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On Record (40)
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Indiana department of health. Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and patient information report to the state department. Removes a requirement that a home health aide competency evaluation program include at least …
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Collection of cost sharing. Provides that an insurer: (1) must pay a health care provider the full amount due for health care services under the health care provider's agreement with the insurer, including any cost sharing; (2) has the sole responsibility for collecting cost sharing from a covered individual; and (3) upon request of the covered individual, must collect cost …
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Decriminalization of marijuana. Decriminalizes possession of two ounces or less of marijuana.
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Various hospital matters. Requires (rather than allows) the development of programs designed to increase Medicaid reimbursement. Specifies that the reimbursement rates for a state directed payment program must be at least the Medicare reimbursement r...
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Time observance in Indiana. Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.
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Postpartum care for new mothers on Medicaid. 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 t...
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Collection of cost sharing. Provides that an insurer: (1) must pay a health care provider the full amount due for health care services under the health care provider's agreement with the insurer, including any cost sharing; (2) has the sole responsib...
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Nursing matters; education programs. Requires the Indiana State Nurses Association, any time there is a vacancy or expiration of a term on the board of nursing, to recommend to the governor a list of qualified nurses for appointment. (Current law req...
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Indiana crime guns task force. Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take official action in the e...
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Various animal related matters. Removes partial liability for damages when a person removes a domestic animal from a motor vehicle. Increases certain penalties for offenses involving animals, and establishes a defense for an uninvolved person attacke...
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Long term care. Amends the requirements for a Medicaid home and community based services waiver. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to provide ...
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Indiana department of health. Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product. Amends the date by which a hospital must submit the hospital's fiscal report and...
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Local government & county operations
Requires the state to score every township government (except Marion County) on performance metrics by end of 2026. Low-scoring townships must either merge with a neighboring township or transfer their duties to the county.
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PROPERTY; Homeowners Associations (HOAs)Road infrastructure & transportationLaw enforcement & policing
Creates a pilot program letting large subdivisions (1,500+ lots, 15+ miles of private roads) set speed limits and stop signs on their private roads, enforceable by the homeowners association.
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Criminal justice & sentencingLocal government & county operationsCourts & judicial system
Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to mix political committee funds with personal funds. If $50,000 or more is commingled, the charge increases to a Level 6 felony.
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Criminal justice & sentencingLocal government & county operations
Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund). Specifies the funding sources and permissible uses of the fund. Specifies reporting and auditing requirements relating to the administration of the fund. Makes technical corrections to a reference to community corrections programs located in the civil procedure law.
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Solar panels & energy policy
Requires electricity companies under IURC jurisdiction to offer levelized monthly billing starting mid-2026 — spreading your annual costs evenly so you're not hit with spikes during peak heating or cooling months. Also requires utilities to give customers more detailed information about what's driving their rates up.
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Healthcare access & costsLabor & wagesState government operations
Permits an employee to choose the attending physician who will provide services and goods resulting from an employment injury or occupational disease for purposes of the worker's compensation law.
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HEALTH; Physical DisabilitiesHEALTH; Developmental DisabilitiesSchool funding & education
Lets students with disabilities remain eligible for the 21st Century Scholars college scholarship even if they cannot meet full-time enrollment or credit hour requirements, as long as they meet other program conditions.
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FIREFIGHTERS; GenerallyTaxes & property assessments
Provides that an individual who is a volunteer firefighter is entitled to a credit of $200 against the individual's adjusted gross income tax liability each taxable year.
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Road infrastructure & transportation
Provides for a penalty enhancement for aggravated speeding committed in the commission of certain offenses.
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TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; GenerallyTaxes & property assessmentsLabor & wagesState government operations
Requires the state to match state employee retirement contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to $28 per paycheck, starting in 2027. The budget agency can suspend matching during tight budget periods.
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TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; GenerallyGun policyCriminal justice & sentencingLocal government & county operations
Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take official action in the event of a tie vote.
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DEATH AND DECEASED; Cemeteries and Mausoleums
Allows cemeteries to reclaim and resell burial plots that have been unused for 100+ years with no headstone, monument, or marker. The cemetery must attempt to notify any known heirs before terminating rights.
