Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1385
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-28-13-3.
Synopsis: Health care facility employees. Provides an exception to one
of the disqualifying conditions for a nurse aide or other unlicensed
employee.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Bascom
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1385
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 16-28-13-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
2 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) A health care
3 facility or an entity in the business of contracting to provide nurse aides
4 or other unlicensed employees for a health care facility may not
5 knowingly employ a person as a nurse aide or other unlicensed
6 employee if one (1) or more of the following conditions exist:
7 (1) The person has been convicted of any of the following:
8 (A) A sex crime (IC 35-42-4).
9 (B) Exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-12).
10 (C) Failure to report battery, neglect, or exploitation of an
11 endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-13).
12 (D) Theft (IC 35-43-4), if the person's conviction for theft
13 occurred less than five (5) years before the individual's
14 employment application date, except as provided in
15 IC 16-27-2-5(a)(5).
16 (E) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
17 (F) Voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3).
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1 (G) Involuntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-4) within the
2 previous five (5) years.
3 (H) Felony battery within the previous five (5) years.
4 (I) A felony offense relating to controlled substances within
5 the previous five (5) years, unless the person is certified as
6 a peer recovery coach through a credential recognized by
7 the division of mental health and addiction.
8 (2) The person:
9 (A) has abused, neglected, or mistreated a patient or
10 misappropriated a patient's property; and
11 (B) had a finding entered into the state nurse aide registry.
12 (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally applies for a job as a
13 nurse aide or other unlicensed employee at:
14 (1) a health care facility; or
15 (2) an entity in the business of contracting to provide nurse aides
16 or other unlicensed employees for a health care facility;
17 after a conviction of one (1) or more of the offenses listed in subsection
18 (a)(1) commits a Class A infraction.
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