| HB1001 | STATE BUDGET. (HUSTON T) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Renames the build Indiana fund the lottery surplus fund. Eliminates all the build Indiana fund accounts. Declares the policy of the state that no person may be denied coverage for a preexisting condition under a plan of health coverage offered or administered by the state. Specifies that the preexisting condition exclusion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are in effect and enforced in Indiana, regardless of the legal status of the PPACA. Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission to administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border. Eliminates the office of state based initiatives. Makes the budget agency responsible for coordinating federal assistance to state agencies. Prohibits certain state agency action regarding federal assistance. Requires state agencies to provide federal assistance information to the budget agency. Requires the budget agency to: (1) prepare an annual report summarizing the federal assistance received by state agencies during the preceding federal fiscal year; (2) publish a comprehensive federal assistance review plan; and (3) perform a review of the current impact and projected future impact of federal mandates and regulations on Indiana. Makes the budget agency the state's single point of contact to review and coordinate proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. Adds the two deputy budget directors as alternate members of the budget committee, and specifies that one of the deputy directors shall take the place of the budget director when the budget director is not present. Removes the restriction on the Indiana horse racing commission using money distributed under a distribution agreement for administrative purposes. Requires 0.45% of the adjusted gross receipts from each casino to be deposited in the horse racing commission's operating fund. Establishes the problem gambling program fund. Specifies that the part of the problem gambling fee that is retained annually by the Indiana gaming commission must be deposited into the fund. Provides that the money in the fund is continuously appropriated. Permits the trust fund for self-insurance for employees, including retired employees, for the state police department, conservation officers of the department of natural resources, and the state excise police to invest in the same investments as the state police pension plan instead of the public employees' retirement fund (the trust fund could not invest in equity securities). Permits the retiree health benefit trust fund to invest in the same investments as the public employees' retirement fund instead of in the same manner as public deposits may be invested. Requires a periodic actuarial study of the retiree health benefit trust fund. Provides that employer contributions to the retirement medical benefits account (RMBA) on behalf of a participant must be sufficient to provide the specified benefit. Changes the administration and investment decisions for the RMBA from the budget agency to the Indiana public retirement system (INPRS). Changes responsibility for reports concerning other post-employment benefits (OPEB) from the office of management and budget (OMB) to the INPRS. Changes responsibility for reports concerning local pensions from the OMB to the INPRS. Changes references to Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statements that apply to OPEB reports. Repeals the Indiana technology fund. Provides that a taxpayer may submit, beginning in 2021, a personal property tax return using an online submission system established by the department of local government finance in collaboration with county assessors. Replaces the postwar construction fund with a fund named the state construction fund. Dedicates $1,800,000 to the state construction fund from a part of the cigarette tax revenue formerly appropriated to the department of natural resources. Repeals the state police building account and directs the revenue formerly deposited in the account to the state construction fund. Establishes requirements to be eligible to claim the Indiana research expense income tax credit effective January 1, 2019. Increases the cap on the scholarship granting organization scholarship tax credit from $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and to $16,500,000 for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2020. Repeals the income tax credit for property taxes paid by a for-profit acute care hospital. Provides various tax exemptions for the College Football Playoff Group for the College Football Playoff National Championship, including ancillary events. Provides that money in the department of state revenue pilot program fund for functions related to motor carrier services is continuously appropriated. Allocates a percentage of St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax revenue: (1) for the development and operation of an indoor sports complex in the city of Mishawaka; and (2) to finance projects for the Potawatomi Zoo in the city of South Bend. Expires both of these allocations and decreases the innkeeper's tax rate by the percentage allocated for the respective purposes on the later of: (1) July 1, 2024; or (2) a specified date to occur. Removes the reduction from the motor vehicle highway account fund for the appropriation to the department of transportation for traffic safety. Transfers $325,000 each month to the motor carrier regulation fund from the motor vehicle highway account fund. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to determine the allocation to counties from the motor vehicle highway account fund that is based on motor vehicle registrations. Provides that proceeds received under the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Indiana Toll Road Concession and Lease Agreement entered on September 21, 2018, are to be deposited in a new fund known as the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund for certain state highway projects. Appropriates $239,400,000 from the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund in state fiscal year 2019 to be used for the purposes of the fund. Terminates the appropriation to the state police department of part of the handgun license fees as of July 1, 2019. Transfers any balance remaining in the fund holding these fees to the state general fund on June 30, 2021. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services to establish a cost participation schedule for purposes of the first steps program. Repeals the statutory cost participation schedule. Provides that the money in the division of family resources child care fund is continuously appropriated. Removes the requirement that a school corporation distribute to the state general fund 3% of the federal reimbursement for claims paid under the federal Medicaid program. (Under current law, these funds distributed to the state general fund are dedicated for consulting to encourage school participation in the Medicaid program.) Extends the prohibition on the office of Medicaid policy and planning from including certain Medicaid recipients who receive nursing facility services in a Medicaid risk based managed care program or a capitated managed care program through June 30, 2020. Specifies conditions that apply to a Medicaid disproportionate |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 657: yeas 67, nays 31; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 625: yeas 41, nays 8; Rules Suspended
