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HB1359 - Probate.
Martin Carbaugh, Matthew S. Lehman, Ben Smaltz
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Probate. Extends insurance coverage on property transferred by a transfer on death transfer following the death of the insured after June 30, 2025, for property and casualty insurance and liability insurance other than title insurance and certain insurance relating to bonds and mortgages.
STATUS
Passed
HB1370 - Cemetery perpetual care fund.
Martin Carbaugh, Christopher N. Judy, David Abbott
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Cemetery perpetual care fund. Provides that a cemetery: (1) consisting solely of a columbarium installed before January 1, 2025; (2) that is located on property consisting of at least 40 acres that is owned by a nonprofit organization with a focus on veterans that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) that is located on property that was owned by the nonprofit organization before January 1, 2024; is not required to establish a perpetual care fund.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1385 - Emergency medical services.
Bradford J. Barrett, Martin Carbaugh, Craig Snow
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Emergency medical services. Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana. Establishes the community cares initiative fund. Requires a health plan operator to provide payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider for ambulance service provided to a covered individual: (1) at a rate not to exceed the rates set or approved, by contract or ordinance, by the county or municipality in which the ambulance service originated; (2) at the rate of 400% of the published rate for ambulance services established under the Medicare law for the same ambulance service provided in the same geographic area; or (3) according to the nonparticipating ambulance provider's billed charges; whichever is less. Provides that if a health plan operator makes payment to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider in compliance with these requirements: (1) the payment shall be considered payment in full, except for any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the health plan requires the covered individual to pay; and (2) the nonparticipating ambulance service provider is prohibited from billing the covered individual for any additional amount. Provides that the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that a covered individual is required to pay in connection with ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider shall not exceed the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing amounts that the covered individual would be required to pay if the ambulance service had been provided by a participating ambulance service provider. Requires a health plan operator that receives a clean claim from a nonparticipating ambulance service provider to remit payment to the nonparticipating ambulance service provider not more than 30 days after receiving the clean claim. Provides that if a claim received by a health plan operator for ambulance service provided by a nonparticipating ambulance service provider is not a clean claim, the health plan operator, not more than 30 days after receiving the claim, shall: (1) remit payment; or (2) send a written notice that: (A) acknowledges the date of receipt of the claim; and (B) either explains why the health plan operator is declining to pay the claim or states that additional information is needed for a determination whether to pay the claim. Removes the requirement that a health plan operator negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider, but retains the requirement that the state negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider.
STATUS
Passed
HB1200 - State employee health plan payment limits.
Julie A. McGuire, Martin Carbaugh, Matthew S. Lehman
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
State employee health plan payment limits. Limits the amount that a state employee health plan may pay for a medical facility service provided to a covered individual to: (1) 200% of the amount paid by the Medicare program for that type of medical facility service or for a medical facility service of a similar type, if the medical facility service is provided by an in network provider; and (2) 185% of the amount paid by the Medicare program for that type of medical facility service or for a medical facility service of a similar type, if the medical facility service is provided by an out of network provider. Provides that a determination of the state personnel department, a state employee health plan, or a firm providing administrative services to a state employee health plan that a medical facility service provided to a covered individual is of a type similar to a particular type of medical facility service covered by the Medicare program is conclusive. Requires a medical facility that provides drugs to a covered individual, in billing a state employee health plan for the cost of the drugs, to include in the billing the same "TB" or "JG" modifier that the medical facility would include in the billing if the medical facility were billing the Medicare program for the drugs.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0148 - Workforce data collection.
Elizabeth M. Brown, Linda Rogers, Lonnie Marcus Randolph
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Workforce data collection. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division), beginning 12 months after the direct support professional registry is implemented, to post monthly on the division's website the total number of individuals registered under the registry. Requires the division to present information concerning the total number of individuals registered to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council at least quarterly. Requires reports of newly hired employees to be filed electronically. Requires employers to provide an employee's current primary standardized occupational classification code and starting compensation on a report of a newly hired employee. Provides that each workforce focused agency shall deliver a workforce related program report to the management performance hub. Requires the management performance hub to: (1) compile the workforce related program reports into an annual data product; and (2) make the data product available to each workforce focused agency. Makes conforming amendments.
STATUS
Passed
HB1332 - Insurance matters.
