Indiana House Bill 1342 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 228
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Direct support professionals. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry and to make the registry available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers. Requires a direct support professional to register with the division in order to provide direct support services. Requires the division to adopt rules to implement the registry, including establishing definitions and levels for substantiated abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the highest of which is the minimum the division must report to the registry. Requires the division to consult with stakeholders and establish a tiered training certification program for direct support professionals. Requires the division to issue a request for proposals before January 1, 2024, to operate the training program. Requires the division to make every effort to contract with a vendor for the training program not later than January 1, 2025. Requires a selected vendor to begin operating the training program before July 1, 2025. Requires the division to first use any funds available from the federal American Rescue Plan Act in developing the registry before using other available funds. Allows the division to use any federal dollars available for the registry and training. Requires the division to apply to the federal government for approval of Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a direct support professional.

Direct support professionals.

Rep. Julie Olthoff [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Robb Greene [R]	Rep. Timothy O'Brien [R]
Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]
Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-11 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 228
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 543: yeas 95, nays 0
2023-04-27	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 519: yeas 47, nays 1
2023-04-27	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-27	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-19	Senate	Senator Crider added as advisor
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Breaux and Brown L
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Donato and Yoder
2023-04-18	House	House advisors appointed: Clere, Greene, O'Brien and Pryor
2023-04-18	House	House conferees appointed: Olthoff and Summers
2023-04-13	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-13	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-12	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-11	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 370: yeas 48, nays 0
2023-04-10	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-06	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2023-04-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-03-21	Senate	Senators Niezgodski and Breaux added as cosponsors
2023-03-21	Senate	Senator Becker added as third sponsor
2023-03-21	Senate	Senator Brown L added as second sponsor
2023-03-21	Senate	Senator Breaux removed as third sponsor
2023-03-21	Senate	Senator Becker removed as second sponsor
2023-03-14	Senate	Senator Breaux added as third sponsor
2023-03-14	Senate	Senator Becker added as second sponsor
2023-03-09	Senate	Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
2023-03-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2023-02-28	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-27	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 94, nays 0
2023-02-27	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
2023-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-21	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2023-02-13	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-07	House	Representative O'Brien T added as coauthor
2023-01-19	House	Reassigned to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2023-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2023-01-17	House	Authored by Representative Olthoff
2023-01-17	House	Coauthored by Representatives Clere and Greene

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#5.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#6.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#H242
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#S370
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#S519
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1342/#H543