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| HB1010 | INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS. (CHERRY R) Increases the income tax deduction for income from military retirement or survivor's benefits beginning in 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 563: yeas 49, nays 0
4/23/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1029 | PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING STUDY COMMITTEE. (SHACKLEFORD R) Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services the task of studying issues consumers face related to prescription drug pricing, access, and costs. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1053 | DISABLED HOOSIER VETERAN LICENSE PLATE. (MCNAMARA W) Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to redesign the disabled Hoosier veteran license plate. Specifies that a disabled Hoosier veteran license plate must consist of the following elements: (1) The display of an emblem denoting the branch of service in which the veteran served. (2) A depiction of a wheelchair to indicate the disabled status of the veteran. (3) The words "Disabled Hoosier Veteran" at the bottom of the license plate. (4) Identification numerals with consecutive numbers or letters, or both, to properly identify the vehicle. (5) Any other information the bureau considers necessary. Makes conforming technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1113 | TELECOIL AND BEACON POSITIONING SYSTEMS. (MILLER D) Requires the fire prevention and buildings safety commission (commission) to adopt rules requiring that a person performing new construction or any major alteration of an existing public address system in a Class 1 structure located in a first or second class city after June 30, 2020, must consider the installation of an audio frequency induction loop system (AFIL) and a beacon positioning system. Requires that the person performing new construction or any major alteration of an existing facility's public address system to solicit at least one bid for the installation of an AFIL and at least one bid for the installation of a beacon positioning system. Requires the commission to: (1) adopt standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for installation, maintenance, and performance of audio frequency induction loop systems; and (2) develop standards for installation and maintenance of beacon positioning systems. Requires audiologists, individuals who hold a hearing aid dealer certificate of registration, and individuals who fit or dispense hearing aids while under the supervision and direction of an individual who holds a hearing aid dealer certificate of registration to provide information about telecoil and AFILs when fitting and dispensing hearing aids. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/11/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 506: yeas 88, nays 0
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| HB1123 | TELEPHONE SOLICITATION. (ELLINGTON J) Adds to the list of telephone calls that are exempt from the "do not call" statute any telephone call made to a consumer by a caller that: (1) is: (A) a communications service provider that offers broadband internet service; or (B) a financial institution or a person licensed by the department of financial institutions to engage in first lien mortgage transactions or consumer credit transactions; and (2) has an established business relationship with the consumer. Requires the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office (division) to notify Indiana residents of the following: (1) The prohibition under federal law against a person making any call using an: (A) automatic telephone dialing system; or (B) artificial or prerecorded voice; to any telephone number assigned to a mobile telecommunications service. (2) The prohibition under federal law against a person initiating any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior consent of the called party. (3) Information concerning the placement of a telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry operated by the Federal Trade Commission. Allows the division to use the consumer protection division telephone solicitation fund (fund) to: (1) administer the statutes concerning: (A) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (B) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; and (2) reimburse county prosecutors for expenses incurred in extraditing violators of these and other state and federal statutes concerning telephone solicitations. (Current law provides that the fund may be used only to administer: (1) the state's "do not call" statute; (2) the federal statute concerning restrictions on the use of telephone equipment; and (3) the state statute concerning misleading or inaccurate caller identification (caller ID statute).) Provides that certain civil penalties recovered by the attorney general for violations of the statutes concerning: (1) the registration of telephone solicitors; and (2) the regulation of automatic dialing machines; shall be deposited in the fund. Defines "executive" for purposes of the "do not call" statute, and provides that an executive of a person that violates the "do not call" statute commits a separate deceptive act actionable by the division. Provides that the attorney general can collect attorney fees and costs in a civil action for a violation of the caller ID statute. Amends the definition of "seller" for purposes of the statute requiring telephone solicitors to register with the division, so that the definition includes any person making a telephone solicitation. (Current law includes only persons making specified false representations in a telephone solicitation.) Provides that all sellers that make telephone solicitations must register with the division. (Under current law, registration is required only if the seller makes a solicitation involving consideration of more than $100 and less than $50,000.) Makes technical changes to the deceptive consumer sales act concerning violations of the caller ID statute. Allows the attorney general to collect a civil penalty of not more than: (1) $10,000 for the first violation; and (2) $25,000 for each subsequent violation; of the statute regulating automatic dialing machines. