Indiana Senate Bill 317

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 183: yeas 23, nays 26
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Health care debt and costs. Requires hospitals to do the following: (1) Offer the person who has received health services the opportunity to pay the charges through a payment plan that satisfies certain requirements. (2) Develop a written notice about a charity care program operated by the hospital, provide the notice to patients, and post the notice. (3) Include certain information concerning financial assistance on a billing statement. (4) Requires a hospital that reports an annual gross patient revenue of at least $20,000,000 to provide written notice and information to a person who has requested an eligibility determination concerning a payment plan or charity care. Provides that the unpaid earnings of a consumer who meets specified income eligibility requirements may not be attached by garnishment in satisfaction of: (1) any amount of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by the consumer; or (2) any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer. Provides that: (1) any amount of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence for a consumer that meets specified income requirements. Provides that in any action filed in Indiana for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer.

Health care debt and costs.

Sen. Fady Qaddoura [D]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Shelli Yoder [D]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]
Sen. La Keisha Jackson [D]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Spencer Deery [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2025-02-20 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 23 N: 26 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	Senate	Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 183: yeas 23, nays 26
2025-02-18	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-02-17	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2025-02-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-02-10	Senate	Senator Johnson T removed as third author
2025-01-30	Senate	Senator Deery added as coauthor
2025-01-29	Senate	Senators Yoder, Ford J.D., Jackson L, Becker added as coauthors
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senators Qaddoura and Charbonneau
2025-01-13	Senate	Senator Johnson T added as third author

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/317/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/SB0317.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/SB0317.02.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/committee-amendments/drafts/AM031701.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/committee-amendments/drafts/AM031702.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0317.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/amendments/SB0317.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/fiscal-notes/SB0317.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/votesheets/SB0317.01.INTR.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/committee-reports/SB0317.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/fiscal-notes/SB0317.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/fiscal-notes/SB0317.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0317/rollcalls/SB0317.183_S.pdf