due to alcohol consumption.) Establishes a mitigating circumstance for the sentencing of a person convicted of a controlled substance offense if the person's arrest or prosecution was facilitated in part because the person requested emergency medical assistance for an individual in need of medical assistance due to the use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Allows a court to defer entering a judgment of conviction for an individual arrested for an alcohol offense if the individual was arrested after a report that the person needed medical assistance due to the use of alcohol if certain conditions are met. Allows an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter or volunteer firefighter, a law enforcement officer, or a paramedic to administer an overdose intervention drug to a person suffering from an overdose. Allows certain health care providers to prescribe, and a pharmacist to dispense, an overdose intervention drug for an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, a fire department or volunteer fire department, a law enforcement agency, or a paramedic. Requires the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana to study and evaluate: (1) crimes of sexual violence against children; and (2) the impact of social media, wireless communications, digital media, and new technology on crimes against children. Requires the state department of health or the office of women's health to conduct a study to determine the number of persons who are the victims of crimes of domestic or sexual violence, the reasons why these crimes are underreported, best practices to improve reporting, and the most effective means to connect victims with appropriate treatment services. Establishes a framework for the study, and permits the department of health or the office of women's health to contract with a third party to conduct the study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee during the 2014 interim the task of studying the causes of violence and violent crime in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 3/26/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/6/2014 - Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 370: yeas 40 and nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB227 |
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| SB228 | COERCED ABORTIONS. (TOMES J) Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee during the 2014 legislative interim the topics of whether: (1) it should be illegal to coerce a woman concerning an abortion; (2) an abortion clinic or physician's office that provides abortions should be required to post signs on the illegality of coercing a woman concerning an abortion; and (3) a health care worker who is aware that a woman is being coerced concerning an abortion should be required to report the coercion to law enforcement. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/3/2014 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
1/30/2014 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | State Bill Page: | SB228 |
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| SB232 | DISABILITY, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND ADDICTION EVALUATION. (GROOMS R) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to contract for an evaluation of services and support available in Indiana to individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and a mental illness or addiction, their families, and providers. Requires the contractor to report findings and recommendations to the commission on developmental disabilities. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2014 - Senator Glick added as coauthor
1/21/2014 - Senator Alting added as second author
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| | State Bill Page: | SB232 |
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| SB243 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (GLICK S) Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule III controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription. Repeals: (1) the law allowing the dispensing of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine without a prescription subject to certain restrictions; and (2) provisions related to that law. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/9/2014 - Referred to Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Corrections & Criminal Law
1/9/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB243 |
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| SB244 | PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REPORT. (MILLER P) Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency (agency) to report to the legislative council not later than October 1, 2014, concerning establishing a process for occupations to certify the individual's qualifications to be included on a list maintained by the agency. Specifies information to be included in the report. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/10/2014 - Referred to House Employment, Labor and Pensions
2/10/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB244 |
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| SB245 | SCHOOLS AND AUTO-INJECTABLE EPINEPHRINE. (MILLER P) Allows a health care provider with prescriptive authority to prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine to a school or school district. Sets requirements for certain individuals employed by a school or school district to fill, store, and administer auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides civil immunity for: (1) certain school employees in the administration of auto-injectable epinephrine; and (2) health care providers in the prescribing of auto-injectable epinephrine and in the training of school employees in the administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/10/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB245 |
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| SB248 | PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES STUDY. (CRIDER M) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to study certain issues concerning psychiatric crisis intervention services. Requires the office to report its findings to the legislative council before September 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/10/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB248 |
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| SB255 | IMPLIED CONSENT FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATION. (LANANE T) Repeals and relocates certain definitions relating to the provision of forensic medical examinations. Defines "sexual assault examination kit", and requires: (1) the state police department to develop and distribute a standard sexual assault examination kit; and (2) health care providers conducting forensic medical examinations of suspected victims of sex crimes to use the sexual assault examination kit if practicable. Provides that a health care provider may conduct a forensic medical examination of an unconscious person who is suspected to be the victim of a sex crime without the consent of the victim or other authorized individuals under certain circumstances. Provides the health care provider with immunity in conducting the examination. |
| | Current Status: | 3/26/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/14/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB255 |