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code the task of studying the following: (1) Whether existing criminal penalties for violations of specified telephone solicitation statutes should be increased. (2) The potential effects of increasing criminal penalties for violations of the statutes on: (A) the ability of the office of the attorney general to enforce compliance with the statutes; and (B) the state's criminal justice system. (3) Reconciling state and federal laws concerning the Do Not Call registry and other telephone privacy laws. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 629: yeas 97, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| HB1175 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. (ZIEMKE C) Requires that the office of Medicaid policy and planning include a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed mental health counselor, a licensed clinical addiction counselor, and a licensed marriage and family therapist who meet certain qualifications as eligible providers for the supervision of a plan of treatment for a patient's outpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment services. Requires Medicaid reimbursement, upon approval from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, for: (1) clinical social workers; (2) marriage and family therapists; (3) mental health counselors; and (4) clinical addiction counselors; who work in federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/11/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1199 | MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. (FRIZZELL D) Makes changes to the contact hours required for licensure in marriage and family therapy services. Removes references in behavioral health and human services licensing law to certified health care professionals. Specifies that the statutes concerning behavioral health and human services professionals may not be construed to limit addiction counseling performed by certain students, interns, and trainees studying in certain institutions. Requires an individual who is licensed as an addiction counselor or a clinical addiction counselor to: (1) display a counselor license or a clear copy of a counselor license at each location where the addiction counselor or clinical addiction counselor regularly practices; and (2) include certain information on the individual's professional marketing material. Changes certain educational and clinical experience requirements for a licensed addiction counselor and a licensed clinical addiction counselor. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 373: yeas 48, nays 0
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| HB1200 | TELEPSYCHOLOGY. (FRIZZELL D) Allows a psychologist to use telepsychology. Requires the psychologist who uses telepsychology to ensure that confidential communications stored electronically cannot be recovered or accessed by unauthorized persons when the psychologist disposes of electronic equipment and data. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/15/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 527: yeas 92, nays 0
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| HB1246 | HEALTH MATTERS. (DAVISSON S) Establishes distribution parameters for certain money appropriated to the first steps program. Permits the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply for a state plan amendment requiring Medicaid reimbursement for rehabilitation option services in a school setting. Requires implementation within one year of approval. Amends the definition of "employee" to remove exclusion of employees who are covered by an employee assistance program. Specifies that all the requirements for the employee assistance program must be met to be compliant. Requires the executive board of the state department of health to amend rules to reflect current private publications used in hospital licensure rules. Requires a home health agency to randomly test: (1) at least 50% of certain home health agency's employees; and (2) employees suspected of illegal use of a controlled substance. (Current law does not require testing of both groups of employees.) Allows the board of pharmacy to approve a remote or mobile location for a nonresident pharmacy that is registered with the board. Allows a pharmacy that holds a retail permit to offer drugs and devices to a long term care facility, a health facility, and a housing with services establishment. Requires a pharmacy to transfer, upon the request of a patient, certain prescriptions for the patient that the pharmacy has received but not filled to another pharmacy. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2020, a pharmacy may not dispense injectable epinephrine or glucagon that has an expiration date of less than 12 months from the date that the pharmacy dispenses the injectable epinephrine or glucagon to a person unless the person consents to the expiration date being less than 12 months. Provides that an automated dispensing system that meets certain requirements may be operated in a location other than through a registered remote dispensing facility. Allows a qualifying pharmacist who is absent to have a designee in the pharmacist's place at a remote dispensing facility. Allows the board of pharmacy to establish continuing education rules for pharmacy technicians who are at a remote dispensing facility that is not staffed by a pharmacist. Provides that auditory communication must be available, as needed, with the remote dispensing facility and the qualifying pharmacist. Requires the board to adopt emergency rules concerning automated dispensing systems. Provides that the term "wholesale distribution", for purposes of the wholesale legend drug distributor laws, does not include the sale or transfer of a drug by a charitable organization to: (1) a nonprofit affiliate of the organization; or (2) a nonprofit entity that is not affiliated with the organization; to the extent permitted by law. Provides that a program to accept unused medication by a business or other entity is not subject to regulation by a city, town, or county. Prohibits a city, town, or county from requiring a business or other entity to pay for or establish a program to accept unused medication. Adds gabapentin to the definition of "controlled substance" for purposes of the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program. Provides that the rules of INSPECT that were adopted before its repeal are considered to be adopted under the new INSPECT law. