Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1264
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Surrender of firearms for domestic violence crimes. Provides that a person who: (1) has been convicted of a crime of domestic violence; and (2) knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm; commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies certain defenses. Requires a court to issue an order, upon entry of a judgment of conviction for domestic battery or a crime of domestic violence, that: (1) prohibits ownership or possession of a firearm; (2) requires the defendant to surrender: (A) any firearm owned or possessed by the defendant; and (B) any license or permit to carry a handgun (license); and (3) requires confiscation, within 72 hours, of any firearm or license owned or possessed by the defendant. Provides that a domestic batterer who knowingly or intentionally fails to surrender a certain firearm or license commits a Class A misdemeanor, enhanced to a Level 6 felony in specific instances. Provides certain defenses. Specifies how a confiscated firearm or license shall be returned or disposed of if a defendant's right to possess a firearm is restored. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1265
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Prohibiting bullying in schools. Requires the governing body of a school corporation to: (1) require a school corporation to prioritize the safety of a targeted student of an act of bullying; (2) require a school corporation to report an act of bullying to the parents of a targeted student within three business days and the parents of an alleged perpetrator within five business days after the incident is reported; (3) require a school corporation to approve the transfer of a targeted student of an act of bullying to another school in the school corporation; and (4) allow certain parents to review audiovisual materials that contain graphic sexual or violent content used in a bullying prevention or suicide prevention program.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1266
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Gary Community School Corporation debt. Appropriates from the state general fund the amount needed to pay advances made to the Gary Community School Corporation from the common school fund that are outstanding as of June 30, 2022, regardless of the due dates for the payments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1267
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Merrillville food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Merrillville to impose a food and beverage tax.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1268
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Taxation of self-service storage facilities. Provides that the true tax value of a self-service storage facility for property tax purposes shall be determined by the cost approach less normal depreciation and normal obsolescence under the rules and guidelines of the department of local government finance. Specifies other conditions applicable to the valuation of self-service storage facilities for property tax purposes. Defines "self-service storage facility".
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1269
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/2/22
Public works projects. Provides that a contractor that employs 10 or more employees on a design-build public works project must provide its employees access to a training program applicable to the tasks to be performed in the normal course of the employee's employment with the contractor on the public project. Provides that a tier 1 or tier 2 contractor that employs 50 or more journeymen must participate in an apprenticeship or training program that meets certain standards. Requires design-builders and any member of a team working on a design-build public works project to comply with certain statutes. Provides that a public agency awarding a contract for a construction manager as constructor project may not take certain actions based on a bidder's, offeror's, or contractor's entering into, refusing to enter into, adhering to, or refusing to adhere to an agreement with a labor organization.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1270
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Nonprofit hospital and insurer reporting. Requires a nonprofit hospital with more than 100 beds to report annually specified financial information to the state department of health. Requires a nonprofit hospital and a health carrier to post and send certain information at least 45 days before a public forum. Modifies requirements concerning the: (1) date on which the public forum must be held; (2) topics that must be discussed at a public forum; (3) submission of questions and feedback at a public forum; and (4) use of technology to allow attendance through real time audio and video through the Internet. Requires the insurance commissioner to report to the legislative council if the federal Transparency in Health Coverage rule (federal rule) is repealed or enforcement is stopped. Requires health payers to continue to post pricing information in compliance with the federal rule after the federal rule is repealed or stopped. Modifies the definition of "health payer" for purposes of the all payer claims data base.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1271
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Health care prior authorization. Provides that when a health plan makes an adverse determination in response to a health care provider's request for prior authorization of a health care service: (1) the health plan is required to provide the health care provider with an opportunity to have a peer to peer conversation with a clinical peer concerning the adverse determination; and (2) the peer to peer conversation opportunity must be provided not more than seven business days after the health plan receives the health care provider's request for the peer to peer conversation. Provides that after December 31, 2023: (1) if a health plan, during a six month evaluation period, approves at least 90% of a health care provider's requests for prior authorization for a particular type of health care service, the health plan may not require the health care provider to obtain prior authorization for that type of health care service for the entire duration of an exemption period of six calendar months immediately following the evaluation period; and (2) at the conclusion of the initial exemption period, the health plan shall continue a health care provider's exemption for consecutive periods of six months unless the health plan rescinds the health care provider's exemption; (3) a health plan's rescission of a health care provider's exemption must be based on: (A) a determination by a physician that, in cases randomly selected for review, less than 90% of the health care services provided by the health care provider met the health plan's medical necessity criteria; or (B) the health care provider committing health care provider fraud or the health care provider's license or legal authorization to provide health care services being suspended or revoked; (4) a health care provider whose exemption is rescinded may initiate a review of the rescission by an independent review panel; (5) the independent review panel is required to determine: (A) whether at least 90% of the health care services provided by the health care provider met the health plan's medical necessity criteria; or (B) whether the health care provider committed health care provider fraud or the health care provider's license or legal authorization to provide health care services is suspended or revoked; (6) the health plan is required to restore the health care provider's exemption if the independent review panel's determination is in favor of the health care provider; and (7) if a health care provider whose exemption is rescinded does not initiate a review or if the independent review panel's determination is not in favor of the health care provider, the health plan is not required to determine again whether the health care provider is entitled to an exemption until the first evaluation period beginning at least two years later. Requires the insurance commissioner to adopt rules.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1272
