IN SB0005 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 35-2)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Summary
State fiscal and contracting matters. Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget. Requires a state agency to: (1) report to the budget committee certain information before submitting a new federal funds request or application to participate in a new federal program; and (2) obtain the budget committee's review if the new federal funds request or application to participate in a new federal program would require a transfer in funds between state accounts for a state match. Requires that permanent full-time positions which have been vacant for 90 days or more be reviewed and either: (1) reauthorized; or (2) eliminated; by the budget director. Requires the budget director to provide a quarterly report to the governor's office regarding those positions that were reauthorized or eliminated by the budget director in the preceding three months. Requires a state agency to provide the state comptroller with a contract for inclusion in the Indiana transparency website not later than 30 days after the contract is fully executed. Requires a state agency to provide quarterly reports to the budget committee regarding the state agency's active contracts. Requires the department of administration (department) to develop a process for state agencies to submit complaints about contractors. Allows the department to disqualify a contractor with one or more complaints from entering into state contracts. Provides for the reversion of funds appropriated to a state agency for expenses related to a contract that are unused after the end of the contract term. Requires the department to develop certain contract language to be included in state contracts of $500,000 or more. Requires the budget committee to review a proposed amendment to a contract that: (1) increases the maximum contract amount by not less than $500,000; or (2) for a contract with an initial maximum contract amount of not less than $500,000, extends the term of the contract by not less than six months. Prohibits any entity that receives state appropriations from entering into a nonpublic contract. Defines "nonpublic contract." Requires all contracts of any entity that receives state appropriations to be competitively procured. Provides that the following apply to nonpublic contracts of a state entity that have not been competitively procured and that are in existence on June 30, 2025: (1) The nonpublic contract shall terminate December 31, 2025. (2) On or before July 1, 2025, the state entity shall submit a competitive procurement through a public process for any new contract to replace a contract. Requires all contract opportunities of state entities to be posted in the form of a Request for Qualifications "RFQ" on the state entity's website prior to the contract being awarded. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the office of Medicaid policy and planning to do the following: (1) Establish a reporting work group to review inputs and overall financials validation. (2) Establish a steering committee to develop accompanying commentary. (3) Review monthly reports on the Medicaid program service utilization to identify trends and risks within the state Medicaid program. (4) Post publicly on the office of the secretary of family and social services's website monthly financial reports or expenditures and revenues for each state Medicaid program and commentary providing context for each monthly financial report. (5) Submit a quarterly report to the budget committee.
Title
State fiscal and contracting matters.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Senators Walker K, Goode, Young M added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Senators Raatz, Carrasco, Dernulc, Johnson T, Tomes added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Senators Maxwell, Koch, Gaskill, Alting, Niezgodski added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Senators Buck, Walker G, Byrne, Bohacek added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Senators Alexander, Buchanan, Busch, Leising, Donato added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Cosponsor: Representative Snow |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Lehman |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 49, nays 0 |
| 2025-01-27 | Senate | Senators Freeman, Clark B, Glick added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-27 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Senators Randolph, Holdman, Bassler added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Senators Doriot, Zay, Deery added as coauthors |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2025-01-16 | Senate | Senator Schmitt added as coauthor |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Senator Mishler added as third author |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Senator Garten added as second author |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Authored by Senator Baldwin |
