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Bill Summary · HB 1017

Summary — HB 1017: University notification of emergency contact

Status: First reading; referred to Committee on Education
Introduced: (filed in session noted as) 2025–2026 session
Effective date (as drafted): July 1, 2026

Main purpose

Require Indiana postsecondary and state educational institutions to (1) provide a procedure that allows an adult, full‑time student to designate a medical emergency contact and (2) notify that designated contact when the institution knows the student experienced a medical emergency on campus.

Key provisions

  • Definitions
    • “Medical emergency”: an incident concerning a student’s health that results in the notification and deployment of emergency services.
    • “Student”: a person at least 18 years old and enrolled full‑time at a postsecondary or state educational institution.
  • Institutional duties
    • Each covered institution must establish and implement a procedure enabling students to designate a medical emergency contact.
    • If an institution has knowledge that a student experienced a medical emergency on campus, it must notify the student’s designated medical emergency contact no later than 24 hours after the emergency.
  • Limits / exceptions
    • Institutions are not required to notify a contact for: (a) medical emergencies that do not occur on campus, or (b) emergencies of which the institution does not have knowledge.

Who is affected

  • Students: adult (18+) full‑time students at Indiana postsecondary and state educational institutions.
  • Institutions: public colleges, universities, and other state educational institutions required to create procedures and perform notifications.
  • Designated contacts: friends/family/others students name to be notified in an emergency.

Implementation & timeline

  • Institutions will need to adopt procedures, collect/maintain contact information, and establish notification protocols and staff responsibilities.
  • Draft bill sets an effective date of July 1, 2026, giving institutions time to implement systems and training.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Administrative: schools will incur staff time and minor operational costs to collect contacts, train personnel, and create notification workflows.
  • Student safety: intended to ensure timely family/friend notification after campus medical emergencies.
  • Privacy/compliance: institutions will need to align procedures with applicable privacy laws and campus emergency policies (e.g., address how notification interacts with existing health‑privacy rules).
  • No enforcement penalties or funding provisions are specified in the text provided.

Legislative status / next steps

  • Currently at first reading and referred to the Committee on Education (per docket information). If the committee approves, the bill would proceed through standard floor and chamber actions before enactment.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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