Bill Sponsor
Indiana House Bill 1457
Session 2025
Indiana department of health.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on May 1, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 21, 2025
Latest Action
May 1, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1457
State
Indiana
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (1)
Motion Text
HB 1457 - Barrett
House Roll Call Votes
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Summary
Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility. Specifies conditions for the use of updated publications for design enforcement by the state department in the regulation of hospitals and ambulatory outpatient surgical centers. Amends the list of crimes or acts that preclude a home health aide, nurse aide, or other unlicensed employee from employment at a home health agency and certain health care facilities. Amends the list of crimes that preclude a person from operating a home health agency or personal services agency. Requires the state department to: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide or home health aide has been convicted of a certain crime; and (2) remove the individual from the state nurse aide registry. Makes it a Class A infraction for a person convicted of a certain crime to knowingly or intentionally apply for a job as a home health aide or other unlicensed employee at a home health agency or certain health care facilities. For provisions concerning the women, infants, and children nutrition program (WIC program), defines "WIC vendor agreement". Requires the state department to: (1) select WIC program vendors based on selection criteria set forth in federal regulations; (2) review the selection criteria annually; (3) include the selection criteria in the WIC state plan; and (4) publish the selection criteria on the state department's website. For purposes of submitting a death record of a stillborn, requires the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) last in attendance to initiate the document process unless the physician, physician assistant, or APRN was not present upon the deceased. Includes reporting to local child fatality review teams, the statewide child fatality review committee, local fetal-infant mortality review teams, and suicide and overdose fatality review teams for the release of mental health records without the consent of the patient. Requires the state department to: (1) approve courses concerning auto-injectable epinephrine that meet criteria established by the state department (rather than courses offered by an approved organization as defined in current law); and (2) publish the criteria on its website. Removes a provision allowing the state department to contract with a third party to create a certificate of completion for a course. Removes the expiration of the statewide maternal mortality review committee. Amends the membership of the statewide child fatality review committee.
05/01/2025
House
Public Law 171
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
Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
04/21/2025
House
Signed by the Speaker
04/17/2025
House
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 495: yeas 84, nays 0
04/17/2025
House
Motion to concur filed
04/09/2025
Senate
Returned to the House with amendments
04/08/2025
Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 363: yeas 48, nays 1
04/07/2025
Senate
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
04/07/2025
Senate
Second reading: ordered engrossed
04/03/2025
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
03/27/2025
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
03/03/2025
Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
02/18/2025
House
Referred to the Senate
02/17/2025
House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 96, nays 0
02/17/2025
House
Senate sponsor: Senator Charbonneau
02/13/2025
House
Representatives King, Lopez, Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors
02/13/2025
House
Second reading: ordered engrossed
02/11/2025
House
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
01/21/2025
House
Authored by Representative Barrett
01/21/2025
House
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Sources
Record Created
Jan 14, 2025 9:00:25 PM
Record Updated
Nov 4, 2025 6:40:18 AM