Indiana 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1052
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Voucher payments to child care providers. Requires the division of family resources of the office of the secretary of family and social services (division) to ensure that, to the extent not inconsistent with federal law, the method used by the division to determine the local market rate for purposes of establishing the division's reimbursement schedule for voucher payments to child care providers under the federal Child Care and Development Fund program does not result in a variation in reimbursement rates among geographic areas that does not reasonably reflect the variation in cost of living among the geographic areas.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1053
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Local regulation of fireworks. Changes: (1) the dates on which a county or municipal ordinance may limit or prohibit the use of fireworks in the county or municipality; and (2) the types of fireworks to which such an ordinance may apply.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1054
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Hunting season for disabled veterans. Provides that critically disabled veterans may hunt on the same free hunting days as those designated for youth hunters by the director of the department of natural resources. Defines "critically disabled veteran".
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1055
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Wake boarding and wake surfing. Prohibits a person from operating on a public freshwater lake a motorboat that engages in wake boarding or wake surfing: (1) during the period between sunset and sunrise; or (2) in violation of a rule adopted by the natural resources commission (commission). Places restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a small public freshwater lake that is at least 70 acres but not more than 300 acres. Establishes a procedure for property owners on a public freshwater lake to petition the commission to adopt rules concerning wake boarding and wake surfing restrictions. Establishes a penalty. Provides that an individual may not operate a motorboat with: (1) an outboard engine; or (2) an outdrive unit with a propeller that extends past the motorboat's transom or swim platform; for the purpose of wake surfing.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1056
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Killing a law enforcement animal. Increases the penalty for killing a law enforcement animal to a Level 5 felony. Provides that killing a law enforcement animal in the commission of a crime is an aggravating circumstance for sentencing in criminal cases.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1057
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Prescription drug donation repositories. Establishes the prescription drug donation repository program (program). Allows a person to donate prescription drugs and supplies to a central repository or local repository for use by an individual who is an eligible recipient or qualified individual. Provides that controlled substances are not allowed in the program. Allows a health care facility or pharmacy to elect to participate as a local repository in the program. Establishes criteria for the acceptance and distribution of donated prescription drugs and supplies. Allows an entity that participates in a drug donation program in another state to participate in the program in Indiana. Establishes immunity for certain persons who act reasonably and in good faith under the program.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1058
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
State payments in lieu of property taxes. Requires the state to make payments in lieu of property taxes (PILOTs) for qualified parcels in counties in which at least 19% of all land in the county is: (1) in the aggregate, owned or leased by the state of Indiana or the federal government; and (2) subject to an exemption from property taxes. Defines "qualified parcel" as a parcel that is: (1) owned or leased by the state of Indiana; (2) subject to an exemption from property taxes; and (3) located in a county to which this act applies. Provides that a county containing qualified parcels is entitled to receive PILOTs from the state. Provides that for purposes of calculating a PILOT, each acre of the qualified parcel is considered to have an assessed value of 1/2 of the statewide agricultural land base rate value. Provides that money received from the PILOTs must be used by the taxing units for capital expenditures related to public safety. Annually appropriates from the state general fund the amount necessary to pay the required PILOTs.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1059
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/11/22
Engrossed
1/19/22
Refer
2/1/22
Indiana guard reserve. Provides that the Indiana guard reserve (guard) is comprised of volunteer citizens. Provides that the adjutant general (general) may adopt policies for the guard. Requires the general to establish certain structures, processes, and organizational controls for the guard. Repeals a provision concerning the guard serving outside Indiana. Repeals a provision regarding military forces in fresh pursuit. Repeals a provision regarding the oath of officers for guard members. Provides that, if called for voluntary service, the guard must follow the rules and procedures of the Indiana national guard and those set by the general. Amends a provision to specify that the general may obtain insurance for the guard under certain circumstances. Repeals a provision regarding quarterly pay for the guard.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1060
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Professional licensing agency. Reduces the membership of the following boards to five members: (1) The state board of dentistry. (2) The state board of registration for professional engineers. (3) The Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners. Reduces the membership of the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to six members. Eliminates certain requirements for an applicant seeking licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, addiction counselor, or clinical addiction counselor. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1061
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Ambulance assessment fee and fund. Establishes the ambulance assessment fee (fee) and the ambulance assessment fee fund (fund). Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to establish the fee based upon the best available data. Requires a provider organization to be assessed the fee. Provides that the office shall make expenditures from the fund in a manner consistent with applicable federal law. Requires the office to establish and distribute a schedule of payment amounts in a manner that reduces the gap between Medicaid rates and average commercial rates. Requires the office to consult with the Indiana emergency medical services association in the development and implementation of the payments. Specifies that the fee is in addition to, and does not replace, any state general fund appropriations to support provider organization reimbursements. Prohibits the office from lowering Medicaid rates for provider organizations as a result of the fee.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1062
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/1/22
Report Pass
2/21/22
Enrolled
3/2/22
Passed
3/14/22
Chaptered
3/14/22
Passed
3/14/22
Regulation of cemeteries. Defines "certificate of burial rights" for purposes of the cemetery law. Replaces references to other instruments issued upon the purchase of burial rights with the term. Provides that before entering into a sales contract with a consumer, an owner of a cemetery must provide a written statement including a price range of all commodities and services available for purchase. Specifies that the schedule of fees and the fees charged in connection with the installation or use of commodities in a cemetery must be consistent with the statement provided to a consumer. Prohibits the preinstallation of a vault. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a violation of the cemetery association law from $1,000 to $5,000. Permits a city or town, county, and township to appoint a cemetery caretaker to control and manage cemeteries in the entity's care. Establishes requirements for a city or town to appoint a cemetery caretaker through a proposed ordinance. Requires a city or town to review the status of the control and management of a cemetery for which it is responsible at least once every 10 years.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1063
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Report Pass
1/13/22
Engrossed
1/21/22
Refer
2/10/22
De novo judicial review of certain agency actions. Requires a court to try disputed issues of fact de novo in a judicial review of certain agency actions. Provides that the burden of proving the validity of certain agency actions is the same as in the hearing before the agency. Requires the court in a judicial review of an agency action to review all issues of law and fact de novo and without deference to any previous interpretation made by the agency. Specifies that a monetary penalty issued by an agency may not be excessive and that a court may review a monetary penalty de novo to determine if the penalty is excessive.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1064
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Associational standing for judicial review. Provides that an association or representative organization that meets certain requirements has standing to: (1) bring a declaratory judgment action as to an ordinance adopted under the planning and development law; and (2) obtain judicial review of a zoning decision.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1065
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Cultural awareness and competence training. Provides that the state health data center (center) shall maintain statistics concerning race and ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. (Under current law, the center is required to maintain statistics concerning gender and ethnicity.) Requires the center to adopt and implement the data collection standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Provides that a health care professional and a community health worker must complete two hours of cultural awareness and competence training every two years. Establishes certain requirements for the training. Provides that the state department of health may grant an exemption from the training requirements under certain circumstances.
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Indiana 2022 Regular Session
Indiana House Bill HB1066
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Safety PIN program grants. Requires a grant proposal for the safety PIN (protecting Indiana's newborns) program to include the targeted area or targeted population. (Current law requires the targeted area be included.) Specifies that the targeted area or targeted population may include minority communities. Allows the state department of health, in awarding a safety PIN grant, to give preference to proposals that seek to reduce infant mortality in minority communities.