SB0004 - Fiscal and administrative matters.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris Garten, Ryan D. Mishler, Travis Holdman
Last updated 6 months ago24 Co-Sponsors
Fiscal and administrative matters. Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years. Requires the budget agency to biennially prepare a list of dedicated funds that have not been used in the previous two state fiscal years. Makes technical corrections to various statutes concerning rulemaking. Requires agencies to submit a copy of the notice of the first public comment period and regulatory analysis to the small business ombudsman. Provides that the legislative notice required for rule readoptions must be submitted not later than January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the rule expires. Provides that the publisher of the Indiana Register shall assign a document control number when an agency submits the legislative notice during rule readoption instead of when the agency submits the notice of proposed readoption. Provides that an agency may adopt interim rules to implement a reduction, a full or partial waiver, or an elimination of a fee, fine, or civil penalty included in an administrative rule. Requires the budget agency to transfer money in the phase out trust fund on or before June 30, 2024, to the Medicaid contingency and reserve account. Expires the phase out trust fund on July 1, 2024, and makes corresponding changes. Specifies certain deadlines within the statutes governing an agency's failure to enact required licensure rules. Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000. Provides that if a proposed rule has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the following: (1) The rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule. (2) The budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to review of the proposed rule by the budget committee. Provides that for a provisional rule or an interim rule that has implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000, the governor may not approve a rule prior to the budget committee's review of the rule. Requires the office of management and budget to notify the legislative council of certain proposed rules that have a fiscal impact of over $1,000,000 over the course of two years. Removes references concerning the adoption of an emergency rule. Amends a reference from emergency rules to provisional or interim rules under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB0290 - Criminal justice data.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Aaron Freeman, Cynthia E. Carrasco, Mike Bohacek
Last updated 6 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Criminal justice data. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute and the department of correction to collect and distribute certain criminal justice data.
STATUS
Passed
SB0212 - Various education matters.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff Raatz, Linda Rogers, Lonnie Marcus Randolph
Last updated 6 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Various education matters. Provides that the Indiana school for the blind and visually impaired board shall give preference to a candidate for the chief executive officer position who meets the qualifications for an Indiana teacher's certificate in the area of visual impairment disabilities, but shall not require a candidate for the chief executive officer position to meet the qualifications for an Indiana teacher's certificate in the area of visual impairment disabilities. Provides that, subject to approval by the Indiana school for the deaf board, the Indiana school for the deaf may partner with an existing nonprofit corporation to benefit the purposes of the school. Provides that the public meeting that must be held before a contract for employment is entered into by a governing body and a school superintendent may take place at a regular or special meeting of the governing body and does not have to happen at least seven days before the contract is entered into. Prohibits a teacher preparation program from using curriculum or content that is based on the three-cueing model. Provides that if only one new member is elected to the board of the governing body, a governing body may enter into a contract with a superintendent after the election. Repeals the primetime program. Amends the Indiana student enrichment grant program. Repeals provisions regarding the primetime program.
STATUS
Passed
SB0221 - State board of accounts.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Eric S. Bassler, Lonnie Marcus Randolph, Mike Gaskill
Last updated 6 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
State board of accounts. Limits the authority of the director of the special investigations department to investigations involving public monies that are the subject of financial examinations undertaken by the state board. Provides that an internal audit or risk assessment conducted by or on behalf of the state shall remain confidential, and that the state and other individuals may not divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment unless required to do so in accordance with a judicial order. Provides an exception allowing the state and other individuals to divulge information related to an internal audit or risk assessment to: (1) the state examiner; (2) the director of the office of management and budget; (3) an external auditor, in accordance with professional auditing standards; or (4) any other individual for any reason that constitutes good cause as determined by the state examiner and approved by the director of the office of management and budget. Provides that if a majority of a governing body is present during an exit conference, or any conference initiated by the state examiner to discuss an examination status, the governing body shall be considered in an executive session. Removes a mandatory requirement that city clerks attend the annual training institute conducted by the state board of accounts. Limits the requirement that certain newly elected or appointed local officers complete five hours of approved training courses before the individual first takes office to only individuals first elected or appointed to the office of clerk-treasurer or city controller (and excluding city clerk). Requires an individual elected to the office of county auditor to annually certify completion of the individual's training requirements and file the certification with the state board.