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for certain prescription drugs to provide an alternative list of prescription drugs or alternative treatments covered by the health plan. Requires the board of veterinary medical examiners to study the regulation of veterinary technicians. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 621: yeas 49, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| HB1269 | ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS. (GUTWEIN D) Establishes the governor's security council. Abolishes the counterterrorism and security council and transfers the council's duties to the governor's security council. Abolishes the emergency alert system advisory committee. Abolishes: (1) the boiler and pressure vessel rules board; and (2) the regulated amusement device safety board; and transfers the boards' duties to the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission). Abolishes the emergency medical commission's technical advisory committee. Provides that the department of homeland security (department) may grant waivers to: (1) certain rules adopted by the Indiana emergency medical services commission; and (2) rules adopted by the board of firefighting personnel standards and education. Makes the following changes to the process for obtaining a variance to fire safety, building, and equipment rules: (1) Provides that the department and the commission may grant variances to rules adopted by the commission. (2) Provides that the department shall make each application for a variance available for review on a public portal. (3) Provides that local fire and building officials shall receive notice of variance applications filed within their respective jurisdictions. (4) Provides that a local fire official, local building official, or other interested party may submit documentation regarding a variance application to the department or the commission for review and consideration prior to an initial determination being made on the application by the department or the commission. (5) Provides that the department or commission shall wait at least five business days after a variance application is filed before making an initial determination on the application. (6) Provides that the commission may adopt emergency rules to implement the bill's changes to the variance application process. Provides that the department may engage in studies and consult with any person to implement fire safety, building, and equipment laws and rules, and that the commission may consult with industry experts or call a special meeting to discuss boiler and pressure vessels or regulated amusement devices. Requires the state building commissioner to create a data base cataloging variance rulings. (Current law allows the commissioner to create the data base.) Abolishes the Indiana dietitians certification board and transfers the board's duties to the medical licensing board of Indiana. Provides that members appointed to boards staffed by the professional licensing agency: (1) have four year term limits; (2) may serve multiple terms; (3) in certain instances, may not have more than two members from the same congressional district; (4) serve at the pleasure of the governor; and (5) must be removed under certain circumstances. Restructures the membership of the following boards: (1) Indiana board of accountancy. (2) Board of registration for architects and landscape architects. (3) Indiana athletic trainers board. (4) Indiana auctioneer commission. (5) Board of chiropractic examiners. (6) State board of funeral and cemetery service. (7) Indiana state board of health facility administrators. (8) Home inspectors licensing board. (9) State board of registration for professional surveyors. (10) State board of massage therapy. (11) Midwifery committee. (12) Behavioral health and human services licensing board. (13) Manufactured home installer licensing board. (14) Indiana optometry board. (15) Indiana plumbing commission. (16) Board of podiatric medicine. (17) Private investigator and security guard licensing board. (18) State psychology board. (19) Real estate appraiser licensure and certification board. (20) Speech-language pathology and audiology board. Amends professional experience qualifications for appointment of registered architects and registered landscape architects to the board of registration for architects and landscape architects to provide that the professional experience qualifications are preferences rather than requirements. Provides that to the extent possible, the governor shall appoint to the state board of registration for professional engineers individuals who serve or have served in diverse areas of professional practice. Makes technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/11/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/10/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 462: yeas 86, nays 7
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| HB1296 | MEDICAID WAIVER PRIORITY STATUS FOR MILITARY CHILD. (ZENT D) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, before July 1, 2019, to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for an amendment to the family and support services Medicaid waiver to create priority status on the waiver for a child of an active member or veteran of the armed forces or the national guard. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1344 | NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT. (CLERE E) Specifies requirements for participation by the state in a multistate nurse licensure compact, including provisions concerning: (1) nurse qualifications, practice, and participation; (2) a compact commission; (3) interstate commission and state board of nursing authority and rulemaking; (4) a coordinated licensure information system; (5) oversight and enforcement; and (6) termination or withdrawal from the compact. Provides that an additional fee of $25 must be paid at the time of application and renewal of a license if the license is a multistate license. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 547: yeas 88, nays 4
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| HB1367 | HEALTH FACILITY REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING RESIDENTS. (AUSTIN T) Requires a health facility to disclose to each prospective resident in writing: (1) information concerning the long term care ombudsman, including contact information for the long term care ombudsman and the state department of health; and (2) any policy under which a resident would be required to pay a full monthly rate regardless of whether the resident resides at the facility for the whole month. Requires that in the development and execution of a care plan for the resident that a health facility facilitate, at the request of the resident, the inclusion of a resident representative. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 595: yeas 87, nays 0