Martin Carbaugh, Matthew S. Lehman, Scott A. Baldwin
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Insurance matters. Establishes the insurance producer education and continuing education commission with appointments to the commission by the commissioner of the department of insurance (department). Repeals the insurance producer education and continuing education advisory council. Repeals the law requiring an alien or foreign insurance company to annually submit to the department a condensed statement of its assets and liabilities and requiring the department to publish the statement in a newspaper. Adds to the law on the regulation of insurance holding company systems provisions concerning liquidity stress testing according to the framework established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Amends the law on insurance administrators to set forth certain circumstances under which an insurance administrator is required to apply to Indiana for a license. Requires an insurer to mail a written notice of nonrenewal to an insured at least 60 days before the anniversary date of the policy if the coverage is provided to a municipality or county entity. Provides that if a party to a health provider contract intends to terminate the contractual relationship with another party to the health provider contract, the terminating party must provide written notice to the other party of the decision to terminate the contractual relationship not less than 90 days before the health provider contract terminates. Amends the law on individual prescription drug rebates and the law on group prescription drug rebates to authorize the department to adopt rules for the enforcement of those laws and to specify that a violation of either of those laws is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance. Requires an insurer to only offer to plan sponsors the following plans: (1) A plan that applies 100% of the rebates to reduce premiums for all covered individuals equally. (2) A plan that calculates defined cost sharing for covered individuals of the plan sponsor at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85% of all of the rebates received or estimated to be received by the insurer. Changes the date of applicability for provisions regarding a notice of material change from after June 30, 2024, to after June 30, 2025. Amends the property and casualty insurance guaranty association law concerning the allocation, transfer, or assumption by one insurer of a policy that was issued by another insurer.
STATUS
Passed
HCR0008 - Recognizing South Bend Police Officer Brian Meador.
Maureen Bauer, Rita Fleming, Carolyn B. Jackson
Last updated 11 months ago
91 Co-Sponsors
Recognizing South Bend Police Officer Brian Meador. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing South Bend Police Officer Brian Meador.
STATUS
Passed
HB1001 - Education and higher education matters.
Chuck Goodrich, Robert W. Behning, Robert Heaton
Last updated 8 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Education and higher education matters. Amends the definition of "eligible student" to include a sibling of a student with a disability with regards to the education scholarship account program (ESA). Provides that the sibling may not use the ESA account for certain ESA qualified expenses. Provides that an annual grant amount awarded under the career scholarship account (CSA) program may be used for costs related to obtaining a driver's license if certain conditions are met. Establishes conditions regarding the amount of funds that may be used from CSA annual grant amounts for transportation costs. Amends certain requirements regarding ESA and CSA participating entities regarding providing evidence of unencumbered assets. Changes certain CSA application time frames from seven days to 30 days. Requires each state educational institution to provide to the commission for higher education (commission) certain information regarding degrees, degree completion, faculty members, administrative support staff, costs, compensation, and debt loads. Requires the commission to prepare longitudinal analysis regarding certain data. Requires each private postsecondary educational institution and each out-of-state public and nonprofit degree granting institution that offers instructional or educational services or training in Indiana to provide to the department of education information to carry out certain reporting requirements and requirements related to the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed dashboard. Allows for the revocation of an out-of-state public or nonprofit degree granting institution's authorization if the institution fails to provide the information. Adds teaching to the employment sectors eligible for the next level jobs employer training grant program. Amends requirements regarding: (1) eligibility for career coaching grants; and (2) instruction on career awareness.
STATUS
Passed
HB1309 - Property tax payments for nonprofit hospitals.
Ben Smaltz, Martin Carbaugh
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Property tax payments for nonprofit hospitals. Requires a nonprofit hospital to pay a certain amount to the county treasurer based on the property tax liability that would be due based on the nonprofit hospital's gross assessed value of exempt property if no exemptions were applied, depending on the extent to which the nonprofit hospital's average of aggregate prices charged in a year exceeds the nationwide average of aggregate prices charged in the immediately preceding calendar year. Requires a nonprofit hospital to submit information each year concerning the nonprofit hospital's average of aggregate prices charged.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1099 - Alzheimer's disease and dementia education.
Gregory W. Porter, Martin Carbaugh, Carolyn B. Jackson
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
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 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.
STATUS
Introduced
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