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| SB262 | BIOSIMILAR DRUGS. (HERSHMAN B) Allows a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biosimilar product for a prescribed biological product if certain conditions are met. Requires a pharmacist to record in a certain manner the name and manufacturer of a biologic product that the pharmacist is dispensing not later than ten days after dispensing the biologic product. Requires the board of pharmacy to maintain a link on the board's website to the current list of all biological products that are determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be interchangeable with a specific reference biological product. Allows the board of pharmacy to adopt rules. Provides that a written or electronic prescription for a biological product must comply with the existing prescription form requirements. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/10/2014 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB262 |
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| SB278 | SCHOOL BUSES. (BREAUX J) Provides that the state school bus committee shall adopt rules to require that each new school bus operated by or on behalf of a school corporation bear the name of the school district on the back of the school bus. Provides that an individual who is or intends to become a school bus driver must obtain a physical examination certificate from an individual who is registered in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. Provides that a school corporation shall determine how a certified medical examiner who is to conduct the physical examination is chosen and who must pay for the physical examination. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/10/2014 - Referred to House Education
2/10/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB278 |
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| SB285 | INSULIN AND TRAMADOL. (GROOMS R) Adds insulin to the definition of "legend drug". Provides that insulin may be sold for retail sale by a pharmacy only to an individual who possesses a prescription from certain practitioners. Designates Tramadol (Ultram) as a schedule III controlled substance. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/24/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. House Chamber
2/10/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, Rm. House Chamber
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| | State Bill Page: | SB285 |
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| SB290 | MEDICAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES. (TALLIAN K) Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of medical debt collection in small claims courts to an interim study committee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/10/2014 - Referred to House Judiciary
2/10/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB290 |
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| SB292 | ABORTION PROVIDERS. (WATERMAN J) Authorizes the state department of health (state department) to inspect an abortion clinic at least one time per year and to conduct complaint inspections as needed. Requires a pregnant woman to be informed orally and in writing at least 18 hours before the abortion of an emergency telephone number for the facility that is available and answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Requires a physician who is performing an abortion to have hospital admitting privileges in writing. Requires the abortion clinic to keep at the clinic a copy of the admitting privileges of certain physicians and to provide a copy of the admitting privileges to the state department. Requires the state department to: (1) verify the validity of the admitting privileges documents; (2) remove any identifying information from the admitting privileges document before releasing the document; and (3) confirm to a member of the public, upon request, that admitting privileges have been received by the state department. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/6/2014 - Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 371: yeas 34 and nays 6
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| | State Bill Page: | SB292 |
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| SB294 | WORKER'S COMPENSATION. (BOOTS P) Changes the worker's compensation and occupational diseases compensation law by providing that: (1) a medical service provider may not be reimbursed for more than one office visit for each repackaged legend drug prescribed; (2) the maximum period during which a medical service provider that is not a retail or mail order pharmacy may receive reimbursement for a repackaged legend drug begins on the date of the injury or disablement and ends at the beginning of the eighth day after the date of the injury or disablement; (3) for purposes of determining pecuniary liability, a medical service provider is distinguished from a medical service facility on the basis of the provider's billing form for Medicare reimbursement; and (4) an officer of a corporation who is an employee of the corporation may elect not to be an employee of the corporation for purposes of worker's compensation and occupational diseases law. Removes language that provides that the reimbursement for an implant may not exceed the invoice amount plus 25%. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/10/2014 - Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 375: yeas 43 and nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB294 |
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| SB309 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (SKINNER T) Makes materials, compounds, mixtures, and preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine schedule III controlled substances subject to being dispensed only by a prescription. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Judiciary
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB309 |
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| SB325 | BIRTH PROBLEMS REGISTRY. (STOOPS M) Adds certain visual impairments to the definition of birth problems for purposes of reporting to the birth problems registry. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/22/2014 - Senate Health and Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 9:00 AM, Rm. 431
1/14/2014 - Senator Head added as second author
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| | State Bill Page: | SB325 |
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| SB346 | MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAID. (GROOMS R) Allows for pharmacist reimbursement for medication therapy management services provided to certain Medicaid recipients beginning July 1, 2015. Sets forth requirements that a pharmacist must meet in order to receive Medicaid reimbursement for medication therapy management services. Requires the secretary of the office of family and social services (secretary) to establish a medication therapy management advisory committee. Requires the secretary to determine any Medicaid cost savings and improvement in patient quality of care by providing these services and report the secretary's findings to the general assembly not later than June 30, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB346 |
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| SB369 | IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. (TALLIAN K) Expands Medicaid coverage for specified individuals. Requires the department of insurance to create a state health benefit exchange in Indiana. Requires the legislative services agency to prepare legislation for introduction in the 2015 legislative session to make necessary changes to statutes affected by this act. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB369 |