4/23/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| HB1488 | REHABILITATION AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES. (CLERE E) Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to develop a plan to establish a statewide crisis assistance system program for individuals with developmental disabilities and sets forth requirements of the program. Establishes a task force until December 31, 2025, for assessment of services and supports for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (task force). Provides that the task force shall meet twice a year to receive a report from the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) on the implementation of the comprehensive plan of implementation of community based services provided to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (implementation plan). Provides that: (1) at the first annual meeting, the office shall report on the progress made in implementing each recommendation of the implementation plan; and (2) at the second annual meeting, the office shall report any legislative changes needed to implement any recommendation of the implementation plan. Requires the division to determine and assess certain components of the vocational rehabilitation services program and serve specified individuals upon determining sufficient staffing and financial resources. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services, in coordination with the task force, to establish new priority categories for individuals served by a waiver. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/22/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 582: yeas 85, nays 0
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| HB1500 | KINSHIP CARE NAVIGATOR REPORT. (SUMMERS V) Requires the department of child services to annually issue a report to the general assembly concerning the kinship care navigator program. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| HB1517 | CHARITY GAMING. (SMALTZ B) Repeals the current charity gaming article and replaces it with a reorganized and revised charity gaming article. Raises the prize limits for when a qualified organization is not required to obtain a license for an allowable activity. Consolidates the current license types into an annual activity license, single activity license, convention raffle license, and annual affiliate license. Creates an expedited application processing fee. Repeals the door prize limits and qualified drawings. Renames the comprehensive charity gaming license to the annual affiliate license. Revises fee tables for license renewals. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1542 | HUMAN SERVICES MATTERS. (KIRCHHOFER C) Requires that the office of the secretary of family and social services prepare and submit a report that: (1) identifies certain administrative and reporting requirements that are unnecessary or overly burdensome; and (2) makes recommendations. Establishes distribution parameters for certain money appropriated to the first steps program. Provides that a managed care organization may not require a licensed psychiatrist to be certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for purposes of credentialing or contracting with the psychiatrist while the psychiatrist is practicing at a community mental health center. Requires the executive board of the state department of health to amend rules to reflect current private publications used in hospital licensure rules. Requires a home health agency to randomly test: (1) at least 50% of certain home health agency's employees; and (2) employees suspected of illegal use of a controlled substance. (Current law does not require testing of both groups of employees.) Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to meet monthly. Allows the board of pharmacy to approve a remote or mobile location for a nonresident pharmacy that is registered with the board. Allows a pharmacy that holds a retail permit to offer drugs and devices to a long term care facility, a health facility, and a housing with services establishment. Provides that the term "wholesale distribution", for purposes of the wholesale legend drug distributor laws, does not include the sale or transfer of a drug by a charitable organization to: (1) a nonprofit affiliate of the organization; or (2) a nonprofit entity that is not affiliated with the organization; to the extent permitted by law. Provides that a program to accept unused medication by a business or other entity is not subject to regulation by a city, town, or county. Prohibits a city, town, or county from requiring a business or other entity to pay for or establish a program to accept unused medication. Adds gabapentin to the definition of "controlled substance" for purposes of the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program. Provides that the rules of the INSPECT program that were adopted before its repeal are considered to be adopted under the new INSPECT law. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for certain prescription drugs to provide an alternative list of prescription drugs or alternative treatments covered by the health plan. Requires the board of veterinary medical examiners to study the regulation of veterinary technicians. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 632: yeas 97, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| HB1543 | INPATIENT ADDICTION TREATMENT. (KIRCHHOFER C) Provides that when determined by the treatment plan to be medically necessary, the office of Medicaid policy and planning shall provide coverage for inpatient detoxification using the American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| HB1546 | PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND MEDICAID. (KIRCHHOFER C) Specifies that after December 31, 2020 the prior authorization for health care services statute applies to the risk based managed care Medicaid program. Requires, after December 31, 2020, that a Medicaid managed care organization use a standardized prior authorization form prescribed by the office of the secretary of family and social services. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/22/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 583: yeas 85, nays 0
