| HB1012 | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY BRACELET AND IDENTIFICATION CARD. (KOCH E) Requires the state department of health (state department), upon request, to issue a bracelet, an identification card, or both indicating that an individual has been medically diagnosed with a developmental disability. Allows the state department to charge a fee for the bracelet and identification card. Provides that the information collected by the state department is confidential and establishes requirements before information may be released under a court order. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1012 |
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| HB1028 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMON NUISANCES. (TRUITT R) Repeals certain provision in current law defining the crimes of visiting and maintaining a common nuisance in connection with the unlawful use of: (1) alcohol; (2) legend drugs; and (3) controlled substances. Creates a new statute defining the crimes of visiting and maintaining a common nuisance in connection with: (1) the unlawful use of alcohol; (2) the unlawful use of a legend drug; (3) the unlawful use of controlled substances; and (4) certain human trafficking crimes. Makes visiting a common nuisance where certain human trafficking crimes are being committed a Class A misdemeanor, and makes maintaining a common nuisance where certain human trafficking crimes are being committed a Level 6 felony. Repeals obsolete provisions and makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1028 |
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| HB1087 | BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES OMNIBUS BILL. (SOLIDAY E) Relocates and modifies the following after expiration or repeal: IC 9-14 (Bureau of Motor Vehicles). IC 9-15 (Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commission). IC 9-16 (License Branches). IC 9-18 (Registration). IC 9-24-6 (Commercial Driver's License). IC 9-29 (Fees) (other than IC 9-29-17 (Fees Under IC 9-32)). Establishes limits for convenience fees charged by full service and partial services providers. Changes distributions of various fees imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles. Replaces chauffeur's and public passenger chauffeur's licenses with for-hire endorsements. Establishes refund procedures for fees imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles. Amends provisions related to the closing of public railroad crossings. Codifies proposed rules of the Indiana department of transportation concerning unobstructed views at public rail-highway grade crossings. Excludes certain vehicles from inspections required for a certificate of title if certain conditions are satisfied. Provides for proof of ownership of a salvage vehicle by electronic signature on certain documents. Imposes conditions on the recovery of a vehicle license cost recovery fee by a rental company. Amends provisions related to the movement and sale of manufactured and mobile homes. Makes conforming amendments and technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/15/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1087 |
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| HB1109 | SCHOOL FUNDING AND ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GRANTS. (HUSTON T) Extends through 2018 the eligibility of school corporations to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately. Provides, with some exceptions, that if: (1) a school corporation in 2017 or 2018 issues new bonds or enters into a new lease rental agreement for which the school corporation is imposing or will impose a debt service levy; and (2) the school corporation's total debt service levy in 2017 or 2018 is greater than the school corporation's debt service levy in 2016; the school corporation is not eligible to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionally. Extends the date to January 1, 2018, for using money in a school's capital projects fund for utility services and property and casualty insurance. Changes the submission date for a school corporation's fall average daily membership (ADM) estimates to April 1 of each year. Specifies, for a school corporation that fails to submit its ADM estimates by the deadline, that the department is to compute the monthly support distributions using data that were used by the general assembly in determining the state tuition support appropriation for the budget act. Amends certain annual performance grant provisions that set forth the:(1) qualification requirements; and (2) grant amount; for annual performance grants. Requires review by the budget committee before the distribution of an annual performance grant to schools. Provides that the department of education (department), after review by the budget committee, may waive the deadline by which annual performance grants must be distributed to schools and approve an extension of that deadline to a later date within the state fiscal year. Repeals certain deadlines for a school to distribute the stipends from a performance grant received from the department to individual teachers. Provides that a school must distribute all stipends from a performance grant to individual teachers within 20 business days of the date the department distributes the performance grant to the school. (Under current law, a school must distribute stipends from a performance grant within 20 business days of receipt only in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.) Provides that the appropriation of $2,000,000 in the state budget for excellence in performance grants does not revert to the state general fund on June 30, 2016, but remains available for allotment if the state board of education approves the grants before July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/16/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1109 |
