Indiana Senate Bill 474 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Public Law 117
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Home health agencies. Allows a home health agency to: (1) provide services in any county in Indiana; and (2) satisfy supervising home health aide services requirements by complying with federal law. Allows: (1) the Indiana department of health (state department) to adopt rules concerning the oversight and supervision of the services a home health agency provides in noncontiguous counties; and (2) the state health commissioner to waive rules adopted concerning home health agencies if certain conditions are met. Provides that a home health agency is not required to conduct a preemployment physical on a job applicant before the individual has contact with a home health agency patient. Allows a registered home health aide to administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings to a specific patient if specified conditions are met. Requires the state department to approve at least one training curriculum concerning the administration of tube feedings. Repeals laws concerning drug testing of home health agency employees.

Home health agencies.

Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. James Tomes [R]	Rep. Cindy Ledbetter [R]	Rep. Bradford Barrett [R]

2023-04-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01	Senate	Public Law 117
2023-05-01	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-24	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-18	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2023-04-18	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2023-04-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 437: yeas 97, nays 1
2023-04-13	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-11	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-04-10	House	Representative Barrett added as cosponsor
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-07	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-07	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Ledbetter
2023-02-07	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 88: yeas 48, nays 0
2023-02-06	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
2023-01-19	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2023-01-19	Senate	Authored by Senators Becker and Johnson

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#S88
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/474/#H437