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| HB1548 | MEDICAID ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (KIRCHHOFER C) Adds appointments by the Indiana Association of Health Plans and the Indiana Primary Care Association to the Medicaid advisory committee (committee). Increases the membership of the committee by providing for the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to each appoint six members (instead of one member). Provides that three of the members appointed by the president pro tempore and three of the members appointed by the speaker shall serve on a standing fiscal subcommittee of the committee. Requires that three of the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three of the members appointed by the president pro tempore be members of the minority party. Requires the committee to create a standing fiscal subcommittee. Provides that subcommittees of the committee may convene as often as needed. Requires the committee to review, study, and make advisory recommendations concerning certain subjects before July 1, 2021. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/16/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 540: yeas 93, nays 0
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| HB1588 | INSURANCE MATTERS. (CARBAUGH M) Requires a pharmacy benefit manager doing business in Indiana to, at least every seven days, update and make available to pharmacies maximum allowable cost list information. Repeals the law providing for availability of high risk property coverage under the federal Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968. Exempts flood insurance policies from the kinds of policies under which mine subsidence coverage must be made available. Repeals the law concerning the small employer voluntary reinsurance program. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the topic of regulation and practice of pharmacy benefit managers for study and recommendations during the 2019 interim of the general assembly. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 633: yeas 97, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Support |
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| HB1600 | STUDY COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS. (WRIGHT M) Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying certain issues concerning elder care. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | Position: | Support |
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| HB1631 | SHORT TERM INSURANCE PLANS. (CARBAUGH M) Specifies certain coverage and disclosures that must be provided with respect to a short term insurance plan, including renewal, without underwriting, for the greater of 36 months or the maximum period permitted under federal law, a term of not more than 364 days, and an annual limit of at least $2,000,000. Specifies requirements for preferred provider organizations used with short term insurance plans. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 634: yeas 68, nays 29; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB33 | COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTERS. (MERRITT J) Establishes certification and a grant program for comprehensive addiction recovery centers to be administered by the division of mental health and addiction (division). Sets forth requirements for certification and a grant. Requires entities that are awarded a grant to report specified data to the division. Establishes the comprehensive addiction recovery center fund. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 537: yeas 44, nays 0
4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 559: yeas 91, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB111 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAMS. (KOCH E) Provides that the division of mental health and addiction may establish and administer the: (1) community and faith based substance abuse programs grant; and (2) community and faith based substance abuse transportation assistance grant program. Sets forth requirements for the grants. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB112 | ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. (KOCH E) Prohibits certain health care entities from discriminating against potential transplant recipients solely on the basis of disability, and authorizes an individual to seek injunctive relief against an entity believed to be in violation of the law. Defines "covered entity". Defines "qualified recipient". Prohibits a state employee health plan, insurer, or health maintenance program from denying coverage for anatomical gifts, transplantation, or related treatment and services solely on the basis of disability. |
| | Current Status: | 4/3/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/1/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/19/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | Position: | Support |
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| SB133 | PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABEL. (LEISING J) Provides that if a pharmacist dispenses a prescription drug that contains or is derived from opium, the prescription label must bear a statement that the drug is an opioid. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 551: yeas 48, nays 0
4/22/2019 - , (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Position: | Support |
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| SB141 | OFFICE BASED OPIOID TREATMENT PROVIDERS. (HOUCHIN E) Specifies requirements that a health care provider that prescribes for a patient in an office based opioid treatment setting must meet in the treatment of the patient. Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana, in consultation with the state department of health and the office of the secretary of family and social services, to adopt rules or protocols concerning office based opioid treatment providers and: (1) treatment agreements; (2) periodic scheduled patient visits; (3) urine toxicology screenings; (4) HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing; and (5) the medical record documentation required for the prescribing of buprenorphine over a specified dosage. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/4/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB162 | CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT. (MESSMER M) Requires state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for chronic pain management. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for any Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to provide the coverage. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 517: yeas 47, nays 0
