| HB1002 | VARIOUS TAX MATTERS. (BROWN T) Specifies that the amount of excess combined reserves that may be transferred to the pre-1996 account in 2022 may not exceed $2,500,000,000. Reduces the individual adjusted gross income tax rate from 3.23% in 2022 to 3.15% in 2023 and 2024. Phases down the individual adjusted gross income tax rate after 2024 depending on certain conditions being met. Allows a taxpayer to elect a special property tax valuation method for mini-mill equipment. (Current law allows the method to be used only for certain integrated steel mill and oil refinery/petrochemical equipment.) Repeals the utility receipts and utility services use taxes. Requires a utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for the approval of rates and charges to file a rate adjustment with the IURC that adjusts the utility's rates and charges to reflect the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Requires a utility that is subject to the utility receipts tax and not under the jurisdiction of the IURC to adjust the utility's rates and charges to reflect the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Requires each utility to provide notice to the utility's customers that the adjustment in rates and charges reflects the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Specifies taxpayer procedure for the repeal of the utility receipts and utility services use tax. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services may not enter into a final contract that would implement a risk based managed care program or capitated program for the specified Medicaid population before January 31, 2023. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/15/2022 - Public Law 138
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| | Recent Status: | 3/15/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/15/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1002 |
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| HB1140 | MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. (VERMILION A) Repeals the statute specifying Medicaid eligibility for qualified pregnant women. Increases the Medicaid income eligibility requirements for pregnant women. Removes the Medicaid limitation for pregnant women of medical assistance coverage only for pregnancy related services. Provides that the extension of postpartum Medicaid coverage for pregnant women shall be determined by the office of the secretary of family and social services and must be at least 60 days but not more than 12 months beginning on the last day of the pregnancy. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2022 - Public Law 117
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/14/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1140 |
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| HB1153 | WORKER'S COMPENSATION. (LEHMAN M) Provides that if, after the occurrence of an accident, compensation is paid for temporary total disability or temporary partial disability, then the two year limitation period to file an application for adjustment of claim begins to run on the last date for which the compensation was paid. Increases benefits for injuries and disablements by 3% each year for four years, beginning on July 1, 2023. Adds an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to the definition of "medical service facility" under the worker's compensation law. Makes certain changes to the definition of "pecuniary liability". Establishes clean claim payment requirements related to worker's compensation claims. Removes outdated language. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/18/2022 - Public Law 160
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| | Recent Status: | 3/18/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/15/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1153 |
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| HB1196 | HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SOLAR POWER. (SPEEDY M) Provides that: (1) a homeowners association may require certain screening and preapproval procedures before an owner of a dwelling unit may install a solar energy system; and (2) a homeowners association may prohibit the installation, use, or removal of a solar energy system under certain circumstances. |
| | Current Status: | 3/10/2022 - Public Law 73
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| | Recent Status: | 3/10/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/7/2022 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1196 |
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| HB1255 | HEALTH MATTERS. (BARRETT B) Amends the definitions of "practitioner", for purposes of the health professions and professional standards of practice laws, to include individuals who held a license, certificate, registration, or permit when the alleged violation of the standard of practice occurred. Makes technical corrections and conforming changes to certain health related laws. |
| | Current Status: | 3/7/2022 - Public Law 36
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| | Recent Status: | 3/7/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/7/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1255 |
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| HCR2 | TERMINATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FIRST DECLARED ON MARCH 6, 2020, IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-02. (PRESCOTT J) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION terminating the public health emergency first declared on March 6, 2020, in Executive Order 20-02. |
| | Current Status: | 1/10/2022 - Rule 105.2 suspended
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| | Recent Status: | 1/10/2022 - added as coauthors Representatives Ellington, Heine, Jacob
1/10/2022 - Rule 105.1 suspended
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| | State Bill Page: | HCR2 |
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| HCR3 | TERMINATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FIRST DECLARED ON MARCH 6, 2020, IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-02. (NISLY C) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION terminating the public health emergency first declared on March 6, 2020, in Executive Order 20-02. |
| | Current Status: | 11/16/2021 - Referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
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| | Recent Status: | 11/16/2021 - First Reading
11/16/2021 - Coauthored by Representatives Jacob, Prescott, Payne, Jeter, Borders, Snow
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| | State Bill Page: | HCR3 |
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| SB5 | RECIPROCITY AND AUDIOLOGY COMPACT. (BROWN L) Establishes a procedure to grant licenses and certificates to practice certain health care professions in Indiana. Requires the applicant to hold a current license or certificate from another state or jurisdiction and meet other requirements. Allows the applicant who meets certain requirements to apply for a provisional license or provisional certificate. Requires the provisional license or provisional certificate to be issued within 30 days. Provides for penalties for submitting false information on an application for a provisional license or provisional certificate. Requires a board to make a final decision on a license or certificate application before the expiration of a provisional license or provisional certificate. Provides that if a board has a pending application for initial licensure or certification that requires final approval by the board, the board shall meet not more than 31 days after the application is ready for approval. Provides that the medical licensing board may not issue a physician's license to an applicant using the reciprocity law beginning July 1, 2026. Eliminates certain requirements for an applicant seeking licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, addiction counselor, or clinical addiction counselor. Requires the boards that regulate bachelor's degree social workers, social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, licensed addiction counselors, licensed clinical addiction counselors, and respiratory care practitioners to issue a license by reciprocity within 30 days if certain requirements are met. Requires the speech-language pathology and audiology board to, before January 1, 2023, initiate and make every effort to enter into reciprocity agreements with contiguous states for individuals licensed as: (1) a speech-language pathologist; and (2) an audiologist; to practice the individual's profession under the license from one state in the other state. Adopts the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 3/18/2022 - Public Law 149
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| | Recent Status: | 3/18/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/15/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | SB5 |
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| SB284 | TELEHEALTH MATTERS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Consolidates Medicaid telehealth language. Provides that "health care services" does not include certain case management services, care management services, service coordination services, or care coordination services for purposes of telehealth. Adds occupational therapist assistants, school psychologists, specified developmental therapists, peers, clinical fellows, students and graduates of certain professional programs, physical therapist assistants, and certain community mental health center providers to the definition of "practitioner" for purposes of practicing telehealth. Allows behavior health analysts to temporarily perform telehealth during the time when the professional licensing agency is preparing to implement licensure for the profession. |
| | Current Status: | 3/14/2022 - Public Law 109
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| | Recent Status: | 3/14/2022 - Signed by the Governor
3/14/2022 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | SB284 |
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