Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0220 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1		-	~~SB0220.1~~
2		-	~~January 17, 2025~~
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	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		SENATE BILL No. 220
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF ~~SB 220 (Updated January 15, 2025 10:52 am - DI 140)~~
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 5-10.
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 5-10-8-27.
7	7		Synopsis: State employee health plan coverage of Alzheimer's.
8	8		Requires a state employee health plan to provide coverage for dementia
9	9		treatments or medications that are determined to be medically
10	10		necessary by the physician treating the covered individual.
11	11		Effective: July 1, 2025.
12		-	Walker K, Baldwin, Qaddoura,
13		-	Randolph Lonnie M
	12	+	Walker K
14	13		January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial
15	14		Institutions.
16		-	January 16, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
17		-	SB 220—LS 6675/DI 154 January 17, 2025
	15	+	2025 IN 220—LS 6675/DI 154 Introduced
18	16		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
19	17		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
20	18		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
21	19		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
22	20		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
23	21		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
24	22		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
25	23		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
26	24		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
27	25		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
28	26		SENATE BILL No. 220
29	27		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
30	28		insurance.
31	29		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
32	30		1 SECTION 1. IC 5-10-8-27 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
33	31		2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
34	32		3 1, 2025]: Sec. 27. (a) This section applies to a state employee health
35	33		4 plan that is established, entered into, amended, or renewed after
36	34		5 June 30, 2025.
37	35		6 (b) As used in this section, "covered individual" means an
38	36		7 individual entitled to coverage under a state employee health plan.
39	37		8 (c) As used in this section, "dementia treatment or medication"
40	38		9 means treatment or medication approved by the federal Food and
41	39		10 Drug Administration prior to July 1, 2025, that is prescribed by a
42	40		11 physician to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease or any
43	41		12 other form of dementia.
44	42		13 (d) As used in this section, "physician" means an individual
45	43		14 licensed to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5.
46	44		15 (e) As used in this section, "state employee health plan" means
47	45		16 the following:
48	46		17 (1) A self-insurance program established under section 7(b) of
49		-	SB 220—LS 6675/DI 154 2
	47	+	2025 IN 220—LS 6675/DI 154 2
50	48		1 this chapter.
51	49		2 (2) A contract for prepaid health care services entered into
52	50		3 under section 7(c) of this chapter.
53	51		4 (f) As used in this section, "step therapy protocol" has the
54	52		5 meaning set forth in section 17(e) of this chapter.
55	53		6 (g) A state employee health plan shall provide coverage for
56	54		7 dementia treatments or medications that are determined to be
57	55		8 medically necessary by the physician treating the covered
58	56		9 individual.
59	57		10 (h) The coverage provided under subsection (g) shall not be
60	58		11 subject to a step therapy protocol.
61		-	SB 220—LS 6675/DI 154 3
62		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
63		-	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Insurance and Financial
64		-	Institutions, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 220, has had the
65		-	same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
66		-	Senate with the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
67		-	(Reference is to SB 220 as introduced.)
68		-
69		-	BALDWIN, Chairperson
70		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1
71		-	SB 220—LS 6675/DI 154
	59	+	2025 IN 220—LS 6675/DI 154