Bill Sponsor
Indiana Senate Bill 473
Session 2025
Various health care matters.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on May 1, 2025
First Action
Jan 13, 2025
Latest Action
May 1, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
473
State
Indiana
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Sponsor
Republican
Author
Republican
Author
Republican
Author
Republican
Cosponsor
Republican
Coauthor
Summary
Specifies the process for a managed care organization to follow concerning home modification services. Requires a patient of an opioid treatment program (program) who has tested positive on a drug test to be given a random drug test monthly until the patient passes the test. (Current law requires the patient to be tested weekly.) Allows a program to close on Sundays and federal holidays. Prohibits the division of mental health and addiction from: (1) requiring a program's medical director to have admitting privileges at a hospital; and (2) establishing rules or guidelines concerning program admission and medication that are more stringent than federal regulations. Allows specified health care providers to perform the initial assessment, examination, and evaluation of a patient being admitted to a program. Allows the medical staff of an ambulatory outpatient surgical center to make recommendations on the granting of clinical privileges or the appointment or reappointment of an applicant to the governing board of the ambulatory outpatient surgical center for a period not to exceed 36 months. (Current law allows medical staff of hospitals to make recommendations.) Establishes the certified health care professions commission (commission). Sets forth the requirements for the: (1) certification of nurse aides and qualified medication aides; and (2) registration of home health aides. Specifies the duties of the Indiana department of health and the commission in regulating these professions. Relocates provisions concerning training for home health aides and requires the commission to approve the training. Sets forth requirements on facilities in employing nurse aides. Specifies the definition of "nurse aide" for purposes of an administrative rule. Makes changes to the release of medical information statute. Modifies the duties of the center for deaf and hard of hearing education. Adds provisions regarding "family navigators" and specifies the role of family navigators in the provisions of the bill regarding the center for deaf and hard of hearing education. Allows a prescriber to prescribe certain agonist opioids through telehealth services for the treatment or management of opioid dependence. (Current law allows only a partial agonist to be prescribed through telehealth.) Allows certain residential care administrators an exemption from taking continuing education during the initial licensing period. Allows for the provision of certain anesthesia in a physician's office or a podiatrist's office without the office being accredited. (Current law allows for this in dental offices.) Requires adverse events concerning anesthesia in an office based setting to be reported to the medical licensing board of Indiana (board). Requires the board to: (1) determine the types of adverse events to be reported; (2) establish a procedure for reporting; and (3) post the adverse events on the board's website. Creates a process for certain individuals who do not have a Social Security number and who are seeking licensure by examination as a registered nurse or practical nurse to obtain a provisional license. Requires a nursing program to offer a clinical experience for clinical hours in a hospital and a health facility setting.
05/01/2025
Senate
Public Law 143
05/01/2025
Office of the Governor
Signed by the Governor
04/23/2025
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
04/22/2025
House
Signed by the Speaker
04/17/2025
Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
04/16/2025
Senate
Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 465: yeas 41, nays 0
04/10/2025
House
Returned to the Senate with amendments
04/10/2025
Senate
Motion to concur filed
04/09/2025
House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 411: yeas 93, nays 0
04/08/2025
House
Amendment #3 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
04/08/2025
House
Amendment #1 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
04/08/2025
House
Amendment #4 (Barrett) prevailed; voice vote
04/08/2025
House
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
04/01/2025
House
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
04/01/2025
House
Representatives Ledbetter and Porter added as cosponsors
03/03/2025
House
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
02/21/2025
Senate
Referred to the House
02/20/2025
Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 201: yeas 47, nays 2
02/20/2025
Senate
House sponsor: Representative Barrett
02/20/2025
Senate
Cosponsor: Representative King
02/17/2025
Senate
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
02/17/2025
Senate
Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
02/13/2025
Senate
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
02/13/2025
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
01/30/2025
Senate
Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
01/29/2025
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
01/16/2025
Senate
Senator Becker added as coauthor
01/16/2025
Senate
Senator Johnson T added as third author
01/13/2025
Senate
Senator Charbonneau added as second author
01/13/2025
Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
01/13/2025
Senate
Authored by Senator Brown L
Sources
Record Created
Jan 13, 2025 8:55:30 PM
Record Updated
Oct 8, 2025 6:34:50 AM