Indiana House Bill 1457

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Indiana department of health. Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility. Provides that in regulating the licensure of hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers, the state department may use the most recent version of specified publications for purposes of enforcement. Requires the state department to list the version of each publication being utilized by the state department on its website. Requires the state department to, before utilizing a new version of a publication, publish a notice at least 180 days before the state department may take action using the new version. Amends the list of crimes or acts that preclude a home health aide, nurse aide, or other unlicensed employee from employment at a home health agency and certain health care facilities. Amends the list of crimes that preclude a person from operating a home health agency or personal services agency. Requires the state department to: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide or home health aide has been convicted of a certain crime; and (2) remove the individual from the state nurse aide registry. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person convicted of a certain crime to knowingly or intentionally apply for a job as a home health aide or other unlicensed employee at a home health agency or certain health care facilities. For provisions concerning the women, infants, and children nutrition program (WIC program), defines "WIC vendor agreement". Requires the state department to: (1) select WIC program vendors based on selection criteria set forth in federal regulations; (2) review the selection criteria annually; (3) include the selection criteria in the WIC state plan; and (4) publish the selection criteria on the state department's website. For purposes of submitting a death record of a stillborn, requires the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) last in attendance to initiate the document process unless the physician, physician assistant, or APRN was not present upon the deceased. Includes reporting to local child fatality review teams, the statewide child fatality review committee, local fetal-infant mortality review teams, and suicide and overdose fatality review teams for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the state department to: (1) approve courses concerning auto-injectable epinephrine that meet criteria established by the state department (rather than courses offered by an approved organization as defined in current law); and (2) publish the criteria on its website. Removes a provision allowing the state department to contract with a third party to create a certificate of completion for a course. Amends the membership of the statewide child fatality review committee.

Indiana department of health.

Rep. Bradford Barrett [R]	Rep. Joanna King [R]	Rep. Danny Lopez [R]	Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn [D]
Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]

2025-02-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2025-02-18	House	Referred to the Senate
2025-02-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 96, nays 0
2025-02-17	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
2025-02-13	House	Representatives King, Lopez, Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
2025-02-13	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-02-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-01-21	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2025-01-21	House	Authored by Representative Barrett

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1457/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/HB1457.02.COMH.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1457.01.INTR.AMH03.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/committee-amendments/amendments/HB1457.01.INTR.AMH01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/fiscal-notes/HB1457.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/votesheets/HB1457.01.INTR.01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/committee-reports/HB1457.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/fiscal-notes/HB1457.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/fiscal-notes/HB1457.02.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/fiscal-notes/HB1457.02.COMH.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1457/rollcalls/HB1457.175_H.pdf