STATUS
Passed
SB0182 - Regulation of drones near correctional facilities.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Eric Allan Koch, Aaron Freeman, Mike Bohacek
Last updated 6 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Regulation of drones near correctional facilities. Provides that the crime of trafficking with an inmate includes the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) to deliver contraband, and that the crime of public safety remote aerial interference includes operation of a drone to intentionally obstruct or interfere with the duties of a correctional officer, including a county jail officer.
STATUS
Passed
SB0192 - Various health care matters.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tyler Johnson
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Various health care matters. Makes changes to the law governing administrative adjudication and to provisions related to managed care organizations. Provides that if a physician has entered into a provider agreement with the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) or a managed care organization and the physician, subject to the provider agreement, provides professional services to individuals participating in the state Medicaid program, the office or the managed care organization shall promptly compensate the physician for the professional services in accordance with the provider agreement. Prohibits any delay in or denial of compensation to the physician unless the cause of the delay or denial is specifically provided for in: (1) the Medicaid managed care law; (2) an administrative rule adopted under the Medicaid managed care law; (3) the federal administrative rules on Medicaid managed care; or (4) the provider agreement. Defines "antiretroviral" as a drug used to prevent a retrovirus, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), from replicating. Provides, for purposes of the Medicaid program and the children's health insurance program, that an FDA approved drug that is prescribed for the treatment or prevention of HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including antiretrovirals, shall not be subject to: (1) prior authorization; (2) a step therapy protocol; or (3) any other protocol that could restrict or delay the dispensing of the drug. Prohibits a health plan (including a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance organization contract, the state employee self-insurance program and prepaid health care delivery plan, and a Medicaid risk based managed care program) from imposing or enforcing: (1) a prior authorization requirement; (2) a step therapy protocol requirement; or (3) any other protocol requirement; if imposing or enforcing the requirement could restrict or delay the dispensing to a covered individual of an FDA approved drug, including an antiretroviral, that is prescribed for the treatment or prevention of HIV or AIDS. States that a home health agency is not required to conduct a tuberculosis test on a job applicant before the individual has contact with a patient. Repeals a statute that requires certain personal services agency employees or agents to complete a tuberculosis test. Authorizes the establishment of home health agency cooperative agreements. (A similar law enacted in 2022 expired on July 1, 2023.) Makes statements and findings of the general assembly concerning home health agency cooperative agreements. Specifies that a home health agency may contract directly or indirectly through a network of home health agencies. Exempts: (1) a remote location of a hospital; and (2) a free standing emergency department or other provider-based entity; from health care billing requirements. Allows a pharmacist to administer an immunization that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to a group of individuals under a drug order, under a prescription, or according to a protocol approved by a physician if certain conditions are met. (Current law allows a pharmacist to administer specified immunizations to a group of individuals under a drug order, under a prescription, or according to a protocol approved by a physician if certain conditions are met.) Removes a provision allowing a pharmacist to administer pneumonia immunizations to individuals who are at least 50 years of age.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0242 - Medicaid pregnancy related reimbursement rates.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Bohacek
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Medicaid pregnancy related reimbursement rates. Sets forth increases in Medicaid reimbursement rates for: (1) prenatal obstetric and gynecological services; (2) pregnancy delivery care services; and (3) postnatal care services.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0297 - Administrative rules.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris Garten, Elizabeth M. Brown, Eric Allan Koch
Last updated 8 months ago35 Co-Sponsors
Administrative rules. Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000. Requires the office of management and budget to notify the legislative council of certain proposed rules that have a fiscal impact of over $1,000,000 over the course of two years. Provides that certain proposed rules shall not be effective until the general assembly passes a bill authorizing the rule.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0269 - Coverage for doula services.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Vinzant
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Coverage for doula services. Requires a health plan (an accident and sickness insurance policy or a health maintenance organization contract) to provide coverage for doula services if: (1) the services provided are within the doula's area of professional competence; and (2) the health plan would provide coverage for those services if the services were provided by any other health care provider.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR0012 - Honoring Judge Martha Blood Wentworth.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Eric Allan Koch, Scott Alexander, Ronnie J. Alting
Last updated 7 months ago51 Co-Sponsors
Honoring Judge Martha Blood Wentworth. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Judge Martha Blood Wentworth upon her retirement from the Indiana Tax Court.