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| HB1136 | INSURANCE MATTERS. (LEHMAN M) Requires gaming facilities to pay to the state a special worker's compensation fee and removes a requirement for gaming facilities to reimburse the state for certain worker's compensation expenses. Amends the application of the annual audited financial report law to domestic insurers. Specifies that an insurer is not prevented from making available a named driver exclusion in a commercial motor vehicle policy. Provides for suspension of a nonresident insurance producer license and a nonresident public adjuster license if the home state license is not effective in good standing. Specifies certain requirements for a domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system, including requirements related to financial disclosures and activities. Defines and specifies requirements for supervision of an internationally active insurance group, including determination of a supervising regulatory official. Specifies penalties for violations of the insurance holding company system law. Requires certain information to be provided to and submitted to a data base by a closing agent within a certain period following a real estate or mortgage transaction. Amends the definition of "good funds" for purposes of the law concerning escrow disbursements by closing agents in real estate transactions. Defines "small employer" for purposes of health insurance plans that are not grandfathered under federal law. Requires health coverage independent review organizations to provide notice of an expedited determination within 72 hours after the grievance or review is filed, rather than 24 hours after the determination is made. Provides for the property and casualty insurance guaranty association to obtain reimbursement for certain payments in connection with large deductible worker's compensation policies. Allows the commissioner, in insurer supervision proceedings, to pursue insurance proceeds for certain acts or omissions of officers and directors of the supervised insurer. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee a subject concerning bond related to public private agreements. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1136 |
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| HB1199 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (MCNAMARA W) Adds the crime of promotion of human trafficking of a minor to the definitions of "sex offender" and "sex or violent offender". |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1199 |
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| HB1330 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Makes changes to the definition of "eligible provider" for purposes of the early education grant pilot program. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make timely application for any federal funds made available for schools and school corporations, and shall direct the allocation and apportionment of the federal funds received fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Requires the department to ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned to its federal grants program to distribute federal funds fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner. Changes the composition of the Indiana education employment relations board (board). Provides that the board shall appoint an executive director. Provides that certain performance based accreditation provisions do not apply to charter schools. Provides that a charter school is considered a public school for purposes of calculating a school's full-time equivalency basis for determining a school's average daily membership (ADM). Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1330 |
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| HB1347 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. (KIRCHHOFER C) Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to reimburse under the Medicaid program: (1) certain advanced practice nurses for specified Medicaid services; (2) certain graduate and post-graduate degree level students in specified fields who are interning or in a practicum at a community mental health center under the direct supervision of a licensed professional; and (3) licensed clinical addiction counselors who under the clinical supervision of a physician or health service provider in psychology. Requires the department of insurance (department), in consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to review, study, and make recommendations concerning the capacity, training, and barriers to health navigators in assisting individuals in obtaining health insurance program coverage. Requires the department to report their findings to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services before September 30, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/16/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1347 |
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| SB11 | ABLE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES. (KENLEY L) Creates the "achieving a better life experience" (ABLE) authority (authority). Establishes the ABLE board (board) of the authority. Provides that the authority may establish a qualified ABLE program under which a person may make contributions for a taxable year for the benefit of an eligible individual with a disability to an ABLE account to meet the qualified disability expenses of the designated beneficiary in compliance with federal law. Sets forth duties and powers of the authority and the board. Establishes a general operating fund, endowment fund, and trust fund. Removes language that specifies Medicaid reimbursement rates for services provided by: (1) an ICF/MR facility; or (2) a community residential facility for the developmentally disabled. Voids an administrative rule that specifies Medicaid reimbursement rates for services by these facilities. |
| | Current Status: | 3/28/2016 - Public Law 12
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | SB11 |
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| SB15 | FRESH FOOD INITIATIVE. (HEAD R) Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topics related to the establishment of a food desert grant and loan program. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/9/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB15 |
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| SB17 | CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION FEE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT FEE. (HEAD R) Adds the offense of strangulation to the list of offenses requiring payment of the child abuse prevention fee and the domestic violence prevention and treatment fee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
2/16/2016 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB17 |
