Indiana Senate Bill 173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Enrolled on March 3 2014 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-05 - Representative Bauer added as advisor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Beginning January 1, 2015, changes asset limitations within the community and home options to institutional care for the elderly and disabled program (program) from $500,000 to $250,000 and specifies certain exemptions. Beginning January 1, 2015, requires annual adjustment of the asset limitation using the federal Consumer Price Index. Beginning January 1, 2015, allows a participant who is unable to perform at least one activity to participate in the program under specified circumstances. Requires the division of aging (division) and the area agencies on aging to jointly establish specified procedures. Beginning January 1, 2015, allows the division to: (1) annually redetermine program eligibility; and (2) place a lien to recoup the cost of program services that exceed $20,000. Requires the division to exclude $20,000 of countable assets in determining cost participation for the program. Defines "under development" for purposes of the moratorium on nursing facility comprehensive care beds. Prohibits the state department of health from approving the licensure of comprehensive care health facilities or new or converted comprehensive care beds. Prohibits residential nursing care facility beds from being converted to comprehensive care beds. Adds exemptions for: (1) health facilities under development as of June 30, 2014; (2) certain replacement facilities; and (3) continuing care retirement communities. Specifies that the state department of health makes the final determination concerning whether an entity is under development. Postpones the expiration of the moratorium from June 30, 2014, to June 30, 2015.

CHOICE program; nursing facility moratorium.

Sen. Patricia Miller [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Timothy Skinner [D]	Sen. James Merritt [R]
Sen. Ryan Mishler [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Gail Riecken [D]	Rep. Charlie Brown [D]

2014-03-03 - House - House Floor - (Y: 55 N: 40 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2014-02-20 - House - House Committee on Ways and Means - Roll Call 017304 (Y: 12 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - House - House Committee on Public Health - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2014-01-23 - Senate - (Y: 33 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-01-15 - Senate - Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services - Roll Call 017301 (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-05	House	Representative Bauer added as advisor
2014-03-05	House	Representative Macer added as advisor
2014-03-05	House	Representative Baird added as advisor
2014-03-05	House	Representative Huston added as advisor
2014-03-05	House	Representative C. Brown added as conferee
2014-03-05	House	Representative Clere added as conferee
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator Leising added as advisor
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator Breaux added as advisor
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator Mishler added as advisor
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator R. Young added as conferee
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator Pat Miller added as conferee
2014-03-04	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2014-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2014-03-03	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 374: yeas 55 and nays 40
2014-02-27	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed.
2014-02-27	House	SB 173 Amendment #13 (Clere), prevailed.
2014-02-24	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
2014-02-18	House	Referred to Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2014-02-18	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-02-13	House	Representative C. Brown added as cosponsor.
2014-02-13	House	Representative Riecken added as cosponsor.
2014-02-13	House	Representative Clere added as cosponsor.
2014-02-11	House	First Reading: Referred to Public Health
2014-01-23	Senate	Representative T. Brown added as sponsor.
2014-01-23	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-01-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 33 and nays 14
2014-01-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2014-01-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (Miller, Pat), prevailed.
2014-01-16	Senate	Committee report: do pass amend, adopted.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Leising added as second author.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Skinner added as third author.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Merritt, Mishler added as coauthors.
2014-01-08	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Health and Provider Services
2014-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Miller, Patricia

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/173/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/e/d/5/bed5dabf/SB0173.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/5/2/c/852ca862/SB0173.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/d/8/3/0d8330b7/SB0173.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/6/9/1c698300/SB0173.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/9/5/629590e0/SB0173.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/d/e/12deb9a8/SB0173.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/1/a/5/11a5f1f8/SB0173.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/d/a/e/adaecf24/SB0173.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/f/2/34f2f127/SB0173.05.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/2/2/8/f228660e/SB0173.06.ENGH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/a/4/2ca433a4/SB0173.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/9/f/929fd98c/SB0173.03.COMS.31.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/1/7/7/f177343b/SB0173.04.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/9/4/4/7944bd58/SB0173.06.ENGH.374.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/8/a/b48adf7e/SB0173.03.COMS.pdf