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| SB370 | PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS UNDER MEDICAID. (TALLIAN K) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment or a demonstration waiver to allow the office of the secretary to purchase for certain individuals coverage by a qualified health plan through the health benefit exchange operated in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB370 |
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| SB372 | MEDICAID MAILINGS. (TAYLOR G) Requires certain information to be included on the outside envelope of mailings sent to Medicaid recipients by the office of Medicaid policy and planning or by a contractor of the office. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
1/14/2014 - First Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB372 |
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| SB374 | BRAIN INJURY TASK FORCE. (ARNOLD J) Establishes the traumatic brain injury task force within the office of the secretary of family and social services. Requires the task force to establish a comprehensive statewide plan to address the needs of individuals with brain injuries and the individual's families and caregivers. Requires the task force to report annually to specified persons. |
| | Current Status: | 2/4/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 1/14/2014 - Senator Becker added as second author
1/14/2014 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
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| | State Bill Page: | SB374 |
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| SB406 | MEDICAID MATTERS. (MISHLER R) Makes certain procedural changes to the false claims act and Medicaid false claims act to remove inconsistencies and comply with federal law. Designates the office of the secretary of family and social services as the single state agency for the administration of the Medicaid program and removes the designation from the office of Medicaid policy and planning. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/14/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB406 |
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| SB408 | NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME. (BECKER V) Defines "neonatal abstinence syndrome" (NAS). Requires the state department of health to: (1) meet with representatives of certain associations to study and make recommendations on issues concerning NAS; and (2) report, before November 1, 2014, on certain issues concerning NAS to the legislative council for distribution to the appropriate interim study committee. Allows the state department of health to establish, before June 1, 2015, one or more pilot programs with hospitals that consent to participate in the programs to implement appropriate and effective models for NAS identification, data collection, and reporting. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/14/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB408 |
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| SB419 | STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES. (MILLER P) Repeals the law concerning the health care facility advisory council. Transfers certain duties of the council to the state department of health. Changes the amount of time from four years after birth to six months after birth that a birth certificate presented for filing is considered a delayed certificate of birth. Requires a diagnosis of autism at any age to be reported to the birth problems registry. (Current law provides for the reporting of an autism diagnosis made before a child's fifth birthday). States that the state department of health does not have to: (1) report certain information to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) confirm an individual's diagnosis; or (3) provide certain verbal information; concerning an individual who is at least eight years of age and diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Adds certain visual impairments to the definition of birth problems for purposes of reporting to the birth problems registry. Allows not more than 50% of the monies in the spinal cord and brain injury fund to be used to develop a statewide trauma system. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/3/2014 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by House 3rd reading deadline for Senate bills (Rule 148.2)
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| | Recent Status: | 2/17/2014 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 10:30 AM, House Chamber
2/10/2014 - Referred to House Public Health
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| | State Bill Page: | SB419 |
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| SB421 | PROFESSIONAL LICENSING MATTERS. (HEAD R) Allows a county fiscal body to waive certification requirements for certain members of the property tax assessment board of appeals appointed by the fiscal body. Establishes assessor, appraiser, and tax representative standards of conduct. Removes a provision specifying that a crematory authority may deliver cremated remains to a funeral director in person or by registered mail. Replaces the regulated occupations evaluation committee with the jobs creation committee. Provides that the funds from certain professions may be used by that profession's board to pay for the administrative expenses of the profession. Makes a change to the definition of "attest" to concur with the Uniform Accountancy Act. Allows a member of the Indiana board of accountancy (board) to serve three terms. Creates a status of "retired" for certified public accountants. Increases the cap on the accountant investigative fund (fund) to $1,000,000 and directs fines that can currently be imposed by the board to the fund. Removes the requirements that a home inspector's, massage therapist's, private investigator firm's, or security guard agency's insurance list the state as an additional insured. Delays the expiration of certain provisions concerning a certified direct entry midwife and penalties concerning the practice of midwifery. Requires a nonresident pharmacy to submit an inspection report from the applicant's home state. Allows a graduate from a foreign college of veterinary medicine who has a Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Medical Education Equivalence certificate to meet the qualification of graduating from an accredited college of veterinary medicine for purposes of certain licensure exemptions and for applying for a veterinary license. Provides that the state board of funeral and cemetery service (board) has 180 days to investigate a verified complaint. (Current law provides for a 60 day investigation.) Gives the board discretion to order restitution from the preneed consumer protection fund. Provides money in the controlled substances data fund to be used for the administration of the INSPECT program. (Current law allows money to be used for the operation of the INSPECT program.) Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency (agency) to report to the legislative council not later than October 1, 2014, concerning establishing a process for individuals in certain occupations to certify the individual's qualifications to be included on a list maintained by the agency. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 3/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/20/2014 - Received by the Governor
3/14/2014 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB421 |
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