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School funding & educationState government operations
Updates rules for converting public schools to charter schools starting July 2027. Expands how the Pokagon Band education fund can pay for higher education and workforce training programs in Indiana.
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Labor & wagesBusiness regulation & licensingState government operations
Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.
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HEALTH; Billing and CostsHealthcare access & costsLabor & wagesCourts & judicial systemBusiness regulation & licensingInsurance & financial services
Gives the attorney general power to enforce limits on medical debt collection, including wage garnishment and home liens. Requires hospitals to offer payment plans to lower-income patients before sending debts to collectors.
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Healthcare access & costsTaxes & property assessmentsBusiness regulation & licensing
Sets forth additional requirements for a nonprofit hospital's community benefits plan (plan). Requires a nonprofit hospital to spend more under the nonprofit hospital's plan than the nonprofit hospital's estimated tax exemption value. Allows the Indiana department of health (state department) to enforce compliance with the plan requirements. Sets forth additional reporting requirements for a nonprofit hospital's annual plan report (report). …
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Healthcare access & costsBusiness regulation & licensingState government operations
Requires the Indiana State Nurses Association, any time there is a vacancy or expiration of a term on the board of nursing, to recommend to the governor a list of qualified nurses for appointment. (Current law requires the Indiana State Nurses Association to recommend the list when there is a vacancy on the board.) Allows an institution that has been …
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Healthcare access & costsSchool funding & educationChild welfare & foster careCriminal justice & sentencing
Increases criminal penalties for assaulting school employees and healthcare workers. Narrows the existing enhanced penalty for battery against child services workers to only those who directly supervise children or parents.
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HEALTH; Billing and CostsDrug crisis & addictionHealthcare access & costsBusiness regulation & licensingState government operations
Sets new drug compounding safety rules and requires a study on compounding risks. Starting January 2027, medical spas must register with the medical licensing board, which will maintain a public database of registered spas.
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HEALTH; GenerallyHealthcare access & costs
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. …
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Drug crisis & addictionHealthcare access & costs
Requires state certification of reentry and correctional support programs. Requires recovery residence owners to register with the state and meet safety and operational standards. The state must publish a public list of registered recovery homes.
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HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and TreatmentHEALTH; Lead TestingHEALTH; Local Boards and ProgramsHealthcare access & costsSchool funding & educationChild welfare & foster careEnvironment & waterCourts & judicial systemAlcohol & tobacco
Expands the statewide standing order for quitting-smoking products to include vaping and nicotine cessation products. Eliminates the 75-hour training minimum for home health aides.
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HEALTH; Billing and CostsHEALTH; Physical DisabilitiesHEALTH; Developmental DisabilitiesSENIOR CITIZENSHealthcare access & costs
Requires the state to apply for a new Medicaid waiver to cover assisted living services. Expands home and community-based services to include electronic monitoring as an alternative to institutional care.
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Local government & county operationsBusiness regulation & licensingState government operations
Authorizes a new inland casino license in Allen, DeKalb, or Steuben County (northeast Indiana). Applicants must demonstrate local government support and commit at least $500 million in total development investment.
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HEALTH; Billing and CostsHealthcare access & costsCourts & judicial system
Removes the requirement that ambulatory surgery centers only use doctors with hospital privileges. Bans hospitals from pursuing medical debt collection if the hospital is not complying with pricing transparency rules.
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Drug crisis & addictionHealthcare access & costsBusiness regulation & licensing
Sets forth the circumstances in which a dispenser is not required to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program (program). Requires an opioid treatment program to, before reporting patient information to the program, comply with federal regulations in obtaining patient consent. Allows the board of pharmacy to disclose prescription drug monitoring program data to a representative of the Indiana department …
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HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and TreatmentHEALTH; Billing and CostsHEALTH; Physical DisabilitiesHealthcare access & costsState government operationsPublic safety & emergency response
Adds 988 crisis centers and mobile crisis teams to the list of first responders. Updates peer support certification requirements and Medicaid provider qualifications for mental health services.
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Healthcare access & costsBusiness regulation & licensing
Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requires the amendment of certain administrative rules. Makes technical changes.
