Indiana Senate Bill 202 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 20-2)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 142
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Hospital and health facility visitation. Allows a person admitted as a patient to a hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center (facility) to receive visitation by specified individuals during a declared emergency or public health emergency. Requires visitors to comply with applicable disease control or prevention guidelines issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when visiting a patient. Requires a facility to permit the visitation of a person admitted as a patient in a facility during specified compassionate care scenarios. Allows a facility to limit visitation in certain instances. Provides certain civil immunity for a facility, its employees, and contractors for an injury or harm caused by or resulting from: (1) the exposure of a contagious disease or other harmful agent that is specified during a disaster emergency; or (2) acts or omissions by visitors who are present in the facility; as a result of the implementation of the required protocols. Requires health facilities and residential care facilities (health facilities) to allow visitation of a resident in a compassionate care situation. Requires the state department of health to adopt standards and guidelines concerning the essential family caregiver program during a declared emergency or public health emergency and requires facilities to participate in the program. Allows for the designation of an essential family caregiver for a resident of a health facility and allows for visitation during restricted visitation at the health facility. Specifies requirements for an individual to be designated as an essential family caregiver and allows for the reconsideration and reporting of a denial of a request for designation. Allows the state department of health to adopt certain rules concerning the program. Provides certain civil immunity for a health facility, its employees, and contractors for an injury or harm caused by or resulting from: (1) the exposure of a contagious disease or other harmful agent that is specified during a disaster emergency; or (2) acts or omissions by visitors who are present in the health facility; as a result of the implementation of the required protocols.

Hospital and health facility visitation.

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]
Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]
Sen. Ryan Mishler [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Justin Busch [R]	Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]
Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. James Tomes [R]	Rep. Bradford Barrett [R]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]
Rep. Doug Miller [R]	Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

2021-04-13 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-08 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 88 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	Senate	Public Law 142
2021-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-13	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 432: yeas 50, nays 0
2021-04-09	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-09	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2021-04-08	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 374: yeas 88, nays 0
2021-04-06	House	Amendment #5 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
2021-04-06	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-01	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2021-02-12	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-11	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2021-02-11	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2021-02-11	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2021-02-11	Senate	Senators Busch and Gaskill added as coauthors
2021-02-11	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Lehman, Miller, Wesco
2021-02-11	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Barrett
2021-02-11	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 94: yeas 47, nays 0
2021-02-09	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2021-02-09	Senate	Senator Koch added as coauthor
2021-02-08	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-04	Senate	Senator Yoder added as coauthor
2021-02-04	Senate	Senators Becker, Donato, Mishler, Grooms added as coauthors
2021-02-04	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as coauthor
2021-02-04	Senate	Senator Leising added as third author
2021-02-04	Senate	Senator Niemeyer removed as third author
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-26	Senate	Senator Zay added as coauthor
2021-01-26	Senate	Senator Doriot added as coauthor
2021-01-11	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as third author
2021-01-11	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as second author
2021-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2021-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Rogers

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/202/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/f/a/e/efae8016/SB0202.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/9/0/5/a90560ff/SB0202.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/c/5/d9c59c75/SB0202.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/9/a/de9ac9a0/SB0202.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/a/f/b6af320b/SB0202.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/f/e/b2fedd54/SB0202.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/8/4/e/384e7e4c/SB0202.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/8/9/7589ac44/SB0202.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/1/a/351af46d/SB0202.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/d/5/a/9d5a3675/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/1/0/9/01095dd0/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH002.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/5/4/d/e54dc98b/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH003.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/b/9/04b92fb5/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH004.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/c/d/39cddf2c/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH005.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/8/0/d0806c19/SB0202.03.COMH.AMH006.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/c/6/c3c67b36/SB0202.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/4/f/0/44f0be53/SB0202.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/f/b/bcfbc2b1/SB0202.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/1/7/d517a30b/SB0202.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/a/2/f/3a2f272d/SB0202.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/c/4/b2c4a8cc/SB0202.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/b/f/b/0bfbdcd8/SB0202.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/b/8/a/ab8a58f8/SB0202.04.ENGH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/d/3/b5d39d99/SB0202.04.ENGH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/2/c/c/a2cc0293/SB0202.04.ENGH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/d/3/5dd379db/SB0202.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/7/3/9/173987ba/SB0202.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/0/b/e/50beb0da/SB0202.94_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/7/8/7/f7870269/SB0202.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/d/f/d3df106b/SB0202.374_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/0/f/a30f5066/SB0202.432_S.pdf