Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1370
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Domestic violence registry. Establishes a domestic violence registry that contains a record of individuals convicted of a crime of domestic violence and individuals who are the subject of a protective order.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1371
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Second amendment protection. Provides that certain federal laws that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms are invalid, not recognized, rejected, and shall not be enforced in Indiana. Specifies penalties and causes of action concerning a political subdivision or law enforcement agency that employs a: (1) law enforcement officer who enforces or attempts to enforce certain provisions or otherwise deprives a citizen of Indiana of particular constitutional rights or privileges; (2) federal official, or person who gives material aid to a federal official, who knowingly enforces or attempts to enforce certain laws. Specifies exceptions. Makes findings and defines particular terms.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1372
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Dispensing ivermectin. Allows a physician or advanced practice registered nurse to create a standing order that allows a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin. Provides that a prescription dispensed under a standing order is considered to be issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice. Prohibits a: (1) physician or advanced practice registered nurse who issues; or (2) pharmacist or pharmacy that follows; a standing order from seeking or receiving certain personal financial benefits. Requires a pharmacist to provide each recipient of ivermectin under a standing order with a standardized information sheet that includes certain information. Prohibits the information sheet from containing information discouraging the recipient from using ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19. Prohibits the medical licensing board of Indiana, Indiana state board of nursing, or the Indiana board of pharmacy from disciplining a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or pharmacist for certain failures in following a standing order or a defect in the standing order.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1373
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Report Pass
1/20/22
Engrossed
1/26/22
Refer
2/10/22
Ambulance services. Provides for the attending physician, or the physician's designee, of a patient needing transportation by ambulance to sign an order that states the level of ambulance service needed for the patient and the condition or diagnosis of the patient that makes the transportation of the patient by ambulance necessary. Amends the law on emergency medical services to make that law apply to nonemergency ambulance services as well as emergency ambulance services. Requires a health plan to fairly negotiate rates and terms with any ambulance service provider willing to become a participating provider with respect to the health plan. Requires a health plan to pay ambulance service benefits directly to a nonparticipating ambulance service provider (nonparticipating provider) that provides ambulance service to a covered individual if the covered individual executes a written assignment of benefits in favor of the nonparticipating provider. Provides that a nonparticipating provider that provides ambulance service to a covered individual and that is paid less for the service by the health plan than the amount it billed may bill the covered individual for the balance. Provides that if the dispute concerning the amount to be paid to the nonparticipating provider for the ambulance service is not resolved through negotiation, the health plan operator or the nonparticipating provider may initiate binding arbitration to resolve the dispute. Provides that an accident and sickness insurance policy or HMO contract that provides coverage for emergency medical services must also provide reimbursement for: (1) emergency ambulance services; and (2) specialty care transport; provided by an emergency medical services provider organization. Provides that reimbursement provided for basic and 0advanced life support services through an accident and sickness insurance policy or HMO contract must be provided on an equal basis regardless of whether the services involve transportation of the patient by ambulance.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1374
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. Provides a property tax deduction for an individual or surviving spouse of a veteran who has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as individually unemployable.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1375
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Professional development for teachers. Provides that a school corporation may provide a teacher with a salary increase if the teacher exceeds the required professional growth experience points necessary to renew a teaching license. Provides that the salary increase is subject to collective bargaining.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1376
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Epilepsy foundation trust license plate. Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust license plate as a special group recognition license plate.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1377
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Education funding. Provides that school corporations with an average daily membership that is not more than 2,000 students on the fall count date in a school year may receive a supplemental distribution for small school corporations.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1378
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Preschool and child care facility drinking water. Requires the person or entity having authority over a child care facility or preschool to test the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool before January 1, 2025, to determine whether lead is present in the drinking water in a concentration equal to or exceeding 15 parts per billion. Excepts a child care facility or preschool from this testing requirement if its drinking water: (1) was tested through the Lead Sampling Program for Schools and Child Care Facilities conducted by the Indiana finance authority in 2019 and 2020; or (2) has otherwise been tested for lead at least once after 2017. Provides that, if testing indicates that lead in the drinking water of a child care facility or preschool equals or exceeds 15 parts per billion, the person or entity having authority over the child care facility or preschool is required to take action to reduce the concentration of lead to below 15 parts per billion.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1379
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Ban on sale of flavored tobacco and e-liquids. Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and their components, including: (1) cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco; and (2) tobacco products that have a characterizing flavor. Provides that a person or entity that sells a flavored tobacco product commits a Class C misdemeanor and may have the person's tobacco sales certificate revoked by the alcohol and tobacco commission.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1380
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Equal pay; wage disclosure protection. Provides that it is an unlawful employment practice to: (1) pay wages that discriminate based on sex for substantially similar work; (2) discharge, discipline, discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any employee or other person because the employee inquired about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the employee's wages; (3) require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an employee of the employee's wages; or (4) require an employee to sign a waiver or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to disclose the employee's wage information. Provides that the civil rights commission has jurisdiction for the investigation and resolution of complaints of these employment actions.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1381
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams. Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1382
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
College savings tax credit. Provides that "qualified higher education expense" includes qualified education loan repayments under Section 529(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1383
Introduced
1/11/22
Refer
1/11/22
Withdrawal from Medicare advantage networks. Provides that a hospital, physician, or physician group: (1) may not withdraw from a Medicare advantage network for any part of a calendar year after the calendar year has begun; (2) may withdraw from a Medicare advantage network only for an entire calendar year; and (3) may withdraw for an entire calendar year only by giving notice of the withdrawal to the insurer that operates the Medicare advantage plan not later than September 1 immediately preceding the calendar year. Provides that an insurer operating a Medicare advantage plan: (1) may not remove a hospital, physician, or physician group from the Medicare advantage plan's Medicare advantage network for any part of a calendar year after the calendar year has begun; (2) may remove a hospital, physician, or physician group from the Medicare advantage network only for an entire calendar year; and (2) may remove a hospital, physician, or physician group from the Medicare advantage network for a calendar year only by giving notice of the removal to the hospital, physician, or physician group not later than September 1 immediately preceding the calendar year. Makes certain exceptions. Provides that notice of the withdrawal or removal of a hospital, physician, or physician group from a Medicare advantage network must be given by letter, telephone message, or electronic mail message at least 60 days before the withdrawal or removal to each individual who is covered by the Medicare advantage plan and who, not more than two years before the date of the withdrawal or removal, was seen or treated by the physician or a physician of the physician group or was an inpatient in or received medical treatment in the hospital. Empowers the insurance commissioner to impose penalties for violations and authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt administrative rules.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1384
Introduced
1/13/22
Refer
1/13/22
Purchase of insulin needles. Provides that the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) may not establish limitations on the quantity of hypodermic syringes, needles, or insulin that may be dispensed to a patient or purchaser for the treatment of diabetes. Requires the board to amend an administrative rule.