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Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to …
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Allows an organization or entity to establish and administer a cancer clinical trial participation program for the purpose of providing payments to a participant for certain costs incurred by the participant while participating in a cancer clinical trial. Sets forth …
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Reporting on gender transition procedures. Requires practitioners who perform gender transition procedures to report on a quarterly basis certain information to the practitioner's regulating board concerning the gender transition procedures. Requires the submitted reports to be provided to the professional …
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Breast reconstruction coverage. Repeals provisions requiring a state employee health plan, policy of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contract to provide certain post-mastectomy coverage. Requires a state employee health plan, policy of accident and sickness insurance, and …
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Payment of claims for emergency services. Prohibits a utilization review entity from requiring prior authorization for ambulance services provided: (1) to a covered individual; (2) by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider; and (3) within 12 hours after the ambulance services …
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Food labeling requirements. Requires a food manufacturer that offers certain food products for sale in Indiana to ensure that each food product includes a warning label disclosing specified ingredients in the food product. Sets forth labeling requirements. Allows the attorney …
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Charges for hospital administered drugs. Prohibits a hospital from billing for an administered drug an amount that exceeds the lesser of the following: (1) 120% of the Medicare reimbursement rate for the administered drug. (2) The amount the hospital bills …
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Foods and beverages on school property. Provides that a public school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program: (1) may not serve, sell, or allow a third party vendor to serve or sell a food or beverage …
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Advanced practice registered nurses. Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician. Removes a provision requiring an APRN to operate under a collaborative practice agreement or the privileges granted by …
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Chronic disease registry. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of "chronic disease" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry.
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Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. 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 …
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Medicaid coverage for health related social needs. 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 …
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Equine dentistry at horse racing tracks. Allows the horse racing commission (commission) to issue a license for certain individuals to provide teeth floating on a licensed horse race track in Indiana. Provides an exception to the licensing and special permits …
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Indiana vaccination adverse event reporting system. Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish an Indiana vaccination adverse event reporting system (IVAERS) for reporting the occurrence of adverse events relating to childhoo...
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Hoosier family leave insurance program. Establishes the Hoosier family leave insurance program (program) to provide wage replacement benefits to covered individuals during periods of qualified family leave. Establishes the Hoosier family leave insura...
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Medicaid coverage for health related social needs. 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 healt...
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Chronic disease registry. Adds Parkinson's disease to the definition of "chronic disease" for provisions concerning the chronic disease registry.
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Grain shortages, claims, and payments. Allows the inspector general to receive complaints regarding violations of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing and bonding law by the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing age...
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Various food matters. Establishes the Indiana food protection panel (panel). Provides that a recipient of an enforcement action taken by a local health officer following a food establishment inspection may appeal the action to the panel. Prohibits th...
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Elimination of township assessors. Abolishes the office of township assessor, in counties in which the office of township assessor has not already been abolished, if the county council and county commissioners unanimously vote to abolish the office a...
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Limits how much an electricity company can increase your base rate in a single proceeding before the IURC. Right now there's no cap — a utility can ask for whatever increase it wants and the IURC decides. This bill would …
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Reporting on gender transition procedures. Requires practitioners who perform gender transition procedures to report on a quarterly basis certain information to the practitioner's regulating board concerning the gender transition procedures. Requires...
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Food labeling requirements. Requires a food manufacturer that offers certain food products for sale in Indiana to ensure that each food product includes a warning label disclosing specified ingredients in the food product. Sets forth labeling require...
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Background colors for licenses and permits. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to apply a unique background color to a driver's license, a learner's permit, or an identification card issued after December 31, 2026, to an individual who: (1) is …
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Breast reconstruction coverage. Repeals provisions requiring a state employee health plan, policy of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contract to provide certain post-mastectomy coverage. Requires a state employee ...
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Payment of claims for emergency services. Prohibits a utilization review entity from requiring prior authorization for ambulance services provided: (1) to a covered individual; (2) by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider; and (3) within 12 h...
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Charges for hospital administered drugs. Prohibits a hospital from billing for an administered drug an amount that exceeds the lesser of the following: (1) 120% of the Medicare reimbursement rate for the administered drug. (2) The amount the hospital...