STATUS
Passed
SB0157 - Landlocked property.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
James R. Buck, Lonnie Marcus Randolph, Rick Niemeyer
Last updated 8 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Landlocked property. Defines "landlocked property" as real property that has been shut off from all public highways as a result of the vacation of one or more public highways. Provides that if an action of the state, or an agency or political subdivision of the state, causes real property to become landlocked property, the county assessor of the county in which the landlocked property is located must assess the value of the landlocked property at zero for as long as the property qualifies as landlocked property if the property owner files an affidavit stating that the property does not have access to any public highway.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0249 - Major ground water withdrawal facilities.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Spencer R. Deery, Ronnie J. Alting, Ed Charbonneau
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Major ground water withdrawal facilities. Defines a facility as a "major ground water withdrawal facility" if: (1) the facility includes one or more wells that have the capability of withdrawing at least 10,000,000 gallons of ground water from one or more aquifers in one day; and (2) the facility is connected, or plans provide for the facility to be connected, to pipeline facilities through which at least 10,000,000 gallons of ground water withdrawn by the facility's well or wells could be transported in one day to a destination located at least 20 miles from the facility. Provides that, after June 30, 2024, a person may not establish a major ground water withdrawal facility if the ground water withdrawn by the facility will be used primarily for: (1) commercial purposes; (2) industrial purposes; or (3) a combination of commercial purposes and industrial purposes; unless the person has obtained a permit from the natural resources commission (commission). Establishes the following prerequisites to the commission's issuance of a permit: (1) Public notice of the permit application must be provided through publication on the website of the department of natural resources (department). (2) Public notice of the permit application must be provided by first class mail to the executive of the county and to the executives of certain cities or towns. (3) At least two public hearings concerning the proposed major ground water withdrawal facility must be held. (4) A written feasibility study concerning the proposed major ground water withdrawal facility must be prepared. (5) The written feasibility study must be peer reviewed. (6) The feasibility study and the written results of the peer review must be published on the website of the department. Provides that the commission shall issue the permit if: (1) all of the prerequisites are satisfied; and (2) the commission determines that the establishment of the major ground water withdrawal facility, if permitted, will fulfill the health, economic, environmental, and other needs of present and future generations of Indiana citizens. Provides that, depending on the determinations of the feasibility study and the peer review, the permit may limit the maximum amount that the major ground water withdrawal facility may withdraw and transfer per year. Provides that a permit, if issued, must require the permit holder to regularly monitor the aquifer or aquifers from which the major ground water withdrawal facility withdraws ground water and must report the monitoring data to the department. Provides that the owner of a major ground water withdrawal facility may be ordered to provide timely and reasonable compensation to the owner of a nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility or significant ground water withdrawal facility if water withdrawals by the major ground water withdrawal facility cause the nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility or significant ground water withdrawal facility to fail to furnish the supply of water it normally furnishes or to fail to furnish potable water.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0177 - Agrivoltaics task force.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelli Yoder, Blake Doriot
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Agrivoltaics task force. Establishes an agrivoltaics task force (task force) to review issues related to agrivoltaics. Sets forth the membership, and requires the task force to issue a report to the general assembly and the governor not later than November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0044 - Recognizing the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Ireland.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Ford
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Ireland. A SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Ireland and the United States and celebrating the 2024 AISLC Summit in Dublin, Ireland.
STATUS
Passed
SB0234 - Disaster emergency.
Indiana - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris Garten, Aaron Freeman, Travis Holdman
Last updated 6 months ago32 Co-Sponsors
Disaster emergency. Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor: (1) that applies to the entire state may not continue for more than 60 days unless a renewal is authorized by the general assembly; and (2) that only applies to part of the state may not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governor. Provides that the renewal of a statewide disaster emergency authorized by the general assembly may continue for not more than 60 days. Specifies that if a state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state has ended, the governor may not call a new state of disaster emergency that applies to the entire state unless the new disaster is wholly unrelated to the earlier disaster. Defines "wholly unrelated".
STATUS
Passed