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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL No. 21 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 16-19-3-34. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Department of health contract prohibition. Prohibits the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Indiana department of health from requiring a contracted person to |
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| 9 | 9 | | meet additional requirements other than federal requirements specified |
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| 10 | 10 | | in the federal Charitable Choice Act in order to receive certain funding. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Effective: Upon passage. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Bohacek |
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| 13 | 13 | | January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider |
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| 14 | 14 | | Services. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2025 IN 21—LS 6087/DI 104 Introduced |
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| 16 | 16 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 17 | 17 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 18 | 18 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 19 | 19 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 21 | 21 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 23 | 23 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 25 | 25 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE BILL No. 21 |
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| 27 | 27 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 28 | 28 | | health. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 16-19-3-34 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 34. (a) This section applies to a contract |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 between the state department and a person to provide pregnancy |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 and parenting related services through funding under a community |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 services block grant program. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 (b) The state department or a contractor of the state department |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 may not require a person to meet additional requirements other |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 than those required by the federal Charitable Choice Act under 45 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 CFR 1050 for a religious organization in order to receive funding |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 under a program described in subsection (a). This subsection |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 includes that the state department or the contractor may not |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 require services to be provided under the contract by more than |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 one (1) individual. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2025 IN 21—LS 6087/DI 104 |
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