Indiana Senate Bill 394 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-04 - Amendment #4 (Bacon) failed; voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Advanced practice registered nurses. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) had primary responsibility for the treatment and care of a deceased individual for a period longer than six months; and (2) pronounced the time of death for the deceased individual; to certify a record on a death and enter the record into the Indiana death registration system. Specifies that at least two of the six registered nurse board members of the Indiana state board of nursing (board) be advanced practice registered nurses with at least one of these members having prescriptive authority. Specifies requirements of certain board members. Provides that an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who has operated under a practice agreement with a practitioner for at least three years may operate without a practice agreement if certain conditions are met. Amends the hospital governing board requirements for the manner in which an advanced practice registered nurse who operates in the hospital will interact with other practitioners. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to prepare a report to the general assembly concerning advance practice registered nurses who practice without a practice agreement. Makes a conforming change.

Advanced practice registered nurses. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse who: (1) had primary responsibility for the treatment and care of a deceased individual for a period longer than six months; and (2) pronounced the time of death for the deceased individual; to certify a record on a death and enter the record into the Indiana death registration system. Specifies that at least two of the six registered nurse board members of the Indiana state board of nursing (board) be advanced practice registered nurses with at least one of these members having prescriptive authority. Specifies requirements of certain board members. Provides that an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority and who has operated under a practice agreement with a practitioner for at least three years may operate without a practice agreement if certain conditions are met. Amends the hospital governing board requirements for the manner in which an advanced practice registered nurse who operates in the hospital will interact with other practitioners. Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to prepare a report to the general assembly concerning advance practice registered nurses who practice without a practice agreement. Makes a conforming change.

Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]
Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]
Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Rep. Ronald Bacon [R]	Rep. Cindy Kirchhofer [R]	Rep. Terri Jo Austin [D]

2019-03-27 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 43 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-04	House	Amendment #4 (Bacon) failed; voice vote
2019-04-04	House	Amendment #3 (Mayfield) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-04	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-03-28	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-26	House	Representative Austin added as cosponsor
2019-03-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2019-02-13	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Leising added as coauthor
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Breaux added as coauthor
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. removed as third author
2019-02-12	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
2019-02-12	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Bacon
2019-02-12	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 43, nays 5
2019-02-11	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-07	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-05	Senate	Senator Rogers added as coauthor
2019-01-31	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Becker added as coauthor
2019-01-14	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as third author
2019-01-14	Senate	Senator Crider added as second author
2019-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2019-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Charbonneau

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/394/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/7/1/9171ebaf/SB0394.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/b/f/4/7bf47e03/SB0394.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/d/b/a/8dba6799/SB0394.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/0/5/3505c719/SB0394.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/5/1/fc517cab/SB0394.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/9/5/2495b6bf/SB0394.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/9/6/7/c967b3a9/SB0394.04.ENGH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/0/1/e801b767/SB0394.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/0/8/0a08914c/SB0394.111.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/c/6/f3c62b24/SB0394.02.COMS.00.pdf