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SCR0010 - Urging INDOT to rename a bridge over US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott Memorial Bridge".
Blake Doriot, Mike Bohacek, Stacey Donato
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Urging INDOT to rename a bridge over US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott Memorial Bridge". A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a bridge overpass over US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott Memorial Bridge".
STATUS
Passed
SB0151 - Statute of limitations.
Scott Alexander, Michael R. Crider, Stacey Donato
Last updated 8 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Statute of limitations. Allows the prosecution of Level 3 felony rape and child molesting offenses to be commenced at any time. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0170 - Crimes and election workers.
Greg Walker, Susan C. Glick, Mike Bohacek
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Crimes and election workers. Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker.
STATUS
Passed
SB0290 - Criminal justice data.
Aaron Freeman, Cynthia E. Carrasco, Mike Bohacek
Last updated 6 months ago
4 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
SB0253 - Lake Michigan rescue equipment.
Rodney Pol, Susan C. Glick, Mike Bohacek
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Lake Michigan rescue equipment. Requires the owner of a pier or public access site on Lake Michigan to install public rescue equipment, including at least one ring life buoy, on the pier or public access site. Establishes requirements concerning ring life buoys installed on piers and public access sites. Provides that the end of the buoy line must not be secured to the shore. Requires a unit of local government that owns one or more piers or public access sites on Lake Michigan, at least twice per year, to publish on the unit's website a report on lakefront drownings that occur within 50 feet of the unit's piers or public access sites. Provides that if more than one fatal drowning occurs not more than 50 feet from a particular pier or public access site in a span of five years, the owner of the pier or public access site shall: (1) disseminate in the area of the pier or public access site a water safety plan pertaining to the pier or public access site; and (2) upgrade the public rescue equipment installed on the pier or public access site, such as by installing equipment that automatically contacts the local 911 service in an emergency.
STATUS
Passed
SB0057 - Automated commercial motor vehicles.
James Tomes, Vaneta G. Becker, Mark B. Messmer
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Automated commercial motor vehicles. Provides that an automated commercial motor vehicle may not be operated on a highway to transport passengers or goods unless a human operator who meets all state and federal qualifications to operate a commercial motor vehicle is physically present in the automated commercial motor vehicle to monitor the performance of the automated commercial motor vehicle and to take control of all or part of the automated commercial motor vehicle's operation, if necessary. Provides that a registered automated commercial motor vehicle must meet federal commercial motor vehicle standards and regulations.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0132 - Professions and professional services.
Elizabeth M. Brown, Ed Charbonneau, Tyler Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Professions and professional services. Authorizes the office of the secretary of family and social services to implement a risk based managed care program for certain Medicaid recipients. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to convene a workgroup and, with managed care organizations, to conduct a claims submission testing period before the risk based managed care program is established.~ Provides that, during the first 210 days after the risk based managed care program is implemented, a provider that experiences a financial emergency due to claims payment issues shall receive temporary emergency assistance from the managed care organizations with which the provider is contracted. Amends statutes concerning Medicaid provider agreements, health insurance reimbursement agreements, and Medicare supplement insurance to specify that a 15 day period consists of 15 business days. Requires the Indiana department of health to grant a hospital an extension of time to file the hospital's fiscal report if the hospital shows good cause for the extension. Removes an expired provision concerning hospital fiscal reports. Eliminates the requirement that a provider who is licensed in Indiana, physically located outside Indiana, but providing telehealth services to patients who are in Indiana, file a certification constituting a waiver of jurisdiction. Makes a number of changes in the law concerning health facility administrators, including eliminating the requirement that a health facility administrator display the individual's license in a prominent location in the individual's principal office and providing that a particular course of study for administrators in training is not mandatory. Specifies: (1) the manner in which certain nurse applicants may demonstrate English proficiency; (2) that a graduate of a foreign nursing school must pass a specified examination; and (3) additional credentialing verification assessment organizations for certain nurse applicants. Prohibits a third party administrator or another person from arranging for a dental provider to provide dental services for a dental plan that sets the amount of the fee for any dental services unless the dental services are covered services under the dental plan. Provides that a contracting entity (a dental carrier, a third party administrator, or another person that enters into a provider network contract with providers of dental services) may not grant a third party access to the provider network contract or to dental services or contractual discounts provided pursuant to the provider network contract unless certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that when a dental provider network contract is entered into, renewed, or materially modified, any provider that is a party to the network contract must be allowed to choose not to participate in the third party access. Prohibits a contracting entity from: (1) altering the rights or status under a provider network contract of a dental provider that chooses not to participate in third party access; or (2) rejecting a provider as a party to a provider network contract because the provider chose not to participate in third party access. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to issue a cease and desist order against a person that violates any of these prohibitions and, if the person violates the cease and desist order, to impose a civil penalty upon the person and suspend or revoke the person's certificate of authority. Provides that if a covered individual assigns the covered individual's rights to benefits for dental services to the provider of the dental services, the dental carrier shall pay the benefits assigned by the covered individual to the provider of the dental services. However, prohibits the provider from billing the covered individual (except for a copayment, coinsurance, or a deductible amount) if the provider is in the dental carrier's network. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to amend a specified administrative rule to conform with this act. Requires the medical licensing board to study certain rules concerning office based setting accreditations and report to the general assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SB0242 - Medicaid pregnancy related reimbursement rates.
Mike Bohacek
Last updated 9 months ago
1 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
SB0010 - Community cares initiative grant pilot program.
Scott A. Baldwin, Michael R. Crider, Ed Charbonneau
Last updated 8 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Community cares initiative grant pilot program. 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.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0181 - Citizenship and immigration status.
Eric Allan Koch, Michael R. Crider, Andy Zay
Last updated 6 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Citizenship and immigration status. Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, shall bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials. Requires a court to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard to enjoin the violation of those statutes.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Indiana district SD-008
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Indiana Senate
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