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB176 | PRESCRIPTIONS. (GROOMS R) Allows certain prescriptions to be transmitted electronically. Requires dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists to issue a prescription for a controlled substance in an electronic format and by electronic transmission after December 31, 2020. Provides exceptions to issuing an electronically transmitted prescription for a controlled substance. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules concerning electronically transmitted prescriptions for controlled substances. Provides that dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists are subject to disciplinary action for violating these provisions. Requires a pharmacy to transfer, upon the request of a patient, a prescription for the patient that the pharmacy has received but not filled to another pharmacy. Sets forth exceptions. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and feasibility of requiring health care providers to issue prescriptions in an electronic format and by electronic transmission; and (2) any exceptions that would be needed to a requirement for health care providers to issue prescriptions in an electronic format and by electronic transmission. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 28
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB191 | HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION GRANTS. (FORD J) Provides that for purposes of the historic preservation and rehabilitation grant program, the term "person" includes a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation. Provides that the office of community and rural affairs may award a grant under the program to a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation if the historic property will be used by the nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation for the organization's or corporation's purposes and functions. Increases the maximum amount of a preservation or rehabilitation grant (grant) from 35% to 50% of qualified expenditures, not to exceed the grant ceiling in current law of $100,000. Provides that a person is eligible for a grant if the qualified expenditures for preserving or rehabilitating the historic property exceed $5,000 (instead of $10,000). |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB276 | OPIOID TREATMENT PILOT PROGRAM. (RAATZ J) Extends the opioid treatment pilot program until 2022. (Under current law the pilot program will expire in 2020.) |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/11/2019 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB280 | OVER 65 PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION. (HOUCHIN E) Increases the deduction limitation on the assessed value of an individual's real property, or mobile home or manufactured home which is not assessed as real property, if the individual is a disabled veteran or is at least 65 years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year preceding the year in which the deduction is claimed. Increases the amount of the deduction for those individuals. Increases the adjusted gross income limitation for individuals that are at least 65 years of age. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 521: yeas 44, nays 2
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| | Position: | Support |
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| SB324 | DISABLED VETERANS PARKING PLACARDS. (CRIDER M) Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to design a parking placard that designates that the placard has been issued to a person who has been issued or is otherwise eligible to receive a disabled Hoosier veteran plate. Provides that the placard does not have an expiration date. Provides that a person who is qualified to receive a disabled Hoosier veteran plate and has been issued a permanent parking placard may not be charged a fee for parking in a metered space or assessed a penalty for parking in a metered space for longer than the time permitted. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB359 | INDIVIDUALIZED MENTAL HEALTH SAFETY PLANS. (CRIDER M) Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a standard format for individualized mental health safety plans. Requires psychiatric crisis centers, psychiatric inpatient units, and psychiatric residential treatment providers to: (1) collaboratively develop a mental health safety plan with each patient; (2) explain the benefits of coordinating care and sharing mental health safety plans with mental health providers in the community that can help with the patient's safe transition back into the community; and (3) make a good faith effort before a patient leaves a facility at which the patient is receiving care to obtain the patient's consent to disclose the patient's individualized mental health safety plan with mental health providers, integrated school based mental health providers, and mental health community paramedicine programs that will be supporting the patient's safe transition back into the community and, if applicable, school. Provides that if a licensed mental health professional or paramedic determines that a patient may be a harm to himself or herself or others, the mental health professional or paramedic may request a patient's individualized safety plan. Provides that each psychiatric crisis center, psychiatric inpatient unit, and psychiatric residential treatment provider shall, upon request and without the consent of the patient, share a patient's individualized mental safety to a mental health professional or paramedic who demonstrate proof of licensure and commit to protecting the information in compliance with privacy laws. Provides that a psychiatric crisis center, psychiatric inpatient unit, or psychiatric residential treatment provider that discloses an individualized mental health safety plan to certain licensed providers in good faith is immune from civil and criminal liability. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 524: yeas 46, nays 0
4/17/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB380 | SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING. (KOCH E) Requires that a person who files a petition for the appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person or minor must inform the court what less restrictive alternatives were considered or implemented and, if less restrictive alternatives were not considered or implemented, the reason for the failure to consider or implement less restrictive alternatives. Provides for the use of supported decision making agreements for adults who need support and accommodations in making, communicating, and effectuating decisions. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/26/2019 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | Position: | Support |