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Health care for incarcerated women. Requires the department of correction (department) to provide free toilet paper, tampons, and pads to any incarcerated woman held by the department. Requires the department to create and implement written policies that do the following: (1) Provide women with access to: (A) conventional beds; or (B) bottom bunks; during pregnancy or the six weeks following the delivery of a child, as applicable, in order to minimize the risk of serious injury in the event of a fall. (2) Require the timely reporting of certain obstetric emergencies to a physician or qualified medical professional. (3) Comply with specified requirements concerning the use of restraints, shackles, and restraint techniques on pregnant and postpartum women. (4) Require correctional officers to remain outside of delivery rooms in certain instances. Provides the department with rulemaking and emergency rulemaking authority for the purpose of creating and implementing certain practices and policies. Requires the department to adopt specified standards that apply to county jails. Provides that: (1) agents; (2) employees; and (3) persons contracted to work on behalf of the department; are immune from civil liability, damages, and punitive damages, for certain acts or omissions. Specifies an exception. Makes conforming amendments.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1273
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Local veteran service officers. Provides that a county or city service officer hired after June 30, 2022, must: (1) be an honorably discharged veteran who has at least six months of active service in the armed forces of the United States; and (2) have resided in Indiana for at least two years before submitting an application for employment as a county or city service officer. (Current law permits a county or city service officer to have experience as a service officer assistant in lieu of being an honorably discharged veteran and permits nonresidents of Indiana to be hired upon the condition of establishing residence in Indiana within six months.) Makes conforming changes to the employment requirements for service officer assistants hired after June 30, 2022.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1274
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Report Pass
1/18/22
Volunteer cyber civilian corps. Establishes the Indiana cyber civilian corps program (program). Provides that the program includes civilian volunteers who have expertise in addressing cybersecurity incidents and may volunteer at the invitation of the office of technology (office) to provide rapid response assistance to a client in need of expert assistance during a recognition of a potential vulnerability that could lead to a cybersecurity incident. Requires the office to develop and administer the program. Provides that the work product of a cyber civilian corps volunteer or advisor, including any information voluntarily submitted to the volunteer or advisor, is exempt from disclosure. Provides that a cyber civilian corps volunteer or advisor is immune from tort liability for an injury to a person or damage to property that occurred while deployed and acting on behalf of the office if certain conditions are met.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1275
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Medicaid providers and Medicaid administration. Allows a provider that has entered into a contract with a managed care organization, after exhausting any internal procedures of the managed care organization for provider grievances and appeals, to request an administrative appeal within the office of Medicaid policy and planning of the managed care organization's action in denying or reducing reimbursement for claims for covered services provided to an applicant, pending applicant, conditionally eligible individual, or member. Establishes a procedure for an administrative appeal, including a hearing before an administrative law judge that could be followed by agency review and then by judicial review. Prohibits a provision in a contract between a provider and a managed care organization that would negate or restrict the right of a provider to an administrative appeal and provides that such a contract provision is void and unenforceable. Repeals a provision under which Medicaid law is controlling when Medicaid law conflicts with insurance law. Provides that if the office of the secretary of family and social services or a contractor of the office fails to pay or denies a clean claim for any eligible Medicaid service within certain time limits due to the office or contractor incorrectly processing the clean claim because of errors attributable to the internal system of an insurer or managed care organization, the office or contractor may not assert that the provider failed to meet the timely filing requirements for the claim. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to prepare a report that describes every type of report that must be prepared by a Medicaid contractor or managed care entity and submitted to FSSA or the office of Medicaid policy and planning. Specifies the information that must be contained in the report. Requires FSSA to submit the report to the Medicaid advisory committee (advisory committee) and the general assembly. Requires the advisory committee to hold public hearings on the report.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1276
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
PFAS chemical blood testing program. Establishes the PFAS chemical blood testing program under the department of health (department) for the purpose of blood testing certain individuals for a higher concentration of PFAS chemicals to study the health effects of a higher concentration of PFAS chemicals in an individual's blood. Provides that not later than November 1 of each year, the department shall report to the legislative council on the results of the PFAS blood testing program for the previous state fiscal year.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1277
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Requests for law enforcement at rental properties. Repeals a provision in the law governing landlord-tenant relations that does the following: (1) Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing certain penalties against a tenant, an owner, or a landlord for a contact made to request law enforcement or other emergency assistance for one or more rental units if: (A) the contact is made by or on behalf of: (i) a victim or potential victim of abuse; (ii) a victim or potential victim of a crime; or (iii) an individual in an emergency; and (B) certain conditions apply. (2) Provides that if: (A) a political subdivision imposes penalties for other types of contacts made to request law enforcement or other emergency assistance for rental units; and (B) a request for law enforcement or emergency assistance is made by a tenant; the penalty imposed must be assessed against the tenant and may not exceed $250.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1278
Introduced
1/10/22
Refer
1/10/22
Road funding. Provides that the amounts currently distributed from the motor vehicle highway account and the local road and street account to counties, cities, and towns based upon the proportionate share of road and street mileage shall instead be distributed based on the proportionate share of road and street vehicle miles traveled. Provides that the Indiana department of transportation shall establish guidelines outlining the procedures required to determine vehicle miles traveled.