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| SB20 | WORKFORCE POLICIES. (BOOTS P) Provides that a local governmental unit may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an employee who is employed within the jurisdiction of the unit a scheduling policy that exceeds the requirements of federal or state law, rules, or regulations, unless federal or state law provides otherwise. Provides that an attorney who represents an employer, an employing unit, or a claimant in a claim for unemployment benefits (benefits) pending before an administrative law judge, the review board, or another individual who adjudicates claims must be: (1) an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in Indiana; or (2) an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in another state who has been granted temporary admission to the state bar under the Rules for Admission to the Bar and the Discipline of Attorneys adopted by the supreme court. Specifies the persons that may represent an employer or employing unit, or a claimant, having an interest in a pending claim for benefits. Provides that a claimant may also designate a lay person of the claimant's choice to assist the claimant in the presentation of the claimant's case. Directs the department of workforce development to update its rules concerning representation of parties involved in claims for benefits. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on employment and labor or another appropriate interim study committee during the 2016 legislative interim the topics of employee misclassification, payroll fraud, and the use of independent contractor status. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 382: yeas 50, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB20 |
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| SB26 | CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES. (STEELE B) Provides that a child is a child in need of services if the child needs care, treatment or rehabilitation and lives in the same household as an adult who: (1) committed certain offenses; or (2) has been charged with certain offenses and is awaiting trial. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/2/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB26 |
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| SB67 | LOCAL INCOME TAX DISTRIBUTIONS. (HERSHMAN B) Provides for a supplemental distribution of local income taxes when the balance in a county's local income tax trust account exceeds 15% (rather than 50%, under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to the county. Specifies the accounting, allocation method, and distribution requirements for supplemental distributions. Requires before May 2016 a one time special allocation of the balance in a county's trust account as of December 31, 2014. Provides that a taxing unit's allocation amount is to be determined in the same manner as a supplemental distribution would have generally been determined under the former income taxes. Requires a special distribution of the allocation amount. Provides that at least 75% of the distributions made to a county, city, or town must be: (1) used exclusively for local road construction, maintenance, or repair, or capital projects for aviation, including capital projects of an airport authority; or (2) deposited in a rainy day fund and later used for those purposes. Provides that any remaining distribution to a county, city, or town may be used for any purposes of the county, city, or town. Requires the allocation amount for other taxing units to be deposited in the taxing unit's rainy day fund. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/16/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB67 |
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| SB80 | EPHEDRINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. (HEAD R) Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule concerning a professional determination made; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Allows the board, in consultation with the state police, to declare a product to be an extraction resistant or a conversion resistant form of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Specifies that a person who is denied the sale of a nonprescription product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine is not prohibited from obtaining pseudoephedrine or ephedrine pursuant to a prescription. Provides that a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may determine that the purchaser has a relationship on record with the pharmacy, in compliance with rules adopted by the board. Allows a pharmacist to deny the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine on the basis of the pharmacist's professional judgment, and provides the pharmacist with civil immunity for making such a denial. Provides that a purchaser who has a relationship on record with the pharmacy may purchase pseudoephedrine or ephedrine. Allows the pharmacist to provide certain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products to a purchaser who does not have a relationship on record with the pharmacy or for whom the pharmacist has made a professional judgment that there is not a medical or pharmaceutical need. Adds ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to the definition of "controlled substance" for purposes of the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program. Removes an expired provision. Makes technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB80 |
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| SB87 | MULTIPLE COUNTY PTABOAS. (KENLEY L) Provides that the legislative bodies of two or more counties may adopt substantially similar ordinances to establish a multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA). Provides that a multiple county PTABOA must consist of either of the following number of members: (1) Three members, not more than two of whom may be from the same political party. (2) Five members, not more than three of whom may be from the same political party. Provides that the fiscal bodies of the counties that establish a multiple county PTABOA must adopt substantially similar ordinances to appoint the members of the multiple county PTABOA. Provides that the compensation of members of a multiple county PTABOA shall be determined jointly by the fiscal bodies of the participating counties. Requires the assessor's office for the county with the greatest population in a multiple county PTABOA to provide administrative support to the board. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/24/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/9/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB87 |
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| SB91 | RELEASE OF IDENTIFYING ADOPTION INFORMATION. (STEELE B) Repeals, effective July 1, 2018, provisions applicable to adoptions finalized before January 1, 1994, that prohibit the release of identifying adoption information unless a consent to release the information is on file. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2018, identifying adoption information may be released unless a nonrelease form is on file, regardless of when the adoption was filed. (Under current law, this provision applies only to adoptions filed after December 31, 1993.) Replaces a nonrelease form with a contact preference form. Provides that a nonrelease form submitted before July 1, 2018, remains in effect unless the form lapses. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary.) |
| | Current Status: | 3/4/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 2/26/2016 - Received by Governor