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| SB392 | MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT AND MEDICAID STUDY. (HOUCHIN E) Requires an insurer that makes a Medicare supplement policy available to an individual eligible for Medicare based on age to make at least one "Plan A" Medicare supplement policy available to an individual eligible for Medicare based on disability. Specifies enrollment and insurance producer compensation requirements that apply to the "Plan A" policy. Requires the Medicaid advisory committee to study and make recommendations before November 1, 2019, concerning Medicaid reimbursement and school based health centers. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 637: yeas 98, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB393 | CHARITY GAMING. (HOUCHIN E) Allows the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to issue annual casino night licenses to certain bona fide civic organizations. Limits the number of bona fide civic organizations that may hold an annual casino night license to one in each county and establishes criteria for the commission to apply in awarding a license. Removes requirements that certain operators be a resident of Indiana. Provides requirements for an operator of a qualified organization. Specifies that a license is valid for two years. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 624: yeas 89, nays 4; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB416 | MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES. (BREAUX J) Provides that Medicaid pregnancy services may include reimbursement for doula services. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 35
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB480 | MEDICAID NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT. (BECKER V) Sets forth requirements for brokers of nonemergency medical transportation under the Medicaid fee-for-service program. Establishes the nonemergency medical transportation commission (commission) and sets forth duties of the commission. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to prepare before October 1, 2019, a report concerning nonemergency medical transportation Medicaid claims and submit the report to the commission. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 511: yeas 47, nays 0
4/16/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | Position: | Support |
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| SB518 | PROBATE MATTERS. (KOCH E) Repeals the probate study subcommittee. Creates the probate code study commission. Allows a person to contest two or more wills if there is prima facie evidence that: (1) the decedent suffered from an irreversible medical or psychiatric condition that predated the earliest will to be challenged; or (2) a party beneficially interested in one or more of the challenged wills had a direct and active nexus with the preparation or execution process for each will to be challenged. Specifies that the issuance of a court order on any matter related to an unsupervised estate does not revoke the personal representative's authority to continue the administration of the estate as an unsupervised estate. Adds definitions for the terms: (1) "petition for administration"; and (2) "unit address". Provides a process for filing a notice of administration. Removes certain reporting requirements regarding small estate administration to the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Recognizes the small estate threshold of $25,000 for the estate of an individual who dies before July 1, 2007. Authorizes the Indiana supreme court and office of judicial administration to establish and administer a statewide electronic estate planning documents registry (registry). Allows certain individuals to deposit the following items into the registry: (1) An electronic will. (2) An electronic trust instrument. (3) An electronic power of attorney. (4) Any electronic document that revokes or amends an electronic will, electronic trust instrument, or electronic power of attorney. Requires the administrator of the registry to catalog submitted items according to the following: (1) The name of the testator, settlor, or principal. (2) The county of residence for the testator, settlor, or principal. (3) The date of execution for an electronic estate planning document. (4) The date of submission to or deposit with the registry of information pertaining to an electronic estate planning document. (5) The name of any attorney responsible for the preparation or execution of an electronic estate planning document. Requires the registry administrator to make the registry index: (1) available to; and (2) searchable by; the public. Requires the registry administrator to keep the substantive content of electronic documents submitted to or deposited with the registry private, secure, and inaccessible to the public. Requires the registry administrator to issue a certified report concerning the existence of certain items submitted to or deposited with the registry in certain instances. Requires the registry administrator to issue a certified transcript of certain documents submitted to or deposited with the registry in certain instances. Allows the registry administrator to charge fees in certain instances. Revises definitions for the following terms: (1) "Document integrity evidence". (2) "Tamper evident". Defines the term "specified adult" as a person who: (1) is not less than 65 years of age; or (2) is a person that: (A) is at least 18 years of age; and (B) has a mental or physical impairment that prohibits the person from protecting the person's interests. Allows certain individuals to act on behalf of a specified adult in certain instances involving the financial exploitation of the specified adult. Provides that if a transfer on death deed has been recorded before the death of the owner, a subsequent conveyance is void if it is not recorded before the death of the owner with the recorder of deeds in the county where the real property is situated. Establishes dates that determine when certain probate statutes apply. Requires a court to issue certain findings before exempting encumbered real property from certain restrictions concerning the sale of the real property. Allows the devolution of real estate title to be demonstrated by prima facie evidence. Specifies how devolution of real estate title may be demonstrated. Requires the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning to provide notice of a claim against an estate in certain instances. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 553: yeas 39, nays 8
4/22/2019 - , (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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| SB621 | NONPROFIT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. (BREAUX J) Provides a property tax exemption to a nonprofit corporation that owns real property in Marion County that was acquired for the primary purpose of using the real property as part of a community redevelopment project in an economically distressed area. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 42
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Governor
4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | Position: | Monitor |
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