| HB1012 | MEDICAID MATTERS. (CLERE E) Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning home and community based services waivers (waiver). Sets forth requirements for conducting an audit of a provider of waiver services. Requires: (1) a waiver recipient to review the recipient's monthly statement and report errors or inconsistencies; and (2) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the statements and reporting any errors. Establishes the home and community based services waiver waiting list assistance fund (fund) to provide individuals on a waiver waiting list with access to certain supports. Provides that when the office determines an individual is ineligible for Medicaid, the office shall provide the specific reason for determining the individual is ineligible. Requires the office to review certain bank accounts in determining an individual's Medicaid eligibility. Requires a provider of waiver services to provide a recipient and the recipient's care coordinator with certain billing statements. Provides that appropriations in the budget bill for Medicaid assistance that are budgeted for a waiver that remain unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the state fiscal year and that would otherwise lapse and be returned to the state general fund do not revert to the state general fund, but instead shall be deposited in the fund. Provides that, for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, appropriations in the budget bill for Medicaid assistance in an amount sufficient to cover costs incurred by the office in carrying out specified duties that remain unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the state fiscal year and that would otherwise lapse and be returned to the state general fund do not revert to the state general fund, but instead shall remain available to the office to cover these costs. |
| | Current Status: | 1/13/2026 - Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2026 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
1/13/2026 - House Committee recommends passage, as amended Yeas: 12; Nays: 0
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| HB1028 | MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS. (PORTER G) Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2026, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide coverage for health related social needs. |
| | Current Status: | 1/5/2026 - added as coauthor Representative Andrade
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| | Recent Status: | 12/1/2025 - Referred to House Public Health
12/1/2025 - First Reading
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| HB1029 | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA EDUCATION. (PORTER G) Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education. Requires the state department to partner for outreach in the education and publish certain educational materials on the state department's website. Allows the state department to accept grants, services, and property from public and private entities for the education. |
| | Current Status: | 1/13/2026 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| | Recent Status: | 1/13/2026 - House Committee recommends passage Yeas: 13; Nays: 0
1/13/2026 - House Public Health, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| HB1050 | PROHIBITION ON LIEN FOR MEDICAL DEBT. (SUMMERS V) Provides that: (1) any amount of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence. Provides that in any action filed, in a court of competent jurisdiction in Indiana, for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer. |
| | Current Status: | 12/5/2025 - Referred to House Judiciary
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| | Recent Status: | 12/5/2025 - First Reading
12/5/2025 - Authored By Vanessa Summers
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| HB1051 | EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL DEBT FROM CREDIT SCORING. (SUMMERS V) Prohibits a health care provider from reporting or furnishing to a consumer reporting agency any information related to health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer who resides in Indiana. Requires a health care provider to include in any contract entered into with a third party furnisher a provision that prohibits the reporting or furnishing to a consumer reporting agency any information related to health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, including information concerning any delinquent account action taken with respect to health care debt. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from recording or retaining in the file of a consumer any information that is: (1) related to health care debt incurred or alleged to be incurred by the consumer; and (2) reported to the consumer reporting agency after June 30, 2026. Provides that if a consumer reporting agency receives a request from a consumer to delete any record of health care debt maintained in the file of the consumer, the consumer reporting agency shall, not later than five business days after receiving the request, take all lawful and reasonable actions to delete from the consumer's file the record of the health care debt, regardless of when the health care debt was reported to the consumer reporting agency. Provides that a person who violates the provisions of this act commits a deceptive act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/13/2026 - House Financial Institutions, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 12/5/2025 - Referred to House Financial Institutions
12/5/2025 - First Reading
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| SB51 | POSTPARTUM CARE FOR NEW MOTHERS ON MEDICAID. (JACKSON L) Requires that: (1) certain health care providers; (2) hospitals; and (3) the office of the secretary of family and social services or a managed care organization that has contracted with the office under the Medicaid program; ensure that a Medicaid recipient or an individual eligible for Medicaid who gives birth schedules a follow-up appointment for postpartum care that is not later than 60 days from the date the woman gives birth. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services.) |
| | Current Status: | 1/7/2026 - Senate Health and Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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| | Recent Status: | 1/5/2026 - added as second author Senator Charbonneau
12/8/2025 - Referred to Senate Health and Provider Services
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| SB85 | HEALTH CARE DEBT AND COSTS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Authorizes the attorney general to enforce provisions concerning wage garnishment and principal residence lien restrictions and establish a complaint process. Requires hospitals to do the following: (1) Offer a person who meets certain income guidelines and has received health services the opportunity to pay the charges through a payment plan that satisfies certain requirements. (2) Develop a written notice about a charity care program operated by the hospital, provide the notice to patients, and post the notice. (3) Include certain information concerning financial assistance on a billing statement. (4) Requires a hospital that reports an annual gross patient revenue of at least $20,000,000 to provide written notice and information to a person who has requested an eligibility determination concerning a payment plan or charity care. Provides that the unpaid earnings of a consumer who meets specified income eligibility requirements may not be attached by garnishment if an individual makes 200% of the federal income poverty level or less, and limits the amount to be garnished over a certain amount of the individual's disposable earnings in satisfaction of: (1) health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by the consumer; or (2) any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer. Provides that: (1) health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, the amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence for a consumer. Provides that in any action filed in Indiana for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2026 - added as coauthor Senator Yoder
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2026 - added as coauthor Senator Becker
12/10/2025 - Senate Health and Provider Services, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing)
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