2/23/2016 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB91 |
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| SB93 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (KRUSE D) Provides that every public school building shall be supplied with safe, potable water from a public water system approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental management. Provides that the financial specialist appointed for the Gary Community School Corporation may perform the duties authorized under the statute for not more than 24 consecutive months (rather than 12 consecutive months, under current law). Amends the definition of "secondary school" to include certain elementary grades for purposes of a federal student loan forgiveness program for highly qualified teachers in high needs areas. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2017, a nonprofit college or university board of trustees shall assign authorization authority and authorization responsibilities to a separate legal entity that functions under the direction of the university's board. Provides that, before an entity may authorize a charter school, the entity must conduct a public meeting with public notice in the county where the charter school will be located. Provides that a charter school is considered a school corporation for purposes of any state or federal funding opportunities administered by the department or any other state agency that are otherwise available to a school corporation. Makes changes to the "school report card". Provides that an authorizer must conduct a public hearing in the school corporation in which a proposed charter school will be located. Provides if the location of the proposed charter school has not been determined, the public hearing must be held within the county where the proposed charter school would be located. Provides for staggered terms for the members of the East Chicago school board. Provides that a charter school organizer must establish certain requirements for the distribution of funds or assets of a charter school that ceases operation. (Current law provides that a charter school organizer must establish certain requirements for the distribution of funds or assets upon dissolution of a charter school.) Provides that if a school corporation or a charter school does not pay taxes due under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act within 30 days after the due date (and any known accrued penalties and interest on those taxes) or does not pay withheld state income taxes (and any known accrued penalties and interest on those taxes) within 30 days after the due date: (1) the school business official or financial officer shall report the failure to pay the taxes and the penalties and interest to the governing body of the school corporation or charter school; and (2) the governing body shall report at a public meeting on the failure to pay the taxes and the penalties and interest. Specifies that if during the following 365 days the school corporation or charter school has a subsequent failure to pay the taxes and known accrued penalties and interest within 30 days after the due date, the school corporation or charter school shall provide notice of its subsequent delinquency to the department of education, the budget agency, and the distressed unit appeal board. Provides that a school corporation may accept a student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation into an alternative education program even if the school corporation does not otherwise accept transfer students. Removes an intramural athletic contest or competition that is sponsored by or associated with a school from the definition of "athletic activity" for purposes of the requirements concerning sudden cardiac arrest to student athletes. Adds an additional measure by which the depth perception of a school bus driver may be determined. Provides for the revocation of a school bus driver's certificate of completion of school bus driver safety education under certain circumstances. Provides that an individual may enroll in a transition to teaching program and receive a transition to teaching license without passing a content area examination before admission to the program. Voids administrative rules that require passing a content area examination before being admitted to a transition to teaching program. Requests the legislative council to assign the following topics to an appropriate study committee: (1) The extent the school's calendar influences certain school functions. (2) Graduation rates, including the feasibility of amending the definition of "cohort" for purposes of determining graduation rates to exclude students who are pursuing a certificate of completion under an individualized education program. (3) Methods to ensure opportunities for secondary school students to earn college credits while enrolled in high school and to provide incentives for a teacher to obtain a master's degree or at least 18 hours of graduate coursework in the subject matter the teacher is teaching or wishes to teach as part of a dual credit course. (4) The feasibility of allowing a school corporation and an individual teacher to voluntarily enter into an employment contract that contains terms that differ from the terms set forth in a collective bargaining agreement, and issues related to the topic. (5) Issues related to the establishment of special education scholarship accounts and a special education scholarship account fund. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB93 |
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| SB131 | DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES REPORTING. (BRODEN J) Defines "life threatening". Changes the definition of "near fatality", for purposes of the law concerning records relating to a child's death or near fatality, to a severe childhood injury or condition that is certified by a physician as being life threatening. Specifies that documents related to a near fatality are confidential while a police investigation is ongoing. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services or another appropriate interim study committee the topics of medical records confidentiality and medical records disclosure in instances of child abuse or neglect. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
2/16/2016 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB131 |
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| SB147 | SCHOOL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS. (BOOTS P) Requires the department of homeland security (department) to establish minimum standards and approve best practices not later than July 1, 2017, for a school emergency response system. Defines the term "emergency response system". Defines the term "school property". Requires the department to establish emergency response system guidelines with input from the division of school building safety. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/9/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB147 |