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Eminent domain. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to make an original offer that is equal to 125% of the fair market value of a property when purchasing the property for a project. Provides that a person having an …
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Development of affordable housing. Requires a local zoning ordinance to allow for residential housing developed by a religious developer as a permitted use in all residential or commercial zones if specified conditions are satisfied.
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Collateral recovery services. Renames the private investigator and security guard licensing board as the private investigator, security guard, and collateral recovery agency licensing board, and adds two additional members to the board. Establishes l...
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Accelerated graduate degree programs. Requires each state educational institution that offers a two year graduate degree program in mental or behavioral health to evaluate the graduate degree program to determine the feasibility of providing the prog...
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Foods and beverages on school property. Provides that a public school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program: (1) may not serve, sell, or allow a third party vendor to serve or sell a food or beverage …
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Disclosures related to prescription drugs. Requires certain pharmacists or pharmacies to provide the amount of the national average drug acquisition cost for a generic drug on the written materials provided to an individual at the point of sale of th...
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Health care debt and costs. Authorizes the attorney general to enforce provisions concerning health care debt wage garnishment and principal residence lien restrictions and establish a complaint process. Requires hospitals to do the following: (1) Of...
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Employee health plans for county elected officials. Requires a county to offer a program of group insurance to each county elected official if the county offers the program of group insurance to county employees and at least one county elected …
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Gender issues. Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex....
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Nonprofit hospitals. Sets forth additional requirements for a nonprofit hospital's community benefits plan (plan). Requires a nonprofit hospital to spend more under the nonprofit hospital's plan than the nonprofit hospital's estimated tax exemption v...
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Battery against school and healthcare employees. Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees. Specifies that the enhancement for battery committed against a department of child services (DCS) employee appli...
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Regulation of hemp. Defines "THC" for purposes of Indiana alcohol and tobacco law. Expands certain crimes concerning alcohol and tobacco, including crimes regarding possession by minors and sales to minors, to include products containing THC. Provide...
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Licensure of certified public accountants. Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equi...
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State board of accounts. Provides that the state board of accounts is subject to applicable professional auditing standards. Requires the governor to appoint two deputy examiners, one of whom must be a certified public accountant, and the other of wh...
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Mental health services. Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs. Requires the owner of a recovery residence to register with the division of mental health and addiction (div...
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Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. 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;...
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Midwest continental divide commission. Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an …
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Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams. Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances. Spec...
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Township mergers. Requires the department of local government finance (department) not later than December 31, 2026, to compile data on each township (excluding townships in Marion County) and assign points based upon the township government's perfor...
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Health matters. Amends the definition of "ambulatory outpatient surgical center" to remove the requirement that a surgical procedure is permitted to be performed only by a physician, dentist, or podiatrist who has certain hospital privileges. Prohibi...
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Various education matters. Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements. (2) The "nonpublic school" definition. (3) Recodification and state board of education (state b...
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INSPECT program. Sets forth the circumstances in which a dispenser is not required to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program (program). Requires an opioid treatment program to, before reporting patient information to the program, comply ...
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Nonparticipating providers. Requires an initiating party that submits a request for independent dispute resolution to provide written notice to the facility not later than three business days after submitting the request. Allows a health carrier to p...
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Family and social services administration matters. Adds the 9-8-8 crisis response center and a mobile crisis team as first responders. Requires certified peers to be trained and certified by the division of mental health and addiction or an approved ...
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Bureau of motor vehicles. Allows additional license plates issued by the bureau to be designed as a personalized license plate. Provides that a motor vehicle may be equipped with an appropriate, functioning rear view camera that provides the driver a...
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Creates a new government authority to build a stadium in northwest Indiana with public financing — while schools and roads in rural districts like HD-46 keep waiting for investment.
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Human services matters. Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur. Requires the office of the secreta...
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Pharmacist licensure. Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity. Requires an individual to pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination to be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. Voids or requir...
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Gaming matters. Authorizes the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to award a new riverboat license for an inland casino in Allen County, DeKalb County, or Steuben County. Specifies application requirements, including local government support and ...
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Compounding drugs; registration of medical spas. Sets forth drug compounding requirements. Requires specified agencies to prepare a report concerning drug compounding and the risks and benefits of compounding. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires the...