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| SB160 | JUVENILE LAW. (YOUNG M) Allows an adult court having jurisdiction over a minor charged with an offense requiring the automatic transfer of jurisdiction to the adult court to withhold judgment and transfer jurisdiction to the juvenile court for adjudication and disposition if the minor is convicted of an offense, but not convicted of an offense requiring the automatic transfer of jurisdiction to the adult court. Allows an intake officer to impose conditions upon the release of a child who was not taken into custody under an order of the court. Requires the juvenile court to hold a detention hearing within 48 hours if an intake officer imposes conditions of release upon a child. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/9/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB160 |
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| SB161 | PHARMACISTS, EPHEDRINE, AND METHAMPHETAMINE. (YOUNG M) Requires the division of state court administration to report certain methamphetamine-related felonies to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) so that NPLEx can generate a stop sale alert to prevent persons convicted of those felonies from purchasing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) to adopt emergency rules that are effective July 1, 2016, concerning: (1) professional determinations made; and (2) a relationship on record with the pharmacy; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Authorizes the board to: (1) review professional determinations made; and (2) discipline a pharmacist who violates a rule concerning a professional determination made; concerning the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Allows the board, in consultation with the state police, to declare a product to be an extraction resistant or a conversion resistant form of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Specifies that a person who is denied the sale of a nonprescription product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine is not prohibited from obtaining pseudoephedrine or ephedrine pursuant to a prescription. Provides that a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may determine that the purchaser has a relationship on record with the pharmacy, in compliance with rules adopted by the board. Allows a pharmacist to deny the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine on the basis of the pharmacist's professional judgment, and provides the pharmacist with civil immunity for making such a denial. Provides that a purchaser who has a relationship on record with the pharmacy may purchase pseudoephedrine or ephedrine. Allows the pharmacist to provide certain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine products to a purchaser who does not have a relationship on record with the pharmacy or for whom the pharmacist has made a professional judgment that there is not a medical or pharmaceutical need. Requires the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program to track ephedrine and pseudoephedrine dispensed pursuant to a prescription. Removes an expired provision. Makes technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/16/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB161 |
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| SB163 | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MATTERS. (MILLER P) Allows the state department of health (state department) to use information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis in a geographic region and to share the information with a local health department if certain conditions are met. Allows a local child fatality team to investigate the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team. Requires that a report must be submitted to the state child fatality review coordinator before July 1 each year. Requires the state department to study the costs and benefits of implementing a data base for maintaining health care consents and specifies requirements of the study. Requires the state department to report its findings from the study to the legislative council before October 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/2/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB163 |
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| SB165 | HEALTHY INDIANA PLAN. (MILLER P) Repeals the prior healthy Indiana plan statutes and makes revisions to the currently operating healthy Indiana plan. Repeals statutes governing the high risk Indiana check-up plan. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB165 |
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| SB167 | STATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. (KENLEY L) Permits a public benefit corporation to merge with a state higher education institution, without court approval, if the public benefit corporation is controlled by the state higher education institution. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/9/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB167 |
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| SB200 | MEASURING SCHOOL AND SCHOOL CORPORATION PERFORMANCE. (KRUSE D) Provides that a school's or school corporation's category or designation of performance for the 2014-2015 school year may not be lower than the grade assigned to the school or school corporation by the state board of education for the 2013-2014 school year. Provides that for purposes of determining whether a choice scholarship school has become newly eligible for consequences based on the school's category or designation of performance, the department of education may not apply the consequences unless the school is placed in the lowest category or designation for the 2014-2015 school year. |
| | Current Status: | 1/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 1/21/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
1/21/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | SB200 |
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| SB206 | FSSA MATTERS. (MILLER P) Allows the secretary of family and social services (secretary) to delegate appointment authorities, the issuance of certain orders, and other acts to carry out the functions of the divisions to an individual. Authorizes the secretary to adopt rules concerning the implementation and administration of the early education grant pilot program. Changes references from intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded to intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Removes the expiration of the law concerning the waiver to set an emergency placement priority for individuals in certain situations. Allows the office of Medicaid policy and planning to use: (1) a fingerprint-based criminal history check for certain providers under the Medicaid program; and (2) a contractor to obtain the criminal history checks. Adds a representative of the Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants to the Medicaid advisory committee. Creates an exception for state institutions concerning advanced practice nurses acting under a collaborative agreement with a practitioner, requiring that the nurse act under privileges granted by the governing body of the institution. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB206 |
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| SB217 | TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE PAYMENT OF ELECTRIC BILLS. (HERSHMAN B) Allows the township trustee to deposit township assistance funds in an account of a township assistance recipient (recipient) with an electric service provider (provider) for prepaid electric service. Excludes investor owned utilities from the definition of "electric service provider". Provides that the provider holds the township assistance funds as a fiduciary for the township trustee. Establishes deadlines for the provider to remit township assistance funds to the township trustee if: (1) the township trustee demands remittance of any township assistance funds remaining in the recipient's account; or (2) the recipient's account with the provider is terminated. Requires the provider to provide a monthly accounting statement to the township trustee of any remaining balances of township assistance funds that are held by, expended by, or deposited with the provider. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
2/16/2016 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB217 |
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| SB251 | INDIANA OUT OF SCHOOL TIME LEARNING ADVISORY BOARD. (KRUSE D) Establishes the out of school time learning advisory board for a three year period. Provides for ex officio members and members appointed by the secretary of the family and social services administration and the state superintendent of public instruction. Provides that the advisory board considers and reports on existing out of school time programs and recommends to the department and general assembly policies, procedures, funding levels, and eligibility criteria. Requires the advisory board to make an initial report to the general assembly before November 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/2/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB251 |
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| SB271 | DRUG ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION. (MERRITT J) Establishes the Indiana commission to combat drug abuse (ICCDA). Repeals the commission for a drug free Indiana. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute (ICJI) to assume certain duties of the repealed commission for a drug free Indiana concerning the approval of comprehensive drug free community plans and grants. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the executive director of the ICJI has certain responsibilities concerning the ICCDA and local coordinating councils. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/2/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB271 |
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| SB301 | WORKFORCE EDUCATION. (KENLEY L) Requires the department of workforce development (DWD) to prepare an occupational demand report before July 1, 2016, regarding the expected workforce needs of employers for a 10 year projection and the training and education that will be required to meet those expected workforce needs. Requires the DWD to categorize these workforce needs and training and education requirements by job classification on a statewide basis and also for each region designated under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). Provides that in preparing the labor market demand report and the average wage level report used in determining school funding for career and technical education, the DWD shall consider the information included in the report. Requires the DWD, with the assistance of the commission for higher education (CHE), Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech), the department of education, and local workforce development boards, to do the following for each region designated under the WIOA: (1) Prepare an inventory of the career and technical education courses available to students attending high school in the region and of the certification courses provided by Ivy Tech in the region. (2) Identify any gaps or imbalances between the career and technical education courses and certification courses offered and the workforce needs and training and education requirements in the region. Requires the DWD, with the assistance of the CHE, Ivy Tech, and local workforce development boards, to annually: (1) develop recommendations concerning the career and technical education courses and courses leading to a certification that should be offered at high schools within each region designated under the WIOA; (2) report to the budget committee before January 1 of each year concerning the recommendations; and (3) report the recommendations to the board of trustees, administration, and faculty of Ivy Tech at a meeting scheduled by the Ivy Tech board of trustees. Requires the DWD, in consultation with the CHE and Ivy Tech, to develop a procedure for measuring certain outcomes for credential or degree completers and separately for current or previously enrolled students of Ivy Tech. Requires advisory committees established by Ivy Tech to do the following: (1) Consider the workforce needs and training and education needs identified in the occupational demand report prepared by the DWD. (2) Present to the Ivy Tech board of trustees any findings or recommendations of the advisory committee concerning those needs. Requires the CHE, in consultation with the DWD, to develop and recommend funding amounts and performance metrics that reward workforce training programs that are not included in the postsecondary performance funding formula. Provides that these funding amounts and performance metrics must be aligned with the workforce needs and training and education requirements reported by the DWD. Specifies that a regional works council may develop an alternative career, technical, or vocational educational curriculum for high school students in its region in order to provide a curriculum that is aligned with the workforce needs of the region as described in the occupational demand report. (Current law allows a regional works council to develop an alternative curriculum under certain circumstances, and requires approval by the state board of education (state board) before the alternative curriculum may be implemented.) Requires the department of education and the DWD to prepare a report containing certain information for each high school and each school corporation for the immediately preceding school year. Provides that the board of trustees of Ivy Tech shall establish an administrative structure for Ivy Tech that provides the support necessary for: (1) workforce training programs, including programs designed for the direct entry of individuals into the workforce; and (2) programs to enhance the skills of workers. Requires Ivy Tech to employ two vice presidents. Provides that before November 1, 2016, and each November 1 thereafter, Ivy Tech shall provide the budget committee certain information for each of Ivy Tech's owned or operated campus locations or sites that offer ongoing academic programs and services. Requires Ivy Tech to annually report to the DWD concerning certificate programs available that are linked to third party certifications, including the enrollment, completion, and subsequent employment for students completing certificate programs. Requires Ivy Tech to annually report to the CHE, the DWD, and the legislative council concerning: (1) the elimination or restructuring of certain programs and services; (2) the development of courses and programs identified as being required to meet workforce needs; and (3) whether the resources available to Ivy Tech are sufficient. Requires the president of Ivy Tech to report each year concerning progress in the efforts to align courses and programs with the workforce needs and educational requirements within each works council region. Requires the Ivy Tech board of trustees to do the following in its development and adoption of programs leading to a certificate and for workforce training programs: (1) Consider findings and recommendations that are submitted to the board of trustees by advisory committees. (2) Obtain and consider comments and input from Indiana employers and employer organizations. (3) Ensure that the programs are aligned with the primary purposes of Ivy Tech. Requires the state board to consider the workforce needs and training and education requirements reported by the DWD when the state board makes revisions to its long range state plan for secondary level career and technical education programs. Provides that in carrying out its duties to match education and training programs with current and future needs of the state's job market, the Indiana career council shall consider the workforce needs and training and education requirements reported by the DWD. Specifies that certain of these requirements sunset on July 1, 2020. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/16/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/10/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB301 |
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| SB305 | DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES MATTERS. (HEAD R) Adds a definition of foster care. Amends the deadline for the department of child services (department) to notify a school corporation that a child in foster care will attend a school to September 1. Adds: (1) human or sexual trafficking offenses; (2) sexual battery against a child; (3) vicarious sexual gratification offenses; (4) child solicitation; (5) patronizing a prostitute; and (6) promoting prostitution; to the list of offenses under which a child victim may be designated as a child in need of services. Expands the statutory definition of "human trafficking" and "sex trafficking" to include: (1) federal definitions of the offenses; and (2) definitions of the offenses from other jurisdictions. Adds a child in need of services designation for a child who: (1) lives in the same household as an adult who committed or is charged with human or sexual trafficking; and (2) needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that the child is not receiving or is unlikely to be provided without intervention. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services if the state establishes that: (1) the child lives in the same household as an adult that has committed or been charged with certain offenses. Permits a finding by a juvenile court that reasonable efforts for reunification are not necessary if a child is a child in need of services: (1) as a result of being a victim of a human or sexual trafficking offense that was committed by a parent, guardian, or custodian and resulted in a conviction; or (2) as a result of the parent, guardian, or custodian being charged with a human or sexual trafficking offense. Removes the requirement that a delinquent child must be removed from the home in order to enter an informal adjustment. Allows any court with jurisdiction over a child in an adoption matter to approve excess payments for costs incurred by the birth mother. Repeals language regarding foster care review boards. Adds missing Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children language. Adds the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to the entities with which the department may share assessment reports. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/16/2016 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB305 |
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| SB325 | INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. (MESSMER M) Requires that a primary residence or business for which money is withdrawn from an individual development account (account) must be located or based in Indiana. Provides for use of money from an account for purchase of a motor vehicle. Increases from 175% to 200% of the federal income poverty level the maximum annual income that an individual may have to qualify for an account. Requires a qualifying individual to be an Indiana resident. Removes the deadline for deposits to accounts. Provides that a community development corporation may apply to the housing and community development authority for an allocation of tax credits for contributors to an individual development account fund. Prohibits application of fees to an account. Allows a community development corporation to approve a business plan before receiving the plan with a request for a withdrawal for use in connection with a business. Codifies current practices for allocation and claims of individual development account tax credits. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2016 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2016 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/2